CHAP. V. Of the Authority and Jurisdiction given unto Timothy and Titus; and in them to all other Bishops by the Word of God.

• 1. The authority committed unto Timothy and Titus was to be perpetual, and not personal only. Page 224
• 2. The power of Ordination intrusted only unto Bishops by the Word of God, according to the exposition of the Fathers. Page 225
• 3. Bishops alone both might and did ordain without their Presbyters. Page 226
• 4. That Presbyters might not ordain without a Bishop, proved by the memorable case of Collu∣thus and Ischyras. ibid.
• 5. As by those also of Maximus, and a Spanish Bishop. Page 227
• 6. In what respects the joint assistance of the Presbyters was required herein. Page 228
• 7. The case of the Reformed Churches beyond the Seas, objected, and declared. ibid.
• 8. The care of ordering Gods Divine Service a work peculiar to the Bishop. Page 229
• 9. To whom the Ministration of the Sacraments also doth in chief belong. Page 230
• 10. Bishops to have a care that Gods Word be preached, and to encourage those that take pains therein. ibid.
• 11. Bishops to silence and reprove such Presbyters as preach other Doctrines. Page 231
• 12. As also to correct and reject the Heretick. ibid.
• 13. The censure and correction of inferiour Presby∣ters in point of life and conversation, doth belong also to Bishops.
• 14. And of Lay-people, if they walk unworthy of their Christian calling. ibid.
• 15. Conjectural proofs that the description of a Bishop in the first to Timothy, is of a Bishop strictly and properly called. Page 233