The true form of church government first instituted by Christ, novv used and practised in all the reformed churches of Germanie, France, and Scotland: humbly presented to the high and honourable court of Parliament, at this time most happily assembled. Plainly proved by Scripture, rectifide reason, and the testimonie of the Church, some hundreds of yeares after the Apostles time, and the generall consent of the Churches rightly reformed in these latter times, contrary to the Romish, and our archiepiscopall government.

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The true form of church government first instituted by Christ, novv used and practised in all the reformed churches of Germanie, France, and Scotland: humbly presented to the high and honourable court of Parliament, at this time most happily assembled. Plainly proved by Scripture, rectifide reason, and the testimonie of the Church, some hundreds of yeares after the Apostles time, and the generall consent of the Churches rightly reformed in these latter times, contrary to the Romish, and our archiepiscopall government.

Author

Udall, John, 1560?-1592.

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Printed at London :: [s.n.],

1642.

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Church polity -- Early works to 1800.

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"The true form of church government first instituted by Christ, novv used and practised in all the reformed churches of Germanie, France, and Scotland: humbly presented to the high and honourable court of Parliament, at this time most happily assembled. Plainly proved by Scripture, rectifide reason, and the testimonie of the Church, some hundreds of yeares after the Apostles time, and the generall consent of the Churches rightly reformed in these latter times, contrary to the Romish, and our archiepiscopall government." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A64633.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 12, 2025. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• To the supposed Governours of the Church of ENGLAND, the Archbishops, Lord Bishops, Arch-deacons, and the rest of that order.
• To the Reader.
• The true Government of the Church according to Christs first Institution, and the pre∣sent practices of the Refor∣med Churches.
  • The Assertion of the Bishops and their adherents.
• CHAP. II.
• CHAP. III.
• CHAP. IIII.
  • Testimonies of the ancient Writers.
  • Testimonies of generall Councells.
  • Testimonies out of the Emperours Lawes.
  • The testimonies of the new Writers.
• CHAP. V.
• CHAP. VI.
• CHAP. VII.
• CHAP. VIII.
• CHAP. IX.
• CHAP. X.
• CHAP. II.
• CHAP. XII.
• CHAP. XIII.
• CHAP. XIIII.
• CHAP. XV.
• CHAP. XVI.
• CHAP. XVII.
• CHAP. XVIII.
• CHAP. XIX.