Excerpt from The Works of the Rev. Joseph Bingham, M.A, Vol. 2 of 10 Nec ofl'endet, puto, quenquam, quod Auctor doctissimus senten tias, auctoritatis episc0palis seu hierarchise in Anglia defensoribus proprias, defendat. Hisce enim partibu's quum ipsemet addictus sit, nemo ei hoc vitio vertere poterit. Quod si etiam, qui cum hisce fa ciunt, in veteris Ecclesiae institutis ad sua placita flectendis nimu sunt, in idem tamen haud raro incurrunt vitium, qui illis, saepe Sine praegnanti ratione, sese Opponunt. Praeterea, qaum utraque pars in veteris Ecclesiae disciplina et institutis causae suae praesidium quaerat, illud ex hisce certaminibus exstitit commodum, ut scriptis subinde egregns nova lux antiquitatibus ecclesiasticis affunderetur, certe ma jori studio ac industria in iis eruendis ac investigandis viri quidam eruditi versarentur, quam forte caeteroquin factum fuisset. Certe inter eos, qui pro episcoporum auctoritate et veteri disciplina reti menda militarunt, viros fuisse exquisita r'erum veteris Ecclesiae no titia imbutos, Joannis Pearsonn, Henrici Hammondi, Henrici Dod welli, aliorumque, quorum nomina orbis eruditus veneratur, exempla testantur. Binghamo vero nostro hoc prae reliquis proprium est, quod magna animi moderatione judicioque singulari in hisce omni bus versetur, adeo ut, si in quibusdam emendatione quadam opus habet, longe plurima contra Sint, ex quibus insignem lector capere queat utilitatem. 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.