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Tentamen novum continuatum. Or, An answer to Mr Owen's Plea and defense. Wherein Bishop Pearson's chronology about the time of St. Paul's constituting Timothy Bishop of Ephesus, and Titus of Crete, is confirm'd; the second epistle to Timothy demonstrated to have been written in the apostle's latter imprisonment at Rome; and all Mr. Owen's arguments drawn from antiquity for Presbyterian parity and ordination by presbyters, are overthrown. Herein is more particularly prov'd, that the Church of England, ever since the Reformation, believ'd the divine right of bishops. By Thomas Gipps, rector of Bury in Lancashire.

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Main Author:	Gipps, Thomas, d. 1709
Other Authors:	Pearson, John, 1613-1686
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : printed by Tho. Warren, for Ephraim Johnson bookseller in Manchester, 1699.
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Owen, James, > 1654-1706. > Plea for Scripture ordination > Early works to 1800. Timothy, > Saint > Early works to 1800. Titus, > Saint > Early works to 1800. Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 > Early works to 1800. Ordination > Biblical teaching > Early works to 1800.
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