Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n
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A91516
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The right religion, reviewed and inlarged / by L.P. Gent.
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L. P., Gent.
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Wing P74C; ESTC R181384
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shape_n protestant_n put_v their_o church_n in_o to_o make_v she_o pass_v for_o true_a 1_o the_o first_o be_v protestant_n be_v a_o company_n of_o christians_n under_o the_o government_n of_o bishop_n &_o pastor_n that_o have_v power_n and_o authority_n from_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n to_o administer_v the_o sacrament_n and_o preach_v the_o word_n of_o god_n but_o such_o a_o company_n be_v the_o true_a church_n therefore_o protestant_n be_v the_o true_a church_n answer_v 1_o neither_o christ_n nor_o the_o apostle_n ever_o confer_v any_o power_n or_o authority_n on_o protestant_a bishop_n and_o pastor_n they_o be_v dead_a and_o go_v long_o before_o these_o have_v any_o be_v to_o give_v power_n and_o authority_n of_o this_o nature_n require_v presence_n of_o the_o giver_n so_o be_v god_n present_a to_o moses_n exod_n 3._o christ_n to_o his_o disciple_n mat._n 6.28_o neither_o be_v their_o any_o testament_n or_o monument_n extant_a to_o show_v that_o the_o power_n or_o authority_n christ_n bequeath_v shall_v lie_v obscure_a and_o dead_a for_o such_o a_o tract_n of_o time_n and_o then_o be_v bring_v to_o light_n and_o revive_v when_o protestant_n bishop_n and_o pastor_n spring_v up_o or_o that_o it_o be_v for_o they_o 2._o it_o will_v be_v say_v christ_n and_o the_o apostle_n share_v their_o power_n to_o protestant_a bishop_n mediate_o immediate_o to_o those_o live_v in_o their_o day_n and_o those_o to_o other_o down_n to_o these_o repl._n by_o this_o be_v employ_v a_o continuation_n of_o succession_n in_o the_o protestant_a bishop_n and_o pastor_n ever_o since_o christ_n &_o the_o apostle_n it_o be_v not_o concievable_a any_o other_o way_n how_o power_n can_v be_v transmit_v from_o one_o hand_n to_o another_o as_o be_v aver_v as_o also_o a_o visibilite_n of_o the_o same_o for_o as_o much_o as_o it_o be_v their_o part_n to_o preach_v the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o administer_v the_o sacrament_n if_o visible_a they_o may_v be_v produce_v they_o ought_v to_o be_v produce_v they_o may_v because_o that_o power_n be_v vain_a and_o fictitious_a that_o be_v not_o reducible_a to_o act_v math._n 5._o they_o ought_v because_o bishop_n and_o pastor_n in_o case_n of_o controversy_n be_v to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o their_o call_n luke_n 7._o as_o well_o to_o settle_v the_o waver_a as_o to_o bend_v and_o make_v supple_a the_o stifness_n of_o stubborn_a misbeliever_n 1_o peter_n 3._o 3._o how_o necessary_a this_o be_v tertullian_n admirable_o well_o urge_v parmen_fw-la lib_fw-la de_fw-la praescrip_n iren._n adver_o heres_fw-la hieron_n in_o lucifer_n optat._n lib._n 2._o contra_fw-la parmen_fw-la when_o he_o bid_v the_o sectary_n of_o his_o time_n let_v he_o see_v the_o beginning_n of_o their_o bishop_n &_o pastor_n likewise_o optatus_n the_o origin_n of_o your_o chair_n show_v you_o that_o needs_o will_v challenge_v to_o yourselves_o the_o holy_a church_n st._n austin_n come_v not_o behind_o these_o in_o press_v the_o necessity_n of_o succession_n and_o derivation_n manich._n augustin_n de_fw-fr utilit_fw-la credend_a epist_n count_v faustum_n manich._n where_o he_o ingenuous_o acknowledge_v they_o to_o be_v of_o force_n to_o hold_v &_o keep_v he_o in_o the_o bosom_n of_o the_o church_n there_o keep_v i_o say_v that_o great_a saint_n in_o the_o church_n the_o succession_n of_o priest_n from_o the_o very_o sit_v of_o st._n peter_n to_o who_o our_o lord_n after_o his_o resurrection_n commit_v the_o feed_n of_o his_o sheep_n even_o to_o this_o present_a bishop_n and_o well_o do_v it_o become_v the_o pious_a zeal_n of_o those_o ornament_n &_o light_n of_o god_n church_n to_o show_v earnestness_n &_o vehemency_n in_o this_o behalf_n inasmuch_o as_o derivation_n of_o succession_n be_v so_o proper_a to_o the_o true_a church_n that_o it_o can_v agree_v to_o any_o false_a as_o st._n hierom_n in_o micam_fw-la 1._o observe_v assure_v sectary_n to_o have_v no_o such_o riches_n as_o come_v to_o man_n by_o plain_a inheritance_n from_o their_o father_n and_o as_o be_v evident_a in_o itself_o by_o reason_n the_o true_a church_n be_v plant_v and_o establish_v before_o any_o false_a begin_v the_o parable_n of_o the_o good_a man_n sow_v first_o good_a seed_n and_o the_o enemy_n oversowing_a cockle_n evince_n no_o