SECT. IV.
ANd that the same forme of Government which was setled in Hierusalem and the forenamed Churches, was likewise established in the Church of Antioch, may be proved by that Text in the 13. of Acts, where we read,* 1.1 that there were in the Church of Antiochia certaine Prophets and Teachers, and as they mini∣stred unto the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the worke whereunto I have called them; and when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands upon them, they sent them away. It is safe to affirme, that these Pro∣phets and Teachers were no other then that ranke and order of Presbyters, because we reade, that they ministred unto the Lord and gave imposition of hands, which was the worke of ordi∣nary Ministers, though that particular imposition of hands upon Paul and Barnabas was not an ordination of Paul and Barnabas, but a separation of them, v. 2. and destinating them to distinct Countries. The Heads of the Church were S. Paul and Peter, as appeares by Ignatius in his Epistle ad Magn. where wee have these words For at Antiochia the Disciples were first called Chri∣stians, Paul and Peter founding the Church. But to untwist a doubt which some may make, that is, How it came to passe, that