a_o scholastical_a discourse_n demonstrate_v this_o conclusion_n that_o admit_v erastus_n senior_n reason_n for_o true_a neither_o the_o pope_n nor_o those_o call_v bishop_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v bishop_n either_o in_o order_n or_o jurisdiction_n wherein_o be_v answer_v all_o which_o be_v allege_v by_o erastus_n senior_n against_o the_o order_n and_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n also_o a_o defence_n of_o the_o order_n and_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n by_o r._n c._n london_n print_v by_o j._n g._n for_o r._n royston_n bookseller_n to_o his_o most_o sacred_a majesty_n 1663._o preface_n to_o the_o reader_n man_n in_o avoid_v scylla_n usual_o fall_v upon_o charybdis_n but_o the_o nation_n be_v wise_a i_o hope_v have_v avoid_v the_o irreligion_n &_o profaneness_n of_o the_o late_a time_n then_o now_o to_o run_v into_o popery_n although_o many_o fear_n there_o be_v more_o than_o a_o ordinary_a design_n tend_v thereunto_o to_o facilitate_v which_o be_v new_o creep_v abroad_o a_o champion_n of_o the_o roman-catholick_n cause_n under_o the_o title_n of_o erastus_n senior_n who_o in_o charity_n to_o other_o will_v not_o allow_v so_o much_o charity_n to_o our_o bishop_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n as_o to_o be_v so_o much_o as_o legal_a but_o if_o his_o zeal_n the_o roman_a cause_n or_o charity_n to_o other_o man_n have_v so_o far_o dilate_v his_o reason_n that_o they_o conclude_v as_o much_o against_o the_o pope_n and_o bishop_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n as_o he_o intend_v they_o against_o we_o in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n he_o shall_v have_v no_o great_a cause_n to_o triumph_v nor_o his_o church_n much_o reason_n to_o thank_v he_o in_o that_o he_o have_v make_v himself_o and_o church_n as_o very_a heathen_n as_o he_o design_v we_o of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n imprimatur_fw-la m._n frank_n s.t.p._n r.d._n ep._n lond._n à _fw-fr sac._n dom._n nou._n 27._o 1662._o chap._n i._o prove_v from_o erastus_n senior_n reason_n that_o neither_o those_o call_v bishop_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n nor_o the_o pope_n himself_o are_z bishop_n ordine_fw-la to_o the_o perfection_n of_o all_o power_n whether_o spiritual_a natural_a or_o legal_a these_o two_o thing_n be_v necessary_a jus_n &_o exercitium_fw-la these_o i_o think_v erastus_n senior_n call_v order_n and_o jurisdiction_n or_o office_n the_o former_a may_v be_v without_o the_o latter_a nay_o it_o must_v be_v afore_o the_o latter_a can_v be_v therefore_o a_o king_n must_v be_v by_o right_n or_o order_n before_o he_o can_v rightful_o exercise_v any_o regal_a authority_n or_o power_n so_o must_v a_o bishop_n or_o priest_n be_v by_o right_n or_o order_n before_o he_o can_v just_o exercise_v any_o episcopal_a or_o sacerdotal_a jurisdiction_n and_o so_o parent_n husband_n magistrate_n and_o master_n of_o family_n be_v endue_v with_o a_o right_n or_o power_n before_o they_o can_v exercise_v any_o jurisdiction_n over_o their_o child_n wife_n fellow-subject_n or_o servant_n that_o king_n husband_n and_o parent_n be_v endue_v with_o a_o right_n or_o power_n from_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o magistrate_n and_o master_n of_o family_n from_o the_o municipal_a law_n of_o every_o place_n where_o they_o do_v exercise_v they_o have_v be_v assert_v by_o we_o elsewhere_o that_o episcopal_a order_n or_o right_n be_v a_o divine_a institution_n and_o found_v by_o our_o saviour_n and_o not_o by_o nature_n or_o any_o temporal_a or_o civil_a sanction_n be_v affirm_v as_o well_o by_o