Abbots, though only presbyters, or-
dain bishops, 155, note.
Aerius, 128.
African church never maintained
episcopacy jure divino, 169.
Alasco, John, 192, &c.
American churches, Dr. Hook's
attack upon, 341.
Ambrose, St., on bishops as apos-
tles, 30, 45-on the primus pres-
byter, 96-his Commentaries,
126-on succession of faith, 284.
Ancyra, council of, on presbyters
ordaining, 133.
Angels of the seven churches of
Asia, 59-63, 141-143.
Apostle, different meanings of the
word, 36, &c.-prerogatives of,
41, &c.-power of, 314.
Apostleship of bishops examined,
Apostolical bishops, who? 49.
Arian bishops, ordination by, 257,
258.
Athanasius on episcopacy examin-
ed, 126.
Augsburg confession on the identity
of bishops and presbyters, 177.
Augustine, bishop of Hippo, on
the word apostle, 46-on the au-
thority of fathers and councils,
89-on the office of a presbyter,
133.
Austin the monk, his treachery,
Baptism nullified by confirmation,
197, 198.
Baronius on the election of the
popes, 220, &c.
Barrow, Dr. Isaac, on the nature
of proofs, 34-on the apostolical
office, 49-his arguments destroy
forsaking bad and heretical minis-
ters, 79-remarks on Cyprian,
120, 121.
Barrington, Lord, on Clemens Ro-
manus, 98.
Bede, on British bishops, 238, &c.
Bellarmine on bishops having no
part of true apostolical authority,
Bentley, Dr., on bishops being suc-
cessors of the apostles, 32.
Beveridge, Bishop, gives up Scrip-
tural authority for any certain
form of church government, 27
-on the term high priest, 50.
Beza, on the identity of bishops
and presbyters, 202-on episco-
pacy, 301.
Bickersteth, Rev. E., his Christian
Student quoted, 277.
Bilney, the martyr, on the inward
call to the ministry, 73.
Bingham's Origines Ecclesiastica
quoted, 30-on the authority of
Jerome, 95.
Bishop, &жIσкожоç, meaning of, in
the New Testament, 82-87.
Bishops, how successors of the
apostles, 29-50-how they re-
semble the Jewish high priests,
50, 51-ancient British, account
of, 237-242.
Bishopric, 86.
Blondel, David, on the identity of
bishops and presbyters, 204.
Bochart, on the identity of bishops
and presbyters, 204.
Bona, Cardinal, quoted, 90.
Burnet, Bishop, quoted, 146, 149,
154, 192 on the elections of the
popes, 219-on the nature of the
Christian ministry, 265, 266.
high Church episcopacy, 51-on| Cabassute quoted, 113, 120.
Calderwood's Altare Damascenum
identity of bishops and presby-
ters, 177.
quoted, 132.
Calvin, on confirmation, 197-on Confirmation examined, 196-200.
the identity of bishops and pres-Congregationalism, 316.
byters, 202-on Popish ordina- Cox, Dr., the reformer, on the
tions, 263-letter to Archbishop identity of bishops and presby-
Cranmer, 269-on apostolical
ters, 150.
succession, 284, 285.
Canon law quoted, 170.
Carthage, fourth council of, quoted,
119, 120.
Catholic Church, what? 298.
Cave, Dr., on the character of
Epiphanius, 129.
Chairs, apostolical, presbyters sit
in, 113.
Chairs, bishops', what? 113, 117.
Charity of Papists and high Church-
men, 22, 23.
Chemnitius on the atrocity of the
succession scheme, 19.
Chillingworth, on divine right, 25—
a fine passage from, 292.
Church government, 32, 299.
Church of England, as by the re-
formers, 11, 144-169, 301, 340.
Church and state, 144, 303-305,
341, note.
Chrysostom, on ordination, ex-
plained, 129-132.
Chor-episcopi, or village bishops,
133, 134.
