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…We read of Bishops in the New-Testament, but what? Not one Bishop over many Churches, but many Bishops over one Church; not Diocesan, but Congregational Bishops.…
John Davenport — The Power of Congregational Churches Asserted and Vindicated, The Second Part. — CHAP. VI. Concerning the power given of Christ unto such a Church, as…, p. 78