reordination_n accumulative_a and_o a_o reordination_n destructive_a i._n e._n of_o the_o former_a ordination_n 19_o some_o distinguish_v betwixt_o apostolical_a and_o apostatical_a bishop_n 20._o we_o must_v distinguish_v betwixt_o a_o re-ordination_a wherein_o nothing_o be_v doubtful_a but_o the_o reiteration_n itself_o and_o a_o reordination_n wherein_o the_o annex_v concomitant_n may_v be_v as_o doubtful_a as_o the_o repetition_n of_o the_o act_n or_o betwixt_o reordination_n in_o thesi_fw-la &_o in_fw-la hypothesi_fw-la or_o in_o actu_fw-la signato_fw-la &_o actu_fw-la exercito_fw-la chap._n ii_o contain_v certain_a proposition_n whereof_o many_o be_v presuppose_v in_o the_o question_n and_o grant_v though_o not_o by_o all_o man_n yet_o most_o by_o the_o person_n that_o be_v chief_o concern_v in_o the_o question_n prop._n 1._o it_o be_v presuppose_v that_o jesus_n christ_n be_v lord_n over_o all_o have_v institute_v and_o ordain_v the_o office_n of_o a_o presbyter_n determine_v 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est_fw-la vocare_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la solennem_fw-la ritum_fw-la quo_fw-la testificatur_fw-la de_fw-la legitima_fw-la vocatione_n ordinandi_fw-la donisque_fw-la necessari_fw-la be_v etc._n etc._n it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o ames_n hooker_n and_o several_a of_o the_o congregational_a brethren_n place_z the_o essence_n of_o the_o ministerial_a call_n in_o election_n and_o make_v ordination_n but_o adjunctum_fw-la consequens_fw-la now_o i_o acknowledge_v if_o ordination_n shall_v suppose_v a_o man_n to_o be_v a_o minister_n already_o and_o to_o be_v itself_o but_o a_o mere_a solemnity_n as_o the_o coronation_n of_o a_o hereditary_a prince_n then_o there_o be_v not_o so_o much_o intrinsical_v to_o that_o ordinance_n which_o may_v hinder_v its_o repetition_n but_o let_v we_o not_o so_o slight_a ordination_n before_o we_o hear_v what_o other_o say_v 34._o sum._n in_o supplem_n ad_fw-la 3._o part_n p._n 41._o in_o sentent_fw-fr comment_fw-fr 1.4_o p._n 14._o de_fw-fr effect_n sacr_n l._n 2._o c_o 19_o de_fw-fr min._n eccl._n p._n 182._o de_fw-fr min._n evan._n p._n 166.186_o miscel_n quest_n p._n 34._o ordo_fw-la signaculum_fw-la quoddam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la est_fw-la quo_fw-la spiritual_fw-la be_v potest_fw-la as_o traditur_fw-la ordinato_fw-la say_v p._n lombard_n justify_v herein_o by_o aquin_n as_o so_o say_v that_o other_o learned_a schoolman_n estius_n ordo_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la est_fw-la novae_fw-la legis_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la instâ—tutum_fw-la quo_fw-la potest_fw-la as_o spiritual_a be_v traditur_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o bellarmine_n in_o sacramento_fw-la ordinis_fw-la adscribitur_fw-la in_o numerum_fw-la ducum_fw-la &_o praepositorum_fw-la huius_fw-la militiae_fw-la &_o accipit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la distribuendi_fw-la aliis_fw-la bona_fw-la domini_fw-la etc._n etc._n gerard_n say_v effectus_fw-la ordinationis_fw-la proprius_fw-la est_fw-la collatio_fw-la potestatis_fw-la docendi_fw-la &_o sacramenta_fw-la administrandi_fw-la ad_fw-la illum_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la dirigitur_fw-la eundemque_fw-la perpetno_fw-la &_o infallibiliter_fw-la consequitur_fw-la m._n antonius_n the_o dom_n l._n 2._o de_fw-fr repub._n eccles_n 6.3_o sect._n 24._o etc._n etc._n call_v ordination_n missio_fw-la potestativa_fw-la which_o the_o london_n minister_n and_o gelaspy_n do_v well_o approve_v the_o confession_n of_o wirtembergh_n seem_v to_o hold_v forth_o the_o same_o doctrine_n we_o can_v see_v say_v they_o what_o use_v there_o be_v of_o those_o kind_n of_o man_n in_o the_o church_n which_o be_v ordain_v for_o this_o purpose_n that_o they_o may_v have_v authority_n to_o sacrifice_v for_o the_o quick_a and_o dead_a therefore_o it_o be_v evident_a 266._o harm_v of_o confess_v p._n 266._o that_o except_o a_o priest_n be_v ordain_v in_o the_o church_n to_o the_o ministry_n of_o preach_v he_o can_v right_o take_v unto_o he_o neither_o the_o name_n of_o a_o priest_n nor_o the_o name_n of_o a_o bishop_n mr._n firmin_n cite_v gerard_n description_n of_o ordination_n before_o mention_v add_v