Bijhops

This was a Plea in Gregory Nazi - anzen\ time, as he tells us himfelf irt a little Treatife of his concerning Bijhops, There were thofe, he faith, that laboured to excufe their Ignorance by alledging the example of the Apo - ftles, among whom were filly Fiftiermen and Mechanicks, Men of no Letters.

The Preacher : a discourse, shewing, what are the particular offices and employments of those of that character in the church ; with a free censure of the most common failings and miscarriages of persons in that sacred employment ; to which is added a catalogue of some authors who may be beneficial to young preachers and students in divinity 1705

My Reafoning, then, for the Apofioli - cal Injtitution of Epifcopacy is Valid and Con - cluded 5 but if 10, Cpmrnon Senfe, cannot but yield that thqfe Bijhops who by the A - pofttes were fet over Particular Churches had unqueftionably this Prerogative, That No Or - dination cotfd be perform* A without them.

The Reasonableness of a Toleration: Enquir'd Into, Purely on Church ... 1705

St. Jercm, oftner than once, fairly aicribes the fewer of Ordination to Bijhops as their Peculiar Right.

The Reasonableness of a Toleration: Enquir'd Into, Purely on Church ... 1705

Confirms the fame, if more Bijhops cou'd not be had.

The Bishop of Salisbury's proper defence : from a speech cry'd about the streets in his name, and said to have been spoken by him in the House of Lords upon the bill against occasional conformity 1704

This Alarm 'd the Bijhops and Clergy much* So that they fet tip to Preach againft Rebelliony and the late Timesy in fuch a Strain that it was viftble they meant a Parallel between thefe md the Prefent Time* And this producd at lafl that Heat and Rage into which the Clergy has run fo far, that it is like to End very F At ally.

Cassandra. : but I hope not, telling what will come of it, num. I, in answer to the occasional letter num. I, wherin the new associations, etc. are considered 1704

Elders in the Ser - tt vice of the Church, Popes or Bijhops, with u fitch fcornful Sayings, be permitted amongst u them, &c.

Vindiciæ veritatis : or, An occasional defence of the principles and practices of the people called Quakers ; in answer to a treatise of John Stillingfleet's, mis-called Seasonable advice concerning Quakerism, &c. 1703