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The diocesans tryall : wherein the maine controversies about the forme or governement of the churches of Christ are judiciously stated, and learnedly discussed in the opening and thorough debating of these three questions following : 1. whether Christ did institute, or the apostles frame any diocesan forme of churches or whether parishionall only? : 2. whether Christ ordained by himselse or by his apostles any ordinary pastours having both precedencie of order and majority of power over others? : 3. whether Christ did immediately commit ordinary power ecclesiasticall and the exercise of it to any one singular person or to an united multitude of presbyters? : a worke seasonable and usefull for these times being very helpefull to the deciding of the differences now in question upon this subject

by: Baynes, Paul, d. 1617

Publication date: 1644

Topics: Downame, George, d. 1634, Church of England, Episcopacy

Publisher: London : Printed for John Bellamie, and are to be sould at his shop at the signe of the three Golden-Lyons in Cornehill neare the Royall-Exchange

Collection: Princeton; americana

Contributor: Princeton Theological Seminary Library

Language: English

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Originally published in 1621 (See STC 1640), in answer to: Downame, George. A defence of the sermon preached at the consecration of the L. Bishop of Bath and Welles, against a confutation thereof by a namelesse author

Caption title on p. 1: The first qvestion is, whether Christ did institute or the apostles frame any diocesan forme of churches, or parishionall onely

No. 4 in a group of pamphlets