less_o mat._n 13._o therefore_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o non_fw-la plus_fw-la ultra_fw-la a_o stop_n &_o bar_n betwixt_o whatsoever_o counterfeit_v church_n and_o christ_n to_o keep_v off_o the_o like_a continuation_n of_o succession_n 4._o it_o will_v be_v say_v if_o derivation_n of_o succession_n be_v a_o sure_a mark_n of_o the_o true_a church_n arian_n &_o turk_n may_v claim_v the_o true_a church_n arian_n derive_v themselves_o without_o interruption_n from_o arius_n and_o the_o turk_n from_o mahomet_n repl_n arian_n and_o turk_n derivation_n climb_v not_o so_o high_a as_o christ_n it_o reach_v no_o further_a than_o arius_n and_o mahomet_n who_o grow_v up_o long_o after_o christ_n the_o argument_n from_o succession_n be_v not_o ground_v upon_o any_o succession_n but_o upon_o derivation_n of_o succession_n from_o the_o apostle_n and_o christ_n and_o that_o hold_v good_a because_o christ_n be_v not_o only_a man_n but_o god_n also_o and_o therefore_o have_v power_n to_o constitute_v a_o true_a church_n arius_n and_o mahomet_n be_v no_o more_o than_o man_n who_o may_v not_o assume_v any_o such_o prerogative_n so_o that_o derivation_n of_o succession_n from_o they_o only_o demonstrate_v they_o to_o have_v be_v the_o founder_n and_o beginner_n of_o arianism_n and_o turkism_n 5._o it_o will_v be_v say_v divers_a sectary_n be_v contemporary_a with_o christ_n therefore_o that_o argue_v antiquity_n only_a not_o truth_n repl._n it_o may_v be_v several_a sectary_n have_v the_o honour_n to_o see_v some_o part_n of_o the_o time_n christ_n live_v in_o but_o not_o his_o institution_n that_o be_v a_o special_a favour_n reserve_v for_o &_o only_o grant_v to_o his_o dear_a spouse_n the_o church_n sectarye_n creep_v in_o after_o as_o opposer_n of_o christ_n institution_n 6._o it_o will_v be_v say_v there_o have_v be_v name_v in_o several_a age_n the_o albigenses_n the_o apostolici_fw-la sandeus_fw-la osiand_n epitome_n aen_n silvius_n de_fw-fr gest_n bohem._n guide_n carmel_n in_o albigens_n antoninus_n luxemberg_n in_o paup_o de_fw-fr lugdun_n vspergen_v chron_n 212._o cesar_n cistert_n dial_n 5._o vincent_n speculum_fw-la hist_o prateolus_n sandeus_fw-la wickliff_n hus._n repl._n none_o of_o these_o be_v protestant_n they_o hold_v not_o in_o all_o point_n with_o they_o nor_o yet_o with_o themselves_o asis_fw-la to_o be_v see_v in_o osiander_n aeneas_n silvius_n and_o other_o approve_a historian_n beside_o there_o be_v a_o great_a distance_n between_o they_o and_o the_o apostle_n in_o which_o they_o can_v not_o be_v mention_v for_o as_o much_o as_o they_o be_v not_o begin_v or_o be_v quite_o extinct_a 2_o another_o shape_n be_v luther_n descend_v from_o catholic_n catholic_n from_o the_o apostle_n therefore_o protestant_n have_v their_o original_n from_o the_o apostle_n they_o derive_v themselves_o uninterrupted_o from_o luther_n answer_v 1_o protestant_n derivation_n from_o luther_n be_v frivolous_a and_o of_o no_o weight_n luther_n want_v episcopal_a authority_n without_o which_o all_o ordination_n be_v null_n and_o frustrate_a by_o the_o confession_n of_o the_o chief_n protestant_n themselves_o see_v saravia_n sutcliffe_n bilson_n andrews_n white_n mason_n montague_n hall_n and_o other_o 2._o it_o will_v be_v say_v luther_n receive_v episcopal_a power_n immediate_o from_o god_n repl._n such_o a_o power_n be_v extraordinary_a be_v always_o accompany_v with_o that_o of_o miracle_n as_o appear_v in_o moses_n exod._n 3._o and_o the_o apostle_n act._n 2.14_o luther_n never_o wrought_v miracle_n neither_o do_v he_o ever_o pretend_v to_o any_o such_o gift_n the_o season_n of_o miracle_n as_o some_o of_o his_o disciple_n avouch_v be_v than_o past_a and_o for_o his_o wonder_n allege_v in_o draw_v so_o many_o after_o he_o maugre_o the_o pope_n emperor_n and_o other_o potentate_n it_o show_v only_o a_o strange_a itch_a in_o man_n after_o novelty_n &_o proneness_n to_o libertinage_n arius_n in_o a_o short_a space_n lead_v away_o far_o more_o and_o great_a one_o that_o to_o use_v saint_n hieroms_n word_n count_v lucifer_n the_o world_n do_v groan_v again_o to_o see_v itself_o on_o a_o sudden_a become_v arian_n but_o this_o can_v be_v no_o miracle_n for_o miracle_n be_v do_v for_o the_o assert_v of_o truth_n &_o it_o be_v most_o untrue_a that_o christ_n be_v not_o god_n that_o he_o be_v not_o equal_a to_o his_o eternal_a father_n as_o arius_n contend_v 3._o it_o will_v be_v say_v it_o be_v miraculous_a in_o the_o apostle_n to_o convert_v thousand_o to_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n in_o a_o time_n of_o great_a opposition_n and_o resistance_n repl._n in_o they_o it_o be_v it_o be_v a_o work_n of_o too_o high_a a_o nature_n for_o the_o undertake_n of_o