thus_o much_o more_o with_o who_o agree_v the_o stream_n of_o divine_n and_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n in_o new_a england_n which_o story_n of_o new_a england_n i_o confess_v i_o shall_v hardly_o believe_v 83._o schism_n p._n 83._o do_v not_o a_o new_a england_n man_n tell_v it_o lo_o here_o you_o see_v be_v two_o sort_n of_o divine_n and_o what_o shall_v we_o do_v with_o they_o we_o will_v resolve_v to_o reverence_v they_o both_o but_o pin_v our_o faith_n on_o the_o sleeve_n of_o neither_o i_o proceed_v therefore_o to_o inquire_v into_o the_o nature_n of_o ordination_n and_o here_o i_o grant_v what_o indeed_o can_v be_v deny_v 1._o that_o jesus_n be_v the_o principal_a constituent_n of_o the_o ministerial_a power_n or_o office_n and_o he_o be_v most_o proper_o the_o ordainer_n and_o his_o act_n be_v most_o proper_o ordination_n 2._o that_o the_o gospel-charter_n be_v the_o instrument_n to_o convey_v this_o power_n 3._o that_o a_o person_n qualify_v with_o essential_a qualification_n at_o least_o be_v the_o only_a recipient_a of_o this_o power_n 4._o and_o may_v i_o not_o add_v that_o ordination_n be_v such_o a_o ingredient_n call_v it_o by_o what_o name_n you_o will_v that_o where_o it_o be_v right_o put_v there_o be_v ministerial_a power_n convey_v and_o where_o it_o be_v not_o put_v there_o be_v not_o there_o can_v be_v regular_o any_o conveyance_n so_o that_o you_o may_v call_v ordination_n either_o a_o solemn-publick_a approbation_n confirmation_n testification_n or_o allowance_n with_o some_o or_o a_o potestative_a mission_n solemn_a investiture_n collation_n the_o essence_n of_o the_o external_a call_n which_o external_a and_o internal_a call_v i_o understand_v much_o like_a to_o their_o external_a and_o internal_a covenant_n with_o other_o or_o what_o else_o you_o think_v fit_a and_o i_o shall_v not_o quarrel_v with_o you_o about_o word_n provide_v it_o be_v acknowledge_v that_o it_o have_v the_o force_n of_o a_o condition_n or_o causa_fw-la sine_fw-la qua_fw-la non_fw-la and_o though_o i_o may_v with_o some_o challenge_v more_o as_o due_a to_o ordination_n yet_o i_o choose_v rather_o to_o content_v myself_o with_o thus_o much_o least_o catch_v at_o a_o shadow_n with_o the_o animal_n in_o the_o fable_n i_o
regularity_n and_o that_o he_o dare_v not_o now_o disow_v it_o nor_o his_o former_a act_n do_v by_o virtue_n of_o it_o and_o therefore_o i_o may_v spare_v that_o great_a pain_n that_o some_o have_v take_v for_o the_o proof_n of_o the_o validity_n of_o presbyterian_a ordination_n prop._n 11._o it_o be_v suppose_v that_o if_o the_o former_a ordination_n be_v valid_a in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o person_n in_o the_o question_n than_o the_o denial_n thereof_o and_o the_o impose_v another_o ordination_n must_v needs_o seem_v very_o unlawful_a in_o his_o judgement_n prop._n 12._o it_o be_v suppose_v that_o the_o question_n about_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o reordination_n be_v not_o to_o be_v measure_v by_o the_o law_n of_o man_n but_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n prop._n 13._o it_o be_v suppose_v that_o some_o thing_n may_v be_v submit_v to_o in_o a_o case_n of_o necessity_n which_o without_o that_o necessity_n may_v not_o and_o as_o the_o person_n in_o the_o question_n will_v have_v the_o necessity_n of_o his_o quondam_a acceptance_n of_o presbyterian_a ordination_n consider_v by_o his_o censor_n so_o undoubted_o that_o person_n himself_o shall_v consider_v the_o necessity_n of_o other_o in_o their_o present_a submission_n to_o prelatical_a reordination_n which_o necessity_n to_o speak_v ingenuous_o will_v excuse_v à _fw-la tanto_fw-la if_o not_o à _fw-la toto_fw-la prop._n 14._o it_o be_v suppose_v that_o some_o superior_n deny_v the_o former_a ordination_n and_o forbid_v the_o further_a exercise_v of_o or_o at_o least_o deny_v encouragement_n to_o such_o person_n as_o have_v that_o ordination_n only_o and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o give_v life_n to_o this_o question_n which_o may_v otherwise_o have_v sleep_v in_o oblivion_n prop._n 15_o it_o be_v suppose_v that_o a_o confirmation_n of_o former_a ordination_n will_v not_o satisfy_v superior_n nor_o any_o thing_n else_o beside_o a_o proper_a ordination_n by_o a_o