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ordinance_n be_v by_o himself_o deny_v not_o by_o man_n despise_v or_o slight_v thus_o we_o avoid_v the_o 31._o the_o in_o catechismo_fw-la duo_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la necessaria_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la quid_fw-la suntne_n alia_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la generalia_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la communia_fw-la ut_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la alia_fw-la generalia_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la necessaria_fw-la ut_fw-la confirmatio_fw-la didoclau_n altar_n damascen_n p._n 357._o the_o other_o five_o though_o common_o call_v sacrament_n be_v not_o to_o be_v account_v sacrament_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v such_o as_o have_v grow_v partly_o of_o the_o corrupt_a imitation_n of_o the_o apost_n confer_v at_o hampt_a court_n p._n 31._o acception_n against_o our_o catechism_n make_v by_o some_o mistake_v though_o well-minded_a brethren_n and_o so_o also_o shun_v the_o popish_a necessity_n of_o that_o sacrament_n which_o be_v injurious_a to_o the_o salvation_n of_o little_a child_n depart_v this_o life_n before_o they_o have_v receive_v the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n but_o thus_o we_o can_v salve_v the_o necessity_n of_o discipline_n for_o though_o discipline_n be_v necessary_a for_o the_o church_n yet_o the_o particular_a discipline_n of_o our_o church_n be_v not_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n so_o that_o they_o can_v be_v true_a church_n and_o salvation_n in_o they_o which_o have_v it_o not_o 220._o not_o adversarii_fw-la nullam_fw-la per_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la esse_fw-la validam_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o casu_fw-la necessitatis_fw-la i_fw-it quando_fw-la desunt_fw-la omnino_fw-la episcopi_fw-la aut_fw-la deficiunt_fw-la à _fw-la fide_fw-la ibid._n p._n 220._o for_o where_o there_o be_v a_o defect_n of_o bishop_n or_o bishop_n make_v a_o defection_n from_o the_o faith_n there_o a_o ordination_n by_o presbyter_n be_v confess_v to_o be_v valid_a by_o those_o who_o be_v no_o friend_n unto_o the_o presbytery_n a_o ordination_n not_o only_o of_o presbyter_n but_o of_o bishop_n as_o 704._o as_o dr._n field_n of_o the_o church_n lib._n 5._o c._n 56._o pag._n 704._o doctor_z field_n have_v determine_v for_o say_v he_o in_o case_n of_o necessity_n as_o in_o revolt_n from_o the_o faith_n or_o where_o bishop_n will_v not_o ordain_v but_o such_o as_o consent_v to_o their_o heresy_n when_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n of_o better_a presbyter_n may_v choose_v out_o one_o among_o themselves_o to_o be_v chief_a and_o so_o add_v other_o to_o their_o number_n by_o the_o imposition_n of_o he_o and_o their_o hand_n which_o give_v we_o occasion_n rather_o to_o admire_v then_o to_o believe_v that_o priest_n make_v at_o rome_n or_o rheims_n revolt_a from_o their_o popish_a religion_n shall_v be_v admit_v to_o benefice_n in_o our_o church_n without_o a_o new_a ordination_n and_o that_o they_o who_o be_v make_v minister_n in_o transmarine_a church_n shall_v not_o be_v admit_v unless_o first_o they_o be_v by_o bishop_n ordain_v deacon_n and_o presbyter_n as_o 220._o as_o sacerdotibus_fw-la pontificiis_fw-la ordinatis_fw-la regnante_fw-la mariâ_fw-la sive_fw-la romae_fw-la sive_fw-la rhemis_n non_fw-la opus_fw-la erat_fw-la nouâ_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la sed_fw-la mariani_n sacerdotes_fw-la retenti_fw-la in_o hunc_fw-la usque_fw-la diem_fw-la terellus_n tytherus_n etc._n etc._n contra_fw-la qui_fw-la erant_fw-la legitimi_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la transmarinis_fw-la ministri_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la capaces_fw-la beneficiorum_fw-la donec_fw-la priùs_fw-la creati_fw-la fuerint_fw-la diaconi_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la per_fw-la praelatos_fw-la ut_fw-la oftendit_fw-la exemplis_fw-la whitingami_fw-la traversi_fw-la etc._n etc._n didoclau_n altar_n damascen_n pag._n 220._o didoclavius_n report_v out_o of_o johnson_n the_o brownist_n and_o some_o of_o we_o remember_v that_o some_o of_o those_o who_o prefer_v episcopacy_n above_o the_o presbytery_n as_o gold_n above_o silver_n do_v yet_o allow_v it_o to_o be_v maintain_v in_o the_o divinity_n school_n divino_fw-la school_n ordinatio_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la reformatis_fw-la est_fw-la legitima_fw-la this_o be_v public_o hold_v in_o doctor_n holland_n time_n who_o in_o the_o act_n july_n 9_o a_o 1608._o conclude_v quod_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ordo_fw-la distinctus_fw-la à _fw-la presbyteratu_fw-la coque_fw-la superior_a jure_fw-la divino_fw-la that_o the_o ordination_n of_o minister_n in_o outlandish_a church_n be_v lawful_a though_o without_o bishop_n there_o be_v then_o no_o necessity_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v ordain_v again_o to_o make_v they_o capable_a of_o benefice_n unless_o some_o positive_a constitution_n of_o our_o church_n require_v it_o much_o less_o be_v it_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n either_o their_o own_o or_o other_o that_o bishop_n shall_v confer_v any_o new_a order_n upon_o they_o doctor_n 274._o doctor_n doct._n willet_n synop._n papism_n 5._o gen._n controv_n append_v ad_fw-la 3._o quaest_n p._n 274._o willet_n mention_v another_o necessity_n of_o the_o distinction_n of_o bishop_n and_o priest_n and_o so_o of_o episcopal_a government_n or_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n and_o that_o be_v for_o the_o avoid_n of_o schism_n for_o else_o as_o luciserian_n as_o tot_o essent_fw-la schismatà _fw-la quot_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la hieron_n advers._fw-la luciserian_n hierome_n say_v there_o will_v be_v as_o many_o schism_n as_o priest_n but_o this_o necessity_n will_v not_o serve_v to_o make_v the_o crosier-staffe_n of_o discipline_n equal_a to_o the_o marble_n pillar_n of_o doctrine_n for_o support_v of_o salvation_n there_o be_v yet_o another_o necessity_n conceive_v of_o a_o contrary_a discipline_n 351._o discipline_n the_o king_n large_a declarat_fw-la pag._n 351._o for_o in_o scotland_n a_o parity_n of_o minister_n be_v prefer_v as_o god_n ordinance_n to_o episcopacy_n a_o humane_a consuetude_n and_o this_o ordinance_n of_o discipline_n without_o bishop_n be_v conceive_v by_o the_o 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