erastus_n senior_n as_o we_o of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n in_o the_o 9_o chap._n a_o bishop_n then_o ordine_fw-la or_o by_o right_n be_v he_o who_o be_v so_o make_v or_o ordain_v by_o such_o form_n and_o mean_n as_o our_o saviour_n have_v institute_v and_o by_o no_o other_o unless_o erastus_n senior_n will_v grant_v another_o a_o divine_a power_n which_o be_v blasphemy_n a_o bishop_n jurisdictione_n or_o by_o office_n we_o will_v call_v he_o who_o be_v possess_v of_o a_o bishopric_n so_o that_o erastus_n and_o i_o will_v not_o differ_v who_o be_v a_o bishop_n ordine_fw-la and_o who_o jurisdictione_n we_o in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v no_o bishop_n ordine_fw-la erastus_n senior_n say_v because_o the_o form_n of_o ordination_n want_v fit_a word_n to_o signify_v the_o order_n give_v the_o word_n be_v these_o take_v thou_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o remember_v that_o thou_o stir_v up_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n which_o be_v in_o thou_o by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n for_o god_n have_v not_o give_v we_o the_o spirit_n of_o fear_n but_o of_o power_n and_o love_n and_o soberness_n if_o this_o form_n be_v insufficient_a to_o the_o ordination_n of_o bishop_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n then_o be_v not_o the_o apostle_n bishop_n by_o order_n for_o our_o saviour_n use_v no_o other_o in_o their_o ordination_n nor_o be_v they_o make_v bishop_n by_o these_o or_o any_o other_o sacramental_a word_n with_o much_o confidence_n 10._o c._n 3._o p._n 10._o and_o no_o reason_n erastus_n senior_n say_v but_o only_o s._n peter_n and_o that_o by_o these_o word_n pasce_fw-la oves_fw-la meas_fw-la what_o be_v none_o of_o the_o apostle_n bishop_n but_o only_a s._n peter_n how_o then_o i_o pray_v come_v the_o college_n of_o apostle_n not_o saint_n peter_n to_o choose_v s._n mathias_n to_o the_o bishopric_n of_o judas_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o judas_n have_v no_o episcopal_a right_n or_o order_n 1.20_o act_n 1.20_o how_o come_v all_o the_o apostle_n not_o s._n peter_n to_o ordain_v s._n stephen_n 6.5_o act_n 6.5_o and_o six_o other_o deacon_n and_o how_o be_v it_o that_o s._n paul_n and_o barnabas_n and_o not_o s._n peter_n 14.23_o act._n 14.23_o do_v ordain_v elder_n in_o every_o church_n which_o without_o all_o contradiction_n be_v act_n of_o episcopal_a power_n nay_o can_v any_o man_n believe_v 8._o act_n 8._o that_o when_o s._n philip_n the_o deacon_n have_v convert_v and_o baptize_v samaria_n and_o give_v notice_n thereof_o to_o the_o college_n of_o apostle_n at_o jerusalem_n that_o they_o be_v inferior_a apostle_n shall_v upon_o canonical_a record_n send_v their_o superior_a and_o only_a bishop_n among_o they_o viz._n s._n peter_n to_o administer_v their_o decree_n and_o join_v s._n john_n in_o equal_a power_n with_o he_o 14._o ver._n 14._o for_o say_v the_o text_n they_o send_v peter_n and_o john_n to_o confirm_v they_o 17._o ver._n 17._o and_o they_o lay_v their_o hand_n upon_o they_o and_o they_o receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n or_o that_o s._n paul_n shall_v public_o withstand_v s._n peter_n to_o his_o face_n in_o that_o wherein_o he_o be_v to_o be_v blame_v if_o he_o have_v be_v any_o way_n inferior_a to_o he_o either_o in_o order_n or_o power_n for_o however_o man_n may_v private_o advise_v their_o superior_n yet_o no_o man_n can_v without_o arrogance_n and_o contempt_n of_o authority_n public_o withstand_v his_o superior_a nor_o have_v always_o s._n peter_n the_o precedency_n of_o name_n with_o the_o other_o apostle_n for_o we_o read_v of_o