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A47742	A discourse shewing who they are that are now qualify'd to administer baptism and the Lord's-Supper wherein the cause of episcopacy is briefly treated / by the author of A discourse proving the divine institution of water-baptism.	Leslie, Charles, 1650-1722.	1698 (1698)	Wing L1130; ESTC R25145	50,009	107

Let the Presbyters and Deacons do nothing without the Consent of the Bishop for it is He to whom the People of the Lord are committed and from whom an account of their Souls will be Requir'd Can. 41. We Ordain the Bishop to have power of the Goods of the Church And to Administer to those who want by the hands of the Presbyters and Deacons Can. 55. If any Clergy man shall Reproach his Bishop let him be Depos'd For Thou shalt not speak Evil of the Ruler of the People 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 After the Canons of the Apostles I produce next a Great Council of 87 Bishops held at Carthage in the Year of Christ 256 under St. Cyprian Archbishop of that Place which is Published in St. Cyprian's Works before quoted p. 229. where he tells us That besides the Bishops ther met there both Presbyters and Deacons and great Numbers of the Laity Episcopi plurimi cum Presbyteris Diaconibus c. The Council of Eliberis in Spain about the Year of Christ 305. Cap. 18. and 19. Bishops Presbyters and Deacons are Nam'd distinct And c. 32. Presbyters and Deacons are forbid to give the Communion to those who had grievously offended without the Command of the Bishop c. 75. Of those who shall falsly accuse a Bishop Presbyter or Deacon c. 77. It is ordained that those who are Baptiz'd by a Deacon without the Rishop or Presbyter shall afterwards be Confirm'd by the Bishop The Council of Eliberis in Spain about the Year of Christ 305. Cap. 18. and 19. Episcopi Presbyteri Diaconi c. Non est Presbyterorum aut Diaconorum Communionem talibus praestare debere nisi eis jusserit Episcopus Si quis Episcopum Presbyterum vel Diaconum falsis Criminibus appetierit c. Si quis Diaconus sine Episcopo vel Presbytero aliquos Baptizaverit Episcopus eos per Benedictionem perficere debebit The Council of Arles in France about the Year of Christ 309. c. 18. It is ordain'd that the Deacons shou'd be subject to the Presbyters And c. 19. That the Presbyters shou'd be subject to their Bishop and do nothing without his consent The Council of Arles in France about the Year of Christ 309. c. 18. It is ordain'd that the Deacons shou'd be subject to the Presbyters And c. 19. Presbyteri sine Conscientia Episcopi nihil faciant The Council of Ancyra A. D 315. A. D. 315. c. 1. and 2. Having Prohibited those Presbyters and Deacons who had in times of Persecution Offer'd to Idols from the Execution of their Office says that notwithstanding the Bishop may Dispence with them if he sees their Repentance sincere for that this Power is lodg'd in the Bishop The Council of Ancyra A. D 315. A. D. 315. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Council of Laodicea A. D. 321. A. D. 321. Can. 41. That no Clergy-man ought to Travel without the consent of his Bishop Can. 56. That the Presbyters ought not to go into the Church and sit in their Stales till the Bishop come and to go in with the Bishop The Council of Laodicea A. D. 321. A. D. 321. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The First and Great Council of Nice A. D. 325. Can. 16. That if any Presbyters or Deacons leave their own Churches they ought not to be receiv'd into another Church And that if any shall ordain such in his Ch. as belong to another without the consent of his proper Bishop let such Ordination be void The First and Great Council of Nice A. D. 325. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Council of Gangra 326. A. D. 326. Can. 6. If any have private Meetings out of the Church without their Preshyter let 'em be Anathematiz'd by the Sentence of the Bishop Can. 7. If any will take or give of the Fruits offer'd to the Church out of the Church without leave of the Bishop let him be Anathema The Council of Gangra 326. A. D. 326. