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The diocesans tryall : wherein the maine controversies about the forme or governement of the churches of Christ are judiciously stated, and learnedly discussed in the opening and thorough debating of these three questions following : 1. whether Christ did institute, or the apostles frame any diocesan forme of churches or whether parishionall only? : 2. whether Christ ordained by himselse or by his apostles any ordinary pastours having both precedencie of order and majority of power over others? : 3. whether Christ did immediately commit ordinary power ecclesiasticall and the exercise of it to any one singular person or to an united multitude of presbyters? : a worke seasonable and usefull for these times being very helpefull to the deciding of the differences now in question upon this subject