Excerpt from The Works of the Learned Joseph Bingham, M.A., Late Rector of Havant, and Sometime Fellow of University-College in Oxford, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing, I. Origines Ecclesiasticae, or the Antiquities of the Christian Church, in Twenty Three Books; II. A Scholastical History of Lay-Baptism, in Two Parts; III. The French Churches Apology for the Church of England Of the Original of Bifhops; and that they were a dii'tinet Order from Presbyters in the Primi tive Church. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.