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Chap. 3. the. 52. Diuision.
Paule was superior both to Timothie and Titus, as it may easi∣ly be gathered out of his Epistles written vnto them.
M. Doctor reasoneth agayne, that Paule an Apostle, and in the hyghest degree of ministerie▪* 1.1 was superior to Timothie and Titus Euangelistes, and so in a lower degree of ministerie, there∣fore one Minister is superior to another, one Byshop to another Byshop, which are all one office▪ and one function. As if I shoulde saye my Lorde Maior of London is aboue the Sherifes, therefore one Sherife is superior to another.
There was no difference betwixte them in respect of preaching the Gospell and* 1.2 administring the sacramentes, but in respecte of gouernment, therefore among Mi∣nisters of the worde, and Sacramentes there may be degrées of dignitie, and supe∣rioritie, and one may rule ouer another: which is the grounde of my assertion, and the ouerthrow of yours. And this doth the example of Paul proue euidently, euen as the example of my Lorde Mayor doth proue, that there is superioritie in gouernment among the Citizens. For thus you should haue reasoned: as my Lord Mayor his au∣thoritie aboue the rest of the Citizens, declareth, that there is superioritie in the ciuill state, and one subiecte to another, euen so Paules superioritie ouer Timothie, Ti∣tus, and other Ministers declareth, that there may be superioritie in the state Ecclesi∣asticall, and that one of them may and ought to be subiect to another: thus you should haue applyed the similitude if you had truely applyed it.