And Eusebius to declare that this order was firme and durable, sheweth in the thirde booke 13. chapter, that Sainct Iohn the Apostle, whiche ouerliued the residue of the Apostles, ordeined Bishops in euery Citie.
This is no reason at all: S. Iohn ordeyned Bishops in euery Churche, therfore there was no one Bishop superiour vnto them to gouerne and directe them in matters of* 1.2 discipline, order a〈1 line〉〈1 line〉d doctrine, if occasion serued: I thinke that S. Iohn him selfe was directer and gouernour of them all, and in effecte their Archebishop. And that dothe manifestly appeare in that thirde booke and. 23. chapter of Eusebius. For thus he sayth: In those dayes Iohn the Apostle and Euangelist, whome the Lorde loued, lyued* 1.3 as yet in Asia, whiche did gouerne the Churches there, after he was returned out of the Isle, from banishement, after the death of Domitian. And a little after he saythe, That he went beeing desired, ad vicina Gentium loca, vt partim constitueret Episcopos, partim tota〈1 line〉〈1 line〉 ecclesias componeret, partim clerum ex his quos spiritus sanctus iudicasset sorte deligeret: Vnto the places of the Gentiles adioyning, partly that he mighte appoynte Bishops, partly that he might establishe whole Churches, partly that he mighte by lotte choose suche into the Cleargie, as the holy Ghost shoulde assygne. So that whether he had the name of Arch∣bishop, or no, certayne it is, that he had the gouernment and direction of the rest, and that he appoynted Bishops and other Ministers. Eusebius dothe not saye that he or∣deyned Bishops in euery Churche, for his wordes be as I haue reported them. But if he had so sayde, it had not made any thing to your purpose, but agaynst you. For he appoynted them, not all the Apostles, nor the people, and he gouerned and directed them as their Archbishop.