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jurisdiction_n from_o any_o temporal_a prince_n and_o therefore_o if_o jurisdiction_n must_v be_v derive_v from_o prince_n he_o have_v none_o at_o all_o and_o yet_o either_o you_o must_v acknowledge_v that_o he_o have_v spiritual_a jurisdiction_n or_o that_o yourselves_o can_v receive_v none_o from_o he_o and_o afterward_o again_o sect_n 22._o he_o say_v but_o beside_o this_o defect_n in_o the_o personal_a succession_n of_o protestant_a bishop_n there_o be_v another_o of_o great_a moment_n which_o be_v that_o they_o want_v the_o right_a form_n of_o ordain_v bishop_n and_o priest_n because_o the_o manner_n which_o they_o use_v be_v so_o much_o different_a from_o the_o roman_a church_n at_o least_o according_a to_o the_o common_a opinion_n of_o divine_n that_o it_o can_v be_v sufficient_a for_o the_o essence_n of_o ordination_n as_o i_o can_v demonstrate_v if_o this_o be_v the_o proper_a place_n of_o such_o a_o treatise_n and_o will_v not_o fail_v to_o do_v if_o d._n potter_n give_v i_o occasion_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o reader_n may_v be_v please_v to_o read_v the_o author_n cite_v here_o in_o the_o margin_n and_o then_o compare_v our_o form_n of_o ordination_n with_o that_o of_o protestant_n and_o to_o remember_v that_o if_o the_o form_n which_o they_o use_v either_o in_o consecrate_v bishop_n or_o in_o ordain_v priest_n be_v at_o least_o doubtful_a they_o can_v never_o have_v undoubted_a priest_n nor_o bishop_n for_o priest_n can_v be_v ordain_v but_o by_o true_a bishop_n nor_o can_v any_o be_v true_a bishop_n unless_o he_o be_v at_o first_o priest_n i_o say_v their_o ordination_n be_v at_o least_o doubtful_a because_o that_o suffice_v for_o my_o present_a purpose_n for_o bishop_n and_o priest_n who_o ordination_n be_v notorious_o know_v to_o be_v but_o doubtful_a be_v not_o to_o be_v esteem_v bishop_n or_o priest_n and_o no_o man_n without_o sacrilege_n can_v receive_v sacrament_n from_o they_o all_o which_o they_o administer_v unlawful_o and_o if_o we_o except_o baptism_n with_o manifest_a danger_n of_o invalidity_n and_o with_o obligation_n to_o be_v at_o least_o conditional_o repeat_v so_o protestant_n must_v remain_v doubtful_a of_o remission_n of_o sin_n of_o their_o ecclesiastical_a hierarchy_n and_o may_v not_o pretend_v to_o be_v a_o true_a church_n which_o can_v subsist_v without_o undoubted_a true_a bishop_n and_o priest_n nor_o without_o due_a administration_n of_o sacrament_n which_o according_a to_o protestant_n be_v a_o essential_a note_n of_o the_o true_a church_n and_o it_o be_v a_o world_n to_o observe_v the_o proceed_n of_o english_a protestant_n in_o this_o point_n of_o their_o ordination_n for_o first_o an._n 3_o ed._n 6._o cap._n 2._o when_o he_o be_v a_o child_n about_o twelve_o year_n of_o age_n it_o be_v enact_v that_o such_o a_o form_n of_o make_v and_o consecrate_v of_o bishop_n and_o priest_n as_o by_o six_o prelate_n and_o six_o other_o to_o be_v appoint_v by_o the_o king_n shall_v be_v devise_v mark_v well_o this_o word_n devise_v and_o set_v forth_o under_o the_o great_a seal_n shall_v be_v use_v and_o none_o other_o but_o after_o this_o act_n be_v repeal_v 1_o mar._n sess_z 2._o insomuch_o as_o that_o when_o afterward_o an._n 6_o &_o 7_o regin_v eliz._n bishop_n bonner_n be_v indict_v upon_o a_o certificate_n make_v by_o doctor_n horn_n a_o protestant_a bishop_n of_o winchester_n for_o his_o refusal_n of_o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n and_o except_v against_o the_o indictment_n because_o dr._n horn_n be_v no_o bishop_n they_o be_v all_o at_o a_o