james_n 2.9_o gal._n 2.9_o cephas_n and_o john_n which_o seem_v etc._n etc._n nay_o s._n jerusalem_n s._n the_o lord_n brother_n b._n b._n of_o jerusalem_n james_n though_o none_o of_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n do_v preside_v in_o the_o council_n of_o jerusalem_n although_o saint_n peter_n and_o the_o other_o apostle_n be_v member_n of_o it_o well_o but_o if_o the_o form_n by_o which_o our_o saviour_n do_v ordain_v the_o apostle_n do_v not_o give_v they_o episcopal_a order_n as_o erastus_n senior_n say_v let_v we_o see_v whether_o upon_o his_o own_o ground_n pasce_fw-la oves_fw-la meas_fw-la can_v endue_v s._n peter_n with_o it_o i_o say_v it_o can_v not_o for_o if_o the_o form_n by_o which_o our_o saviour_n do_v ordain_v his_o apostle_n which_o be_v a_o form_n of_o ordination_n viz._n receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n 2._o p._n 2._o etc._n etc._n be_v insufficient_a to_o confer_v episcopal_a order_n for_o want_n of_o fit_a word_n to_o signify_v it_o as_o he_o say_v then_o much_o less_o can_v pasce_fw-la oves_fw-la meas_fw-la which_o not_o only_o do_v not_o signify_v the_o order_n give_v but_o be_v no_o form_n of_o ordination_n at_o all_o but_o only_o imperative_fw-it and_o refer_v to_o jurisdiction_n confer_v any_o upon_o s._n peter_n if_o our_o saviour_n have_v ordain_v s._n peter_n in_o this_o sense_n it_o must_v have_v be_v by_o these_o or_o like_a word_n accipe_fw-la potestatem_fw-la pascendi_fw-la oves_fw-la meas_fw-la and_o that_o this_o be_v not_o my_o single_a sense_n but_o of_o erastus_n senior_n he_o say_v 9_o c._n 2._o p._n 9_o the_o exhortation_n to_o the_o bishop_n consecrate_v to_o behave_v himself_o as_o a_o good_a pastor_n do_v not_o give_v this_o order_n and_o i_o pray_v what_o be_v the_o difference_n between_o i_o exhort_v thou_o
to_o be_v a_o pastor_n and_o feed_v my_o sheep_n he_o say_v moreover_o 28._o c._n 6._o p._n 28._o be_v thou_o a_o faithful_a dispenser_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o his_o holy_a sacrament_n do_v not_o give_v any_o power_n to_o this_o or_o any_o other_o sacrament_n but_o only_o to_o dispense_v they_o now_o to_o dispense_v a_o sacrament_n be_v not_o to_o consecrate_v it_o for_o it_o must_v be_v consecrate_v before_o it_o can_v be_v dispense_v by_o like_a reason_n can_v pasce_fw-la oves_fw-la meas_fw-la give_v any_o episcopal_a order_n to_o s._n peter_n for_o to_o command_v to_o feed_v be_v not_o to_o consecrate_v and_o s._n peter_n must_v have_v a_o power_n to_o feed_v before_o he_o can_v be_v command_v to_o feed_v my_o sheep_n 28._o p._n 28._o again_o he_o say_v be_v thou_o a_o faithful_a dispenser_n etc._n etc._n give_v no_o power_n etc._n etc._n and_o have_v thou_o authority_n etc._n etc._n give_v no_o power_n of_o order_n but_o of_o jurisdiction_n and_o therefore_o pasce_fw-la oves_fw-la meas_fw-la give_v none_o for_o they_o only_o command_v and_o refer_v to_o jurisdiction_n not_o order_n or_o consecration_n the_o pope_n therefore_o nor_o any_o bishop_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v bishop_n ordine_fw-la from_o pasce_fw-la oves_fw-la meas_fw-la nor_o from_o the_o form_n by_o which_o our_o saviour_n ordain_v the_o apostle_n he_o say_v and_o therefore_o no_o bishop_n ordine_fw-la which_o be_v the_o thing_n propound_v well_o but_o suppose_v pasce_fw-la oves_fw-la meas_fw-la do_v endue_v s._n peter_n with_o episcopal_a order_n yet_o can_v the_o pope_n nor_o any_o bishop_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n from_o hence_o derive_v it_o for_o be_v a_o divine_a institution_n it_o can_v be_v confer_v or_o ordain_v but_o by_o such_o mean_n as_o god_n do_v institute_v and_o ordain_v