Besides this (said he) your Church will require me to believe other Absurdities as bad as these, as that Kings and Bishops have a Divine Right to that Power, which they exercise over us, whereas with my own Eyes I saw our Great and Gracious King accept the Crown of _England_, as the Gift of the People. And I see as plainly, that Bishops are an Order of Men of their own (not of Christ's) making. I was told that our Bishops Order was founded in that of the 12 Apostles, and the Presbyters Order in the 70 Disciples: Upon this I resolved to see if the 12 and the 70 were different Orders, or no, and read over the 10th Chap. of _Matthew_, the 3d and 6th of _Mark_, and the 9th of _Luke_, in which places the Power which Christ gave to the 12 is set forth, which amounteth to this, _viz._ a Charge to Preach the Gospel, a Power to work Miracles in casting out Devils, healing the Sick, _&c._ And I also read in the 10th Chapter of _Luke_, that the 70 were sent forth for the same Reason, and with the same express Power as were the 12, _viz._ To preach the Gospel, heal the Sick, and cast out Devils, _vers._ 2.9.17. And he telleth the 70 at the 16th Verse, _That he who heareth them, heareth him; and he who despiseth them, despiseth him_, as he had said to the 12, in _Matthew_ 10.40. Indeed they were only added to the number of the 12, _Because_ (as 'tis said there) _the Harvest was great, and the Labourers few_, i.e. because Multitudes followed Christ, and were disposed to become Christians, therefore he encreased the number of his Apostles, or Teaching Disciples. I can find no Footsteps of any Jurisdiction given to the 12 over the 70, or indeed over any body else; and in the 18th Chapter of _Matthew_, where Christ speaketh of binding and loosing, 'tis manifest from the first Verse, that his discourse was made to his Disciples. So in the 20th of _John_, the Holy-Ghost and Power of remitting and retaining Sins, was given to the Disciples which met together after Christ's death, _vers._ 19. in which meeting, there might be some of the 70 as well as some of the 12: 'Tis certain the 70 received the Holy-Ghost, and if Baptism be a Key of Admission into the Church, they had it: If binding or loosing be declaring wherein we are bound in duty, and wherein we may use our liberty; if remitting and retaining Sins be declaring what Iniquity God will forgive, and what he will not; the 70 shared this Power with the 12. As for delivering up to Satan, and inflicting Diseases; since 'twas a miraculous Power, which we read not that Christ appropriated to the 12, we have no reason to think 'twas detained from the 70. If then Christ appointed but one Order, _viz._ that of Teachers, the Order of Rulers dignified themselves above, and distinguished themselves from their Brethren, yet I am willing to submit to those Powers, which the Laws of _England_ have given to the Bishops, though what they claim by Divine Right, I esteem as an Usurpation.