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mr._n dodwell_n with_o the_o answer_n write_v since_o the_o rest_n be_v print_v chap._n 1._o of_o mr._n dodwell_n displeasure_n against_o i_o as_o if_o i_o accuse_v he_o to_o be_v a_o papist_n and_o wrong_v the_o council_n of_o bishop_n p._n 1._o chap._n 2._o his_o schismatical_a church-destroying_a scheme_n the_o sum_n of_o his_o great_a schismatical_a book_n confute_v p._n 7_o chap._n 3._o the_o consequent_n of_o mr._n dodwell_n foresay_a doctrine_n p._n 21_o chap._n 4._o my_o word_n of_o god_n collation_n of_o ministerial_a authority_n vindicate_v from_o the_o forgery_n and_o fallacy_n of_o mr._n dodwell_n p._n 27_o what_o my_o assertion_n be_v of_o the_o cause_n of_o church_n power_n p._n 29._o the_o contrary_a p._n 32._o the_o truth_n prove_v p_o 33_o etc._n etc._n his_o objection_n answer_v p._n 36._o etc._n etc._n bishop_n be_v of_o god_n p._n 46._o etc._n etc._n his_o sad_a qualification_n of_o minister_n p._n 48._o prefer_v god_n be_v no_o wrong_n to_o government_n p._n 54._o what_o succession_n we_o have_v p._n 54._o of_o aidan_n and_o finans_n episcopacy_n p._n 57_o his_o assertion_n of_o supreme_a church-power_n from_o who_o there_o be_v no_o appeal_n to_o scripture_n to_o god_n or_o the_o life_n to_o come_v and_o who_o intention_n be_v the_o measure_n of_o the_o power_n of_o all_o ordain_v by_o they_o examine_v p._n 57_o etc._n etc._n whether_o the_o church_n on_o earth_n be_v one_o visible_a society_n under_o one_o visible_a humane_a government_n p._n 59_o whether_o divine_a authority_n may_v not_o be_v pretend_v for_o practise_v contrary_a to_o some_o superior_n p._n 60_o chap._n 5._o wherein_o mr_n dodwell_n deceit_n and_o their_o danger_n lie_v p._n 63._o whether_o there_o be_v but_o one_o sense_n of_o all_o term_n which_o cause_v oblige_v man_n to_o mean_v all_o that_o have_v skill_n in_o cause_n be_v to_o understand_v p._n 63._o twelve_o great_a doctrinal_a article_n in_o which_o we_o differ_v from_o mr._n dodwell_n p._n 65._o some_o question_n put_v to_o he_o p._n 68_o his_o second_o letter_n to_o i_o from_o ireland_n p._n 70._o my_o answer_n to_o it_o p._n 75._o prove_v the_o impossibtlity_n of_o just_a discipline_n in_o the_o diocesan_n way_n which_o i_o dissent_v from_o the_o short_a answer_n to_o mr._n dodwell_n long_a letter_n which_o dr_n sherlock_n and_o mr._n morrice_n extol_v which_o be_v full_o answer_v in_o my_o treatise_n of_o episcopacy_n p._n 90._o a_o letter_n send_v to_o mr._n dodwell_n mar._n 12_o 1681._o a_o letter_n to_o mr._n dodwell_n nou._n 15._o 1680._o another_o to_o he_o of_o july_n 9_o 1677._o open_v many_o of_o our_o chief_a difference_n p._n 100_o another_o after_o a_o personal_a conference_n send_v to_o he_o but_o return_v because_o he_o be_v go_v into_o the_o country_n debate_v with_o he_o eleven_o of_o our_o great_a difference_n in_o which_o mr._n dodwell_n may_v be_v know_v p._n 118._o a_o account_n of_o my_o dissent_n from_o dr._n sherlock_n his_o doctrine_n accusation_n and_o argumentation_n special_o about_o the_o essence_n of_o the_o universal_a a_o national_a and_o single_a church_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o schism_n etc._n etc._n chap._n 1._o the_o historical_a proem_n chap._n 2._o my_o â—etter_n and_o counsel_n to_o mr._n sherlock_n many_o year_n ago_o advise_v he_o to_o expound_v or_o retract_v his_o word_n which_o seem_v to_o deny_v the_o three_o article_n of_o our_o baptismal_a covenant_n our_o belief_n in_o god_n the_o father_n the_o son_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n p._n 162_o his_o answer_n p._n 173_o chap._n 3._o of_o the_o ill_a manner_n of_o these_o man_n confutation_n p._n 174_o chap._n 4._o the_o main_a part_n of_o our_o difference_n viz._n what_o be_v the_o essential_a form_n of_o the_o catholic_n national_a and_o single_a church_n p._n 182_o chap._n 5._o what_o be_v the_o