it_o but_o neither_o the_o pope_n nor_o any_o bishop_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v consecrate_v or_o ordain_v by_o this_o form_n and_o therefore_o be_v not_o bishop_n ordine_fw-la by_o virtue_n of_o it_o so_o then_o take_v pasce_fw-la oves_fw-la meas_fw-la to_o be_v essential_a or_o not_o essential_a to_o the_o confer_v of_o episcopal_a order_n yet_o hence_o can_v the_o pope_n nor_o any_o bishop_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n derive_v any_o episcopal_a order_n chap._n ii_o assert_v the_o order_n of_o bishop_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n but_o though_o erastus_n senior_n out_o of_o his_o charity_n to_o other_o have_v argue_v himself_o and_o party_n into_o a_o heathenish_a state_n and_o reduce_v they_o into_o the_o same_o condition_n he_o intend_v we_o of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n in_o his_o preface_n yet_o will_v not_o i_o grant_v the_o form_n use_v in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n to_o be_v insufficient_a for_o the_o consecrate_v of_o bishop_n of_o give_v episcopal_a order_n for_o since_o it_o be_v evident_a the_o apostle_n do_v exercise_v this_o order_n or_o power_n yet_o be_v endue_v with_o it_o by_o no_o other_o form_n then_o that_o use_v in_o our_o church_n how_o much_o better_a be_v it_o to_o apply_v this_o form_n be_v institute_v by_o our_o saviour_n to_o one_o present_v to_o the_o consecrator_n as_o a_o bishop_n elect_v and_o after_o examination_n and_o prayer_n as_o for_o a_o bishop_n elect_v and_o as_o call_v to_o the_o office_n of_o a_o bishop_n and_o after_o consecration_n to_o exhort_v he_o as_o a_o pastor_n or_o bishop_n then_o to_o alter_v it_o into_o any_o other_o thereby_o make_v it_o doubtful_a whether_o it_o be_v do_v or_o not_o as_o if_o any_o creature_n be_v wise_a than_o god_n and_o will_v dare_v to_o mend_v what_o god_n have_v make_v but_o certain_o it_o be_v most_o abominable_o do_v of_o erastus_n senior_n 11._o p._n 11._o equivocal_o and_o cant_o to_o deny_v this_o form_n of_o our_o saviour_n use_v in_o his_o church_n as_o well_o as_o we_o to_o be_v any_o essential_a part_n of_o their_o form_n which_o i_o believe_v no_o ingenuous_a man_n beside_o himself_o in_o his_o church_n will_v do_v and_o to_o affirm_v that_o the_o prayer_n of_o propitiare_fw-la domine_fw-la etc._n etc._n ancient_o call_v the_o benediction_n and_o use_v ever_o since_o s._n peter_n time_n in_o their_o consecration_n physicè_fw-la non_fw-la moralitèr_fw-la loquendo_fw-la and_o no_o way_n essential_a to_o the_o consecration_n but_o of_o late_a time_n alter_v by_o his_o church_n shall_v give_v that_o which_o only_a god_n can_v do_v unless_o he_o will_v make_v himself_o or_o church_n equal_a to_o god_n to_o abrogate_v or_o make_v what_o god_n have_v make_v a_o vain_a thing_n and_o set_v up_o what_o himself_o and_o his_o party_n think_v fit_a above_o it_o or_o instead_o of_o it_o if_o there_o be_v any_o defect_n in_o our_o ordination_n erastus_n with_o much_o more_o ingenuity_n may_v have_v charge_v it_o upon_o our_o saviour_n for_o institute_v it_o then_o upon_o our_o church_n for_o imitate_v it_o chap._n iii_o prove_v that_o neither_o the_o pope_n nor_o any_o bishop_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n grant_v erastus_n senior_n reason_n for_o true_a be_v bishop_n jurisdictione_n erastus_n senior_n say_v 3â—_n p._n 3â—_n none_o can_v give_v a_o jurisdiction_n which_o he_o have_v not_o hence_o he_o say_v it_o be_v that_o no_o number_n of_o bishop_n can_v valid_o confirm_v or_o consecrate_v the_o bishop_n of_o any_o diocese_n but_o the_o metropolitan_a of_o the_o province_n must_v be_v one_o nor_o