MART. 9. Otherwise in all their English Bibles, all the bells ringe one note, as, The Elders that rule well, are worthye of double honour. And, Against an Elder re∣ceiue no accusation, but vnder two or three witnesses, 1. Tim. 5. And, If any be diseased among you, let him* 1.1 call for the Elders of the Church, and let them pray o∣uer him, and annoynt him with oyle, &c. Iacob. 5. Wher∣as* 1.2 Saint Chrysostom out of this place, proueth the high dignitie of Priestes in remitting sinnes, in his booke entituled, Of Priesthood, vnlesse they will translate that title also, Of El∣dershippe.* 1.3 Againe, they make S. Peter saye thus: The El∣ders which are among you, I exhort, which am also an Elder, feedeye Christes flocke, as much as lyeth in you, &c. 1. Pet 5.
FVLK. 9. In these three textes you triumphe not a litle, because your vulgar Latine text hath the Greeke worde Presbyter. The high dignitie of Priestes, or El∣ders, in remitting sinnes, we acknowledge with Chry∣sostom, in his booke entitled of Priesthood: which se∣ing it is 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, we will neuer translate Eldershippe. But we may lawfully wishe, that both Chrysostom, and other auncient writers, had kept that distinction of termes, which the Apostles and Euangelists did so pre∣cisely obserue. In the last text, 1. Pet. 5. your vulgar La∣tine