Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated : including the chief part of the government of Christian princes and popes, and a true account of the most troubling controversies and heresies till the Reformation : written for the use especially of them : I. Who are ignorant or misinformed of the state of the ancient churches : II. Who cannot read many and great volumes : III. Who think that the universal Church must have one visible soveraign, personal or collective, Pope or general councils : IV. Who would know whether patriarchs, diocesans, and their councils, have been, or must be the cure of heresies and schismes : V. Who would know the truth about the great heresies which have divided the Christian world, especially the Donatists, Novatians, Arians, Macedonians, Nestorians, Eutychians, Monothelites, &c.