Ye then, O Bishops, be not harsh nor tyrannical nor irascible ; and Ap. Con. be not wroth with the people of God whom He has given into your hands ; do not destroy the House of God nor scatter His people ; but convert f. 45 a all men, that ye may be helpers with God. Assemble the believers with much humility and long suffering, and with patience without anger ; by doctrine and entreaty, as servants of the everlasting kingdom ; in your assemblies, in the holy Churches, after all good patterns form your gatherings, and arrange the places for the brethren carefully with all sobriety. Let a place be reserved for the Elders in the midst of the eastern part of the House, and let the throne of the Bishop be placed amongst them ; let the Elders sit with him ; but also at the other eastern side of the house let the laymen sit ; for thus it is required that the Elders should sit at the eastern side of the house with the Bishops, and after- wards the laymen, and next the women : that when ye stand to pray the rulers may stand first, afterwards the laymen, and then the women also, for towards the East it is required that ye should pray, as ye know that it is written, "Give praise to God, who rideth on the heavens of heavens *?• lxvlii