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ment's sake, that the case was not as I have stated; suppose that the Apostles left Presbyters and Teachers with equal powers, each having the charge of only one Church; and suppose that the province of each was bounded by the limits of his Church; what was to become of those other Churches, to whom the Apostles, and those who had governed with them, being dead, could not ordain Teachers? Did their death happen so opportunely, that every Church had at that very moment its Pastor and Teacher, and that not one remained unformed, with its foundations only laid, without Deacons or without Teachers, which yet was the condition of the Churches of Crete for some time even under the Apostle Paul? Who carried on the unfinished work? Was there no need of some Timotheus or Titus to complete what remained to be done? Whilst the Apostles themselves were yet alive, it was necessary for the largest powers to be given to Titus, and Timotheus, and many others: and what was likely to be the case

after their death? Either the work commenced by the Apostles must have been abandoned, or it must have been carried on by those whom they left as their succes

sors.

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EUSEBIUS writes on this subject as follows: "That Paul preached to the Gentiles, and established Churches from Jerusalem and around as far as Illyricum, is evident both from his own expressions, and from the testimony of Luke in the book of Acts. And in what provinces Peter also proclaimed the doctrine of Christ, the doctrine of the New Covenant, appears from his own writings, and may be seen from that Epistle we have mentioned as admitted in the Canon, and a Hist. Eccles. iii. c. 4.

which he addressed to the Hebrews in the dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. But how many and which of these, actuated by a genuine zeal, were judged suitable to feed the Churches established by these Apostles, it is not easy to say, any farther than may be gathered from the writings of Paul. For he, indeed, had innumerable fellow-labourers, or, as he himself calls them, fellow-soldiers in the Church. Of these, the greater part are honoured with an indelible remembrance by him in his Epistles, where he gives a lasting testimony concerning them. Luke also, in his Acts, speaking of his friends, mentions them by name. Timothy, indeed, is recorded as having first received the Episcopate at Ephesus, as Titus, also, was appointed over the Churches in Crete. But Luke, who was born at Antioch, and by profession a physician, being for the most part connected with Paul, and familiarly acquainted with the rest of the Apostles, has left us in two inspired books, the institutes of that spiritual

healing art, which he obtained from them. One of these is his Gospel, in which he testifies that he has recorded, 66 as those who were from the beginning eye-witnesses, and ministers of the word," delivered to him, whom also, he says, he has in all things followed. The other is his Acts of the Apostles, which he composed, not from what he had heard from others, but from what he had seen himself. It is also said, that Paul usually referred to his Gospel, whenever, in his Epistles, he spoke of some particular Gospel of his own, saying," according to my Gospel." But of the rest that accompanied Paul, Crescens is mentioned by him as sent to Gaul. Linus, whom he has mentioned in his Second Epistle to Timothy as his companion at Rome, has been before shewn to have been the first after Peter that obtained the Episcopate at Rome. Clement also, who was appointed the third Bishop of this Church, is proved by him to have been a fellowlabourer and fellow-soldier with him. Beside, the Areopagite, called Dionysius, whom

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