stand_n till_o an._n 8_o eliz._n cap._n 1._o the_o act_n of_o ed._n 6._o be_v renew_v and_o confirm_v with_o a_o particular_a proviso_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v be_v impreach_v or_o molest_v by_o mean_n of_o any_o certificate_n by_o any_o bishop_n or_o archbishop_n make_v before_o this_o last_o act_n whereby_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o they_o make_v some_o doubt_n of_o their_o own_o ordination_n and_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o but_o uncertainty_n in_o the_o whole_a business_n of_o their_o ordination_n which_o forsooth_o must_v depend_v on_o six_o prelate_n the_o great_a seal_n act_n of_o parliament_n be_v contrary_a one_o to_o another_o and_o the_o like_a so_o that_o you_o see_v all_o along_o the_o authority_n and_o interposition_n of_o the_o magistrate_n be_v scoff_v at_o and_o by_o they_o make_v ineffectual_a in_o the_o order_n of_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n nay_o the_o church_n must_v be_v no_o church_n if_o not_o whole_o and_o independent_o govern_v by_o the_o clergy_n and_o a_o clergy_n too_o that_o do_v particular_o derive_v their_o ordination_n and_o power_n from_o a_o foreign_a head_n and_o according_a to_o right_n and_o ceremony_n then_o abolish_v if_o none_o but_o true_a priest_n can_v administer_v the_o sacrament_n nor_o none_o but_o true_a bishop_n make_v true_a priest_n nor_o none_o but_o the_o pope_n make_v true_a bishop_n but_o that_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o magistrate_n do_v interpose_v why_o then_o no_o true_a sacrament_n nor_o no_o true_a church_n by_o their_o doctrine_n and_o to_o that_o purpose_n he_o do_v put_v a_o mark_n upon_o the_o word_n devise_v as_o deride_v the_o civil_a power_n therein_o 38._o if_o we_o shall_v add_v to_o this_o what_o be_v before_o he_o observe_v by_o father_n parson_n concern_v the_o institution_n of_o the_o service-book_n and_o object_v against_o the_o validity_n and_o use_n of_o it_o as_o well_o as_o the_o power_n to_o abolish_v their_o mass_n and_o other_o ceremony_n it_o will_v make_v we_o wary_a in_o condemn_v less_o alteration_n now_o make_v by_o a_o great_a power_n while_o yet_o we_o shall_v commend_v conformity_n to_o a_o less_o power_n in_o a_o matter_n of_o great_a alteration_n for_o he_o allege_v in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o three_o conversion_n of_o england_n par_fw-fr 2._o chap._n 12._o sect_n 25._o that_o the_o reformation_n and_o service-book_n be_v make_v by_o the_o then_o protector_n to_o edward_n the_o
he_o and_o leave_v no_o settle_a way_n for_o peace_n or_o order_n he_o be_v therefore_o to_o be_v understand_v as_o conclude_v that_o as_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o inferior_a power_n must_v for_o peace_n and_o order_n sake_n depend_v on_o he_o who_o alone_o be_v to_o be_v hold_v the_o lawful_a and_o true_a governor_n to_o this_o end_n so_o his_o can_v depend_v on_o none_o but_o god_n but_o of_o this_o more_o hereafter_o 30._o in_o the_o mean_a time_n it_o be_v to_o i_o a_o wonder_n how_o those_o that_o do_v now_o so_o much_o insist_v upon_o the_o necessity_n of_o their_o agreement_n with_o that_o doctrine_n and_o discipline_n which_o be_v former_o set_v down_o by_o the_o church_n of_o england_n among_o which_o the_o frequent_a use_n of_o sermon_n and_o sacrament_n be_v set_v down_o as_o duty_n necessary_a to_o our_o christian_a profession_n if_o not_o salvation_n can_v now_o be_v so_o much_o change_v from_o their_o first_o principle_n as_o to_o decline_v those_o mean_n and_o 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