diocesan_n this_o evident_o appear_v in_o that_o the_o bishop_n use_v the_o same_o question_n form_n and_o ceremony_n in_o the_o reordain_v of_o one_o that_o be_v ordain_v before_o as_o he_o use_v in_o the_o ordain_v of_o one_o never_o yet_o ordain_v prop._n 16._o it_o be_v suppose_v that_o the_o impose_v reordination_n though_o it_o may_v be_v call_v a_o hypothetical_a reordination_n yet_o it_o be_v absolute_a in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o imposer_n yea_o and_o absolute_a in_o the_o form_n of_o administration_n for_o aught_o i_o hear_v by_o the_o reordainer_n prop._n 17._o it_o be_v suppose_v that_o though_o the_o receiver_n of_o reordination_n may_v fancy_v it_o to_o be_v only_o accumulative_a if_o there_o can_v be_v such_o a_o thing_n yet_o it_o be_v plain_o destructive_a of_o their_o former_a ordination_n in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o reordainer_n and_o whether_o it_o be_v so_o in_o itself_o be_v hereafter_o to_o be_v consider_v prop._n 18._o it_o be_v suppose_v that_o this_o question_n be_v not_o concern_v reordination_n by_o bishop_n in_o thesi_fw-la but_o in_o hypothesi_fw-la not_o metaphysical_a bishop_n of_o our_o own_o fancy_v but_o such_o as_o be_v now_o in_o england_n be_v they_o better_o be_v they_o worse_o prop._n 19_o it_o be_v suppose_v that_o in_o reordination_n there_o be_v more_o to_o be_v consider_v then_o the_o bare_a reiteration_n of_o order_n even_o many_o numerical_a form_n expression_n injunction_n and_o ceremony_n which_o if_o unlawful_a will_v prohibit_v submission_n though_o reordination_n in_o astracto_fw-la shall_v be_v lawful_a prop._n 20._o it_o be_v suppose_v that_o the_o person_n in_o the_o question_n lie_v under_o a_o double_a dedication_n unto_o god_n one_o in_o baptism_n or_o sanctification_n the_o other_o in_o ordination_n as_o also_o under_o strong_a conviction_n of_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o church_n peace_n and_o the_o necessity_n of_o active_a obedience_n to_o the_o lawful_a magistrate_n in_o thing_n lawful_a and_o the_o hot_a affection_n to_o immortal_a soul_n 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displeasure_n in_o the_o pretend_a performance_n of_o it_o chap._n iii_o contain_v the_o main_a proposition_n that_o it_o seem_v unlawful_a for_o a_o presbyter_n ordain_v by_o the_o presbyter_n to_o admit_v a_o reordination_n by_o diocesan_n bishop_n with_o certain_a interrogation_n in_o order_n to_o a_o determination_n 1._o whither_o be_v reordination_n a_o ordinance_n of_o christ_n or_o not_o if_o you_o say_v a_o ordinance_n then_o i_o ask_v where_o have_v christ_n institute_v reordination_n in_o his_o holy_a gospel_n either_o let_v divine_a institution_n be_v produce_v or_o else_o we_o can_v never_o believe_v it_o to_o be_v a_o ordinance_n of_o christ_n jesus_n but_o who_o can_v find_v either_o precept_n or_o precedent_n in_o the_o whole_a bible_n i_o scarce_o know_v any_o one_o that_o ever_o so_o much_o as_o pretend_v to_o it_o till_o now_o of_o late_a and_o what_o be_v now_o say_v shall_v hereafter_o deo_fw-la volente_fw-la be_v consider_v but_o if_o you_o say_v that_o 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ordinance_n be_v ordination_n in_o reference_n to_o the_o ordain_v be_v no_o ordinance_n be_v reordination_n oh_o then_o consider_v i_o beseech_v you_o what_o sad_a work_n you_o make_v with_o christ_n ordinance_n the_o same_o act_n must_v be_v a_o ordinance_n and_o no_o ordinance_n at_o your_o pleasure_n the_o nature_n end_n and_o use_n must_v all_o be_v change_v to_o serve_v your_o turn_n as_o if_o it_o be_v like_o the_o chameleon_n that_o can_v change_v its_o colour_n to_o suit_v every_o approach_a object_n the_o latter_a part_n of_o this_o argument_n from_o the_o abuse_n the_o ordinance_n be_v use_v by_o that_o learned_a estius_n porro_fw-la apud_fw-la veteres_fw-la say_v he_o apertissimè_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la sacramento_n i_o e._n ordinis_fw-la scripsit_fw-la augustinus_n pluribus_fw-la locis_fw-la 14._o in_o senten_a come_v l._n 4._o in_o distinct_a 24._o p._n 14._o unus_fw-la locus_fw-la est_fw-la l._n 2._o contra_fw-la epist_n parm._n c._n 13._o ubi_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la 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