[32]  2 Pet. 2.10.

[33]  Deut. 17.18, 19. & cap. 31.9. Josh. 1.7, 8.1. 2 King. 11.12.

[34]  Isa. 49.23.

[35]  Ezr. 7.26, 27. 1 Pet. 2.14. compared with Gal. 5.19, 20. & Phil. 3.2. & 2 ep. Joh. 10. 2 Chron. 15. & 2 Chron. 17.6. 2 Chron. 19.3. 2 Chron. 29. 2 Chron. 33.15, 16. 2 Chron. 34.31, 32, 33. Nehem. 13.15 ad finem. Dan. 3.29. 1 Tim. 2.2. Rev. 17.16, 17.

[36]  1 Pet. 2.14. Rom. 13.3, 4.

[37]  Επισκοπος των εξο της εκκλησιας, Euseb. vit. Constant. cap. 24.

[38]  Isa. 49.22. Psal. 72.10, 11. Isa. 60.10. Rev. 21.24.

[39]  1 Cor. 5.12.

[40]Ab Apostolis usque ad nostri temporis fecem, Ecclesia Christi nata & Adulta persecutionibus crevit, Martyriis coronata est; et postquam ad Christianos Principes venit, potentiâ quidem & divitiis major, sed virtutibus minor facta est. Hieron. tom. 1. in vitâ Malchi.

[41]  Act. 28.22.