« power; and offices of ecclefiaftical Superiors and Supreme,

were, though in another manner, long since done by the in“ comparable Mr. Hooker, in the Seventh and Eighth Books of « Ecclefiaftical Polity, or the learned Archbishop of Spalato: « but their labours were unhappily lost, and never saw the light." He adds, “ Though I cannot attain to the strength of these cham“ pions of David, yet since their portion of works is fallen into “ my hands, I have heartily endeavoured to supply their loss."