[Footnote 55:  Pareas in 1 Cor. xii. 28.]

[Footnote 56:  D. Field, Of the Church, book v. chap. xxvi.]

[Footnote 57:  Peter Martyr, Beza, Piscator, and Calvin.]

[Footnote 58:  Calvin in 1 Pet. v. 2, 3. Vid. etiam Jacob.  Laurent.  Comment, in 1 Pet. v. 2, 3, ubi fusius de hac distinctione disserit, p. 322, ad. 325.]

[Footnote 59:  Mat.  Sutliv.  De Presbyterio, cap. 12, page 72 and 87:  edit.  Lond., an. 1591.  Bilson’s Perpetual Government of Christ’s Church, chap. 10, page 141; in 4to. printed in anno 1610.]

[Footnote 60:  Vide Calv. in loc.]

[Footnote 61:  Sutlive.]

[Footnote 62:  Whitgift.]

[Footnote 63:  Coleman.]

[Footnote 64:  Who desire more full satisfaction touching this poor and empty gloss, that the civil magistrate should be meant by these governments, let them consult Mr. Gillespie’s elaborate treatise, called Aaron’s Rod Blossoming, book 2, chap, 6, pp. 218 to 224.]

[Footnote 65:  Bilson.]

[Footnote 66:  Mr. Rutherford in his Due Right of Presbyteries, p. 145.]

[Footnote 67:  Calvin, Beza, &c. on this place.]

[Footnote 68:  See Gillespie’s Aaron’s Rod, book 2, chap. 9.]

[Footnote 69:  Mr. Rutherford in his Due Rights of Presbyteries, chap. 7, sec. 7, pages 145-147.]

[Footnote 70:  Beza, Piscata, Calvin, on this verse.]

[Footnote 71:  Bilson’s Perpetual Government of Christ’s Church, chap. x. pages 130, 131.]

[Footnote 72:  Altar.  Damas. cap. xii., page 918 and page 920.]

[Footnote 73:  B. King, in his Sermon on Cant. viii., Bilson in his Perpetual Government of Christ’s Church, c. x. page 132, &c.]

[Footnote 74:  B. King, in his Sermon on Cant. viii., page 40.]

[Footnote 75:  B. Whitgift in his Defence against Cartwright’s first Reply.  This is one of D. Field’s three glosses.  Field, Of the Church, lib v., chap. 26.]

[Footnote 76:  Bishops that have no tolerable gift of teaching, are like idols, their cases, or rather coffins, set up in the church’s choice.  Cartwright Testam. Annot., in 1 Tim. v. 17.]

[Footnote 77:  Altar.  Damasc. chap, xii., page 919.]

[Footnote 78:  Bridge, Hussey.]

[Footnote 79:  Altar.  Damasc. chap, xii., page 919.]

[Footnote 80:  Sutlive.]

[Footnote 81:  Sutlive, De Presbyterio, cap. 12, pages 72, 73.]

[Footnote 82:  Bilson’s Government of the Church, page 133.]

[Footnote 83:  Sutlive, De Presbyterio, c. 12, pages 72, 73.]

[Footnote 84:  Bilson, page 135.]

[Footnote 85:  Field, Book v.]

[Footnote 86:  Bilson, page 133.]

[Footnote 87:  Field, Book v.]

[Footnote 88:  D. Downham.  See Altar.  Damasc. c. xii. page 924.]

[Footnote 89:  Chrysost.  Homil. 15, in 1 Tim. 5, Hier. in 1 Tim. cap. 5, Ambr. in 1 Tim. cap., Calv. in 1 Tim. cap. 5, Bullinger in 1 Tim. cap. 5, Beza in 1 Tim. 5.]