LEADER 02317nam 2200373 n 450 001 996390275603316 005 20221108042902.0 035 $a(CKB)4940000000103188 035 $a(EEBO)2240941265 035 $a(UnM)99845742 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000103188 100 $a19911007d1611 uy | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn||||a|bb| 200 02$aA defence of the sermon preached at the consecration of the L. Bishop of Bath and VVelles$b[electronic resource] $eagainst a confutation thereof by a namelesse author. Diuided into 4. bookes: the first, prouing chiefly that the lay or onely-gouerning elders haue no warrant either in the Scriptures or other monuments of antiquity. The second, shewing that the primitiue churches indued with power of ecclesiasticall gouernment, were not parishes properly but dioceses, and consequently that the angels of the churches or ancient bishops were not parishionall but diocesan bishops. The third, defending the superioritie of bishops aboue other ministers, and prouing that bishops alwayes had a prioritie not onely in order, but also in degree, and a maioritie of power both for ordination and iurisdiction. The fourth, maintayning that the episcopall function is of apostolicall and diuine institution 210 $aLondon $cPrinted by Thomas Creed, William Hall, and Thomas Snodham$d1611 215 $a[12], 238, [2], 148, 154, 168, [2] p 300 $aA defense of Downame's "A sermon defending the honourable function of bishops" (part 2 of his "Two sermons") against the anonymous "An answere to a sermon preached the 17 of April anno D. 1608, by George Downame". 300 $aThe first leaf is blank except for signature-mark "A". 300 $aWith a final errata leaf. 300 $aEach book has separate pagination. 300 $aReproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. 330 $aeebo-0113 606 $aEpiscopacy$vEarly works to 1800 615 0$aEpiscopacy 700 $aDowname$b George$fd. 1634.$01002187 801 0$bCu-RivES 801 1$bCu-RivES 801 2$bCStRLIN 801 2$bWaOLN 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996390275603316 996 $aA defence of the sermon preached at the consecration of the L. Bishop of Bath and VVelles$92392911 997 $aUNISA