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Council of Antioch A. D. 341. A. D. 341. Can. 3. If any Presbyter or Deacon leaving his own Parish shall go to others and refuse to return when his own Bishop shall summon him let him be Depos'd Can. 4. If any Bishop being Depos'd by a Synod or a Presbyter or Deacon being Depos'd by his own proper Bishop shall presume to exercise his Function let no room be left them either for Restauration or Apology Can. 5. If any Presbyter or Deacon despising his own Bishop shall separate himself from the Church and gather a Congregation of his own and set up a different Altar and shall refuse to submit himself to his Bishop calling him the first and second time let him be absolutely Depos'd Can. 12. If any Presbyter or Deacon being Depos'd by his own proper Bishop or a Bishop by the Synod dare Appeal to the King seeing his Appeal lies to a greater Synod of more Bishops where he is to expect the Examination of his Cause and to teserr the Decision to them But if making light of these he trouble the King with it such an one is worthy of no Pardon nor ought to be admitted to make any sort of Apology or to have hopes of his being ever Restor'd any more Can. 22. That a Bishop ought not to Ordain Presbyters or Deacons in another Bishop's Diocess without his leave The Council of Antioch A. D. 341. A. D. 341. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 In the Council of Carthage A. D. 348. C. xi The Case is put where a Deacon being accus'd shall be Try'd by three Neighbouring Bishops a Presbyter by six and a Bishop by twelve In the Council of Carthage A. D. 348. A tribus vicinis Episcopis si Diaconus est arguatur si Presbyter à sex si Episcopus à duedecim Consacerdotibus audiatur The second Oecumenical Council of Constantineple A. D. 381. Can. 6. Ranks those with Hereticks who tho' they prosess the true Faith yet run into Schism and gather Congregations apart from and in opposition to our Canonied Bishops The second Oecumenical Council of Constantineple A. D. 381. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Council of Carthage A. D. 419. Can. 3. Mentions the three distinct Orders of Bishop Presbyter and Deacon and compares them to the High-Priest Priests and Levites In the same manner they are as distinctly mention'd Can. 4. Bishop Presbyter and Deacon and their Powers distinct For Can. 6. It is declar'd not to be lawful for Presbyters to Consecrate Churches or Reconcile Penitents but if any be in great Danger and desirous to be Reconcil'd in the absence of the

several Titles of Bishops Presbyterians Independents c. to the true Succession from the Apostles That it may thereby be known to which of all these they ought to go for Baptism This I have shewn in behalf of Episcopacy and put the Presbyterians to prove their Succession in the Form of Presbytery which they can never do Because as I have said before the Chronology of the Church does not Compute from the Succession of the Presbyters but only of the Bishops as being the Chief Governors of the Church And therefore tho' in many Bishopricks the Roll of their Bishops is preserv'd from the Apostles to this Day yet there is not one bare Presbyter that is the Minister of a Parish and no more no not in all the World who can give a Roll of his Predecessors in that Parish half way to the Apostles or near it For from the first Plantation of Christianity the Church was Divided into Bishopricks this was necessary for the Government of the Church But it was not so early Sub-divided into Parishes The Presbyters at first attending upon the Bishop were sent out by him to such Places and for such Time as he thought fit and Returning gave Account of their Stewardships or were Visited and Changed by him as he saw Cause And therefore tho' one might come after another in the Place where he had Ministred before yet they cou'd not Properly be said to Succeed one another as to speak Intelligibly to the Quakers many of them do Preach after G. Fox yet none of them are said to Succeed him I have been thus long upon the Presbyterians because they only of all our Dissenters have any Pretence to Succession And what I have said as to them must Operate more strongly against the later Independent Baptist c. who have not the Face to Pretend to Succession but set up merely upon their own pretended Gifts VIII But what are these Gifts which they so Highly Boast 1. An Inward and more than Ordinary Participation of the Graces of the Holy Spirit 2. A Fluency and Powerfulness in Preaching and Praying I know of no other Gifts that any of our Dissenters pretend to unless they will set up for Miracles as G. Fox c. And other Dissenters did likewise pretend to the same at their first setting out to amuse the People but as the Quakers have let it drop afterwards to stop any