Claude, on the absurdity of the high
Church scheme 20-on the identi-
ty of bishops and presbyters, 204.
Clemens Alexandrinus on episco-
pacy, examined, 114, &c.
Clemens Romanus's Epistle com-
mented upon, 97, &c., 324, 325.
Clergy, English, general exclusive-
ness of, 11.
Collega, term explained, 119, 120.
Columba, the abbot of the monas-
tery of Iona, &c., governs
bishops, 238-241, 328.
Comenius quoted, 180.
Comber, Dr., on the baselessness
of succession, 217, &c.
Commission of Christ to the apos-
tles, explained, 27, 28.
Confession of Augsburg on the
Cosin, Bishop, on presbyterian or-
dination, 48, 154.
Courayer, Dr., on English ordina-
tions, quoted, 137, 138.
Cranmer, archbishop of Canter-
bury, on episcopal consecration,
137, 138 on the identity of
bishops and presbyters, 150, 202.
Cummin, the friar, 331.
Cyprian, on episcopacy, examined,
118, &c.-on genuine succes-
sion, 282.
Daille, the celebrated French Pro-
testant divine, exposes the plea
of Timothy's being bishop of
Ephesus, 58-on the identity of
bishops and presbyters, 204.
Damian, P., cardinal-bishop of
Dodwell, the Rev. H., on unity
Ostia, quoted, 254.
with bishops as necessary to
salvation, 17-gives up Scrip-
tural evidence for any particular
form of church government, 26,
32-on the office of an apostle,33
-on Judas, 33-his arguments
establish a popedom, 121.
Edward VI. (King) on the high
priesthood, 52.
Elections of popes described, 220.
Elfric, Saxon archbishop of Can-
terbury, canons of, 92.
England, king of, the vassal of the
pope, 245.
English bishops before the Refor-
mation, ordination and descent
of, 243, &c.
Enthronization of bishops, 137.
Epaphroditus, a messenger of the
church, his office explained, 40.
Epiphanius's character, &c., 128.
Episcopacy of the New Testament,
what? 82-88.
Episcopacy, ecclesiastical, what? | Gregory Nazianzen, on genuine
95, &c., 141-144.
Episcopal consecration non-essen-
tial, 136-139.
Erasmus, on the identity of bishops
and presbyters, 202.
Exclusiveness too general among
the clergy of the Church of
England, 11-of the high Church
succession scheme, 22, and gen-
erally through the Essay.
Evangelist, what? 55.
Eusebius, on the word apostle, 45
-on the darkness and difficulty
of the succession, 215, 216.
Eutychius, patriarch of Alexandria,
quoted, 132, 326.
Faber's work on the Vallenses,
quoted, 190-remark on, 190.
Faith, succession of, the only essen-
tial succession, 107-111, 281.
Fathers, authority of, 89, &c.
Field, Dr., on the identity of bish-
ops and presbyters, 162-166-
on genuine succession, 287.
Firmilian, bishop of Cesarea, on
ordination by presbyters, 125.
Flacius Illyricus, M., on the iden-
tity of bishops and presbyters,
203.
French reformed church, maintains
the identity of bishops and presby-
ters, 178-on confirmation, 197.
Froude, R. Hurrell, an Oxford Tract-
man, hates the Reformation, 144
—is disgusted with Bishop Jew-
el's Defence, 156.
Fulke, Dr., on the nullity of Popish
ordination, 265.
"Gift of God," what? 323.
Gildas's account of the wickedness
of the bishops in his days, 238.
Godwin, Bishop, on the Lives of
the English Bishops, 243, &c.
Godwin, Dr., on the Jewish high
priesthood, 51.
Gradin, Arvid, quoted, 181.
Greek church never maintained
episcopacy jure divino, 170—
on confirmation, 199.
Grindal, Abp. of Canterbury, ap-
proves of presbyterian ordination,
154.
Grosthead, bishop of Lincoln, re-
proves the pope, 244.
Grotius, on the identity of bishops
and presbyters, 205-on divine
right, 205.
