Certain briefe treatises written by diverse learned men, concerning the ancient and moderne government of the church : wherein both the primitive institution of episcopacie is maintained, and the lawfulnesse of the ordination of the Protestant ministers beyond the seas likewise defended, the particulars whereof are set downe in the leafe following.

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Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. The following each have separate t.p.'s: "A summarie view of the government both of the old and new testament ..."; "The validity of the ordination of the minisers [sic] of the reformed churches ..." / by Francis Mason; "The originall of bishops and metropolitens briefly laid downe" / by Martin Bucer ..., John Rainolde ..., James Ussher.