further Examination of it having already serv'd their Turn by it But as to these pretended Gifts if we may trust to our Saviour's Rule of knowing the Tree by its Fruits we cannot think it the Holy Spirit of which these Men did partake who fill'd these three Nations with Blood and Slaughter and whose Religion was never otherwise Introduc'd than by Rebellion in any Country whither-soever it has yet come And as to that Volubility of Tongue which they Boast as the main Proof of their Mission we have found it by Experience that a little Confidence and Custom will Improve very slender Judgments to great Readiness in that sort of Talent And the Powerfulness which is found in it by some who are affected with a Dismal Tone Wray Faces and Antick Gestures is not more but less if there be either Method or Sense in the Discourse Which shews their Passion to proceed not from Reason but Imagination The Scots Presbyterian-Eloquence affords us Monstrous Proofs of this but not so many as you may have from Eye and Ear-Witnesses Such Course Rude and Nasty Treatment of God as they call Devotion as in it self it is the highest Affront to The Divine Majesty so has it Contributed in a very great Measure to that wild Atheism which has always attended these sort of Inspirations It seeming to many more Reasonable to Worship no God at all than to set up one on purpose to Ridicule Him But this sort of Enthusiasm presumes upon a Familiarity with God which breeds Contempt and Despises the Sobriety of Religion as a low Dispensation I Recommend to the Reader that Excellent Sermon upon this Subject of Dr. Hicks call'd The Spirit of Enthusiasm Exorcis'd And I desire those to consider who are most taken with these seeming Extraordinary Gifts of Volubility and Nimbleness in Prayer that the most Wicked Men are capable of this Perfection none more than Oliver Cromwell especially when he was about some Nefarious Wickedness He continu'd most Fluently in this Exercise all the time that his Cut-throats were Murthering of his Royal Master And his Gift of Prayer was greatly Admir'd Major weir of Edinborough was another great Instance who was strangely Ador'd for his Gifts especially of Prayer by the Presbyterians in Scotland while at the same time he was wallowing in the most Unnatural and Monstrous Sins See his Stupendous Story in Ravillac Redivivus There are many Examples of this Nature which shew that this Gift is attainable by Art Dr. wilkins the Father of the Latitudinarians has given us the Receipt in his Gift of Prayer Yet none of the Performances of these Gifted-men are any ways Comparable as to the wonderful Readiness in which they Boast to the Extempore Verses of Westminster School which Isaac Vossius cou'd not believe to be Extempore till he gave the Boys a Theme which was senes bis Pueri and he had no sooner spoke the Words but he was immediately Pelted with Ingenious Epigrams from four or five Boys So that this Volubility in Prayer which is the Gift our Dissenters do most Glory in may be deduc'd from an Original far short of Divine Inspiration But suppose that they had really those wonderful Gifts which they pretend to yet were this no ground at all to Countenance or Warrant their makeing a Schism upon that Account This Case has been Rul'd in a Famous and most Remarkable Instance of it which God was pleas'd to permit for the future Instruction of His Church at the first setting out of the Gospel in the very Days of the Apostles Then it was that Christ having Ascended up on High gave many and miraculous Gists unto Men which was necessary towards the first Propagation of His Gospel in Opposition to all the Established Religions and Governments then in the World and under their Persecution But these Gifts of Miracles did not always secure the Possessors from Vanity and an high Opinion of themselves to the disparagement of others and even to break the Order and Peace of the Church by advancing themselves above their Superiors or thinking none Superior to themselves The Great Apostle of the Gentiles was not free'd from the Tentation of this whom the Messenger of Satan was sent to buffet least he shou'd be Exalted above measure thro' the Abundance of the Revelations which were given to him 2 Cor. xii 7. Nay more our Blessed Saviour tells of those who had miraculous Gifts bestow'd upon them and yet shou'd be finally Rejected Matth. vii 22 23. Therefore He Instructs His Disciples not to Rejoyce in those Miraculous Gifts which