Hall, Bishop, on presbyterian ordi-
nation and genuine succession,
condemns this high Church
scheme, 288.
Hammond, Dr., gives up direct
Scripture evidence for episcopa-
cy, 26-on Scriptural presbyters
as governors of the church, 33
-on the succession of the Jew-
ish high priests, 272.
Hands, imposition of, 29, 138, 250.
Haweis, Dr., Church History of,
giving an account of the rise of
Methodism, 278.
Heber, Bp., remarks of, on Bp. Tay-
lor's doctrine of confirmation, and
on his use of authorities, 199.
Hickes, on the dignity of the epis-
copal order, 15.
High Churchism, semi-popery, ex-
clusiveness and intolerance of,
passim.
High priest, Jewish, 50, 51, 68, 80,
Hilary, the deacon, quoted, 126.
Hispala, council of, quoted, 172.
Historic evidence for high Church
succession, none, 212, &c., 312.
Holland, Dr., the king's professor
of divinity at Oxford, on the
identity of bishops and presby-
ters, 168.
Holmes, Rev. J., of Fulneck," His-
tory of the United Brethren,"
quoted, 182, &c.
Hook, Dr., vicar of Leeds, on high
Church episcopacy and succes-
sin, 15-on episcopal ordination
as essential to salvation, 18-
arrogance of, 24-on bishops
being apostles, 31-his blunder- | Lutheran episcopacy, 96.
ing and bigoted scorn of the re-
formed churches, 213-his "Call Martyr, Peter, on Popish vest-
to Union," 334-On Hear the
Church, reviewed, 340.
Hooker, on presbyters, 62, 159, 161
-on divine right, 64, 160, 161.
Ignatius's Epistles examined, 100.
Irenæus, on the identity of bishops
and presbyters, 105, &c.-on
genuine succession, 282.
James, St., made bishop over the
apostles!! 65.
Jerome, on the word apostle, 46
-on the identity of bishops and
presbyters, 93-95-on ordination
by presbyters, 131, &c.
Jewel, Bishop, on the word presby-
ter, 105-hated by Froude, an
Oxford Tract-man, 156—on non-
preaching prelates, 276-on gen-
uine succession, 286.
Joan, Pope, history of, 229, &c.
Johnson, Rev. Mr., translator of
the Code of the Universal
Church, quoted, 174 on the
monk Austin and the British
bishops, 242-on the bishop's
pall, 249.
Judas, his apostleship treated, 261.
Jurisdiction of bishops, what? 166-
Justin Martyr's testimony to epis-
copacy, examined, 104, &c.
Korah and his company,high Church
blunders upon, 318.
Lapsed, the case of, in Cyprian,
explained, 122.
Laud, Abp., the father of semi-
papist Church of England di-
vines, and jure divino men, 10.
Lavington, on moral preaching,
Leger, on the Waldenses, 190.
Leslie, Rev. C., on episcopacy, 177.
Lloyd, bishop of Worcester, refer-
red to, 241.
Luther ordains the first bishop of
the Lutheran church, 176.
ments, 270-on the succession
of faith, 285.
Mason, Archdeacon, on the power
of wicked bishops to give true
orders, 17-on St Austin's con-
nection with the slaughter of
one thousand two hundred pres-
byters, 242.
Melancthon, on confirmation, 196
-on the identity of bishops and
presbyters, 203-on genuine
succession, 285.
Methodists, Wesleyan, rise of, 278,
&c.-superintendency of, resem-
bles primitive episcopacy, 62,
97, 104, 211, 303.
Ministers, gospel qualifications of,
71, &c., 252, &c., 296.
Ministers, wicked, to be forsaken,
75-79, 107, 121.
Moral impossibility, 334.
Moravian episcopacy, 180, &c.
Mornay, P. Lord du Plessis, 264.
Mosheim, on Ignatius's Epistles,
100-on the identity of bishops
and presbyters, 208.