the_o metropolitan_a of_o a_o province_n but_o the_o primate_n of_o a_o nation_n nor_o the_o primate_n of_o a_o nation_n but_o the_o patriarch_n of_o that_o part_n of_o the_o world_n or_o some_o person_n have_v faculty_n from_o he_o and_o in_o the_o next_o page_n he_o say_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v patriarch_n of_o the_o west_n and_o the_o undoubted_a rightful_a metropolitan_a to_o the_o primate_n of_o this_o nation_n and_o therefore_o no_o bishop_n can_v valid_o confirm_v or_o consecrate_v the_o primate_n of_o this_o nation_n but_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n if_o it_o be_v true_a which_o erastus_n senior_n say_v that_o none_o can_v give_v a_o jurisdiction_n which_o he_o have_v not_o then_o if_o he_o can_v show_v in_o the_o interval_n of_o the_o papacy_n some_o who_o may_v give_v this_o supreme_a patriarchal_a power_n or_o headship_n of_o the_o church_n to_o the_o pope_n then_o can_v neither_o the_o pope_n have_v it_o nor_o any_o primate_n metropolitan_a or_o bishop_n derive_v any_o jurisdiction_n from_o he_o and_o by_o consequence_n neither_o the_o pope_n nor_o any_o bishop_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v bishop_n jurisdictione_n i_o say_v it_o be_v impossible_a any_o such_o primacy_n as_o be_v pretend_v by_o erastus_n senior_n can_v be_v in_o the_o pope_n for_o admit_v that_o our_o saviour_n do_v endue_v s._n peter_n with_o a_o primacy_n above_o the_o other_o apostle_n and_o that_o he_o be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o the_o pope_n his_o rightful_a successor_n yet_o can_v this_o primacy_n be_v transfer_v to_o any_o of_o they_o for_o extraordinaria_fw-la potestas_fw-la non_fw-la transit_fw-la in_o successorem_fw-la after_o s._n peter_n death_n none_o of_o the_o apostle_n have_v this_o primacy_n can_v give_v it_o to_o another_o for_o as_o erastus_n say_v none_o can_v give_v a_o jurisdiction_n to_o another_o which_o he_o have_v not_o the_o pope_n of_o rome_n therefore_o not_o have_v this_o primacy_n no_o primate_n of_o a_o nation_n can_v receive_v jurisdiction_n from_o he_o nor_o the_o metropolitan_a any_o from_o the_o primate_n nor_o any_o bishop_n from_o the_o metropolitan_a and_o therefore_o from_o erastus_n senior_n reason_n neither_o the_o pope_n nor_o any_o bishop_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v bishop_n jurisdictione_n although_o at_o first_o i_o design_v no_o more_o than_o to_o show_v from_o erastus_n senior_n reason_n there_o be_v neither_o order_n nor_o jurisdiction_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o to_o assert_v the_o order_n and_o jurisdiction_n of_o our_o bishop_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n yet_o can_v i_o but_o take_v notice_n how_o ignorant_o i_o will_v say_v no_o more_o he_o affirm_v bishop_n to_o be_v consecrate_v to_o their_o bishopric_n and_o that_o the_o pope_n be_v founder_n of_o the_o see_v of_o canterbury_n for_o no_o bishop_n be_v consecrate_v into_o his_o bishopric_n but_o invest_v or_o install_v and_o original_o bishopric_n with_o we_o in_o england_n be_v donative_n per_fw-la traditionem_fw-la baculi_fw-la i.e._n the_o crosier_n which_o be_v the_o pastoral_a staff_n &_o annuli_fw-la the_o ring_n whereby_o he_o be_v marry_v to_o the_o church_n 648._o coke_n come_v lit._n 344._o sect._n 648._o and_o therefore_o if_o the_o mean_a bishop_n of_o jurisdiction_n in_o the_o world_n be_v elect_v to_o the_o papacy_n he_o be_v no_o more_o consecrate_v nay_o though_o he_o be_v one_o sine_fw-la titulo_fw-la yet_o he_o be_v never_o more_o consecrate_v though_o make_v primate_n patriarch_n or_o pope_n
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