Names of bishops and presbyters
so used in common in the New
Testament as to prove that the
things were substantially the
same, 83-86, 319.
Nice, Council of, its Epistle quoted,
134-136, 337.
Order, degree, &c., explained, 91.
Orders, Book of, for ordaining Bish-
ops and Priests by the reformers,
explained, 151, &c.
Ordination, Popish, examined, 250—
261.
Ordination of presbyters, form of,
in the Church of England, 29,
151, 152.
Ordination by
Presbyter.
Origen, writings of, on episcopacy,
examined, 116, &c.
Overall, Bishop, quoted, 103.
Oxford Tracts, quoted, 18-wri-|
ters of, English Jesuits, 175-
their sophistical ambiguity ex-
posed, 177.
Pall, bishops', described, 248, &c.
Parker's, Abp., ordination, 103, 261.
Pearson, Bp., on the ancient cata-
logues of bishops, 216.
Perceval, the Hon. and Rev. A. P.,
on the case of Judas, 262.
Peter, St., whether ever at Rome?
216.
Popes, catalogues of, 217, &c.
election of, 220-schisms among,
221, &c.-wickedness of, 222,
228, 236-encourage rebellion,
229, 345-heretics, 233-simo-
niacs, 234-depose sovereigns,
309.
Pope Joan, history of, 229.
Popery, 11, 66, 69, 79, 174, 216,
&c., 290, 308, 309, 343, &c.
Polycarp, Epistle of, quoted, 104.
Pontifical, a forgery, 218.
Perrin, on the Waldenses, 189,
193.
Presbyter,meaning of the word, 105,
Presbyters, commission of the
apostles, applied to their ordina-
tion by the English reformers,
27, 28, 153-possess the power
of ordaining, 55-57, 71, 125, 130,
130-136, 140, 153-155, 166,
176, 177, 184, 239, &c.-suc-
cessors of the apostles, 101, 106,
140, 210, 211-govern the
church, 33, 43-preside over
the church, 101, 105, 106, 112,
113, 117, 119, 124.
Presbytery, what? 56, 114-116.
President in the primitive church,
what? 190, 194.
Prideaux, Dr., on the baselessness
of a personal succession, 219,
&c. on the monstrous wicked-
ness of the popes, 235, &c.
Priest, high, none but Christ under
the new covenant, 51, 80-Jew-
ish, 50, 51, 68, 69, 80, 319, 320
-prophets neglect the title,
ibid.
Priests, none on earth under the
gospel, 70.
Prophets neglect the distinction of
high priest, 318-320.
Protean character of the high
Church succession scheme, 53.
Redmayne, Dr., the reformer, on
Ravanel, on confirmation, 196.
the identity of bishops and pres-
byters, 150.
Reeves's translation of Justin Mar-
Reformation, hated by Froude, an
tyr, quoted, 104, 113.
Oxford Tract-man, 144-scorned
by Dr. Hook, 213, 214.
Reformed churches maintain the
identity of bishops and presby-
ters, 178.
Reformers, English, maintaining
that the commission of the apos-
tles belongs to presbyters, 27,
28, 153-opposed to high Church
episcopacy, 144, 169, 265-267
-on ordination, 264.
Reiner's (the monk) Account of the
Waldenses, 190.
Right, divine, nature of, 35, 36,
136, 137, 275.
Robertson, Dr., the reformer, on
the identity of bishops and pres-
byters, 150.
Rome, Church of, never maintained
episcopacy jure divino, or by di-
vine right, 170, 174-idolatry
and wickedness of, 224, &c.—
Bishops of, see Popes.
Salmasius on Ignatius's Epistles,
Sanhedrim, the manner of ordina-
tion in the Christian church de-
rived from the, 135.
Saxon church, 343, &c.-canons
of, make bishops and presbyters
one order, 92.
Schisms, many in the popedom,
221, &c.
Schleusner, on the identity of bish-
ops and presbyters, 209.
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