congregational_a or_o parochial_a bishop_n or_o pastor_n without_o such_o as_o our_o diocesan_n it_o must_v be_v pastoral_n or_o true_a episcopal_a regular_a communion_n 3._o many_o individual_a bishop_n separate_v from_o one_o another_o have_v be_v and_o may_v be_v in_o one_o city_n 4._o if_o e._n g._n the_o bishop_n of_o lincoln_n have_v many_o county_n and_o one_o differ_v from_o he_o be_v choose_v by_o the_o clergy_n at_o leicester_n hartford_n etc._n etc._n as_o he_o be_v by_o the_o king_n which_o of_o they_o be_v the_o bishop_n on_o the_o place_n if_o gloucester_n clergy_n and_o people_n have_v choose_v another_o when_o goodman_n a_o papist_n be_v bishop_n which_o be_v the_o bishop_n 1._o 1._o salvation_n be_v pronounce_v by_o conformist_n to_o be_v certain_a upon_o baptism_n without_o any_o other_o sacrament_n 2._o pope_n and_o papist_n be_v as_o much_o as_o any_o for_o tie_v salvation_n to_o sacrament_n and_o yet_o a_o pope_n victor_n and_o his_o council_n at_o benevent_v 1078._o decree_n that_o rather_o than_o communicate_v with_o a_o simonist_n they_o shall_v persist_v without_o visible_a communion_n and_o in_o mind_n join_v to_o christ_n have_v his_o communion_n 3._o what_o shall_v they_o do_v ordinary_o in_o italy_n spain_n france_n etc._n etc._n that_o have_v none_o but_o papist_n bishop_n 1._o wilful_a neglect_n of_o any_o know_a mean_n show_v wilful_a disobedience_n against_o god_n but_o many_o mean_n may_v be_v ignorant_o neglect_v without_o destroy_a assurance_n of_o salvation_n turtullian_n think_v child_n shall_v stay_v from_o baptism_n unless_o in_o danger_n of_o death_n and_o nazianzen_n be_v for_o some_o year_n delay_n this_o ignorance_n damn_a not_o the_o practiser_n apocryphal_a book_n divers_a sacrament_n ceremony_n church-office_n doctrine_n have_v be_v controvert_v mean_n among_o true_a christian_n 2._o faith_n come_v by_o hear_v rom._n 10._o christ_n bless_v they_o that_o hear_v and_o do_v it_o thousand_o be_v mention_v as_o believe_v by_o hear_v and_o salvation_n be_v promise_v to_o faith_n 2._o 1._o whoever_o shall_v call_v on_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v be_v save_v ask_v and_o you_o shall_v have_v true_a faith_n and_o conversion_n wrought_v by_o hear_v god_n word_n and_o work_v by_o true_a love_n and_o prayer_n have_v many_o a_o promise_n of_o pardon_n and_o salvation_n 2._o be_v a_o baptize_v pray_v believer_n out_o of_o the_o communion_n of_o christ_n church_n though_o he_o doubt_v of_o diocesan_n or_o patriarch_n he_o be_v not_o 2._o 1._o ordinary_o faith_n come_v by_o hear_v and_o hear_v by_o preach_v and_o he_o that_o true_o believe_v shall_v be_v save_v john_n 13.16_o 2._o i_o think_v many_o score_n or_o hundred_o of_o protestant_a divine_n have_v prove_v that_o baptism_n give_v not_o the_o first_o right_n to_o life_n but_o only_o solemn_o confirm_v seal_v and_o by_o ministerial_a investiture_n public_o deliver_v that_o which_o true_a faith_n receive_v before_o see_v gataker_n two_o tract_n on_o dr._n ward_n be_v and_o dr._n davenant_n thesis_n 3._o what_o be_v baptism_n to_o episcopacy_n till_o king_n jame_v alter_v it_o woman_n may_v baptise_v in_o england_n and_o priest_n still_o may_v and_o be_v man_n baptise_a into_o the_o name_n or_o belief_n of_o diocesan_n as_o bellarmine_n say_v baptism_n bind_v they_o to_o the_o pope_n prove_v this_o if_o you_o can_v 2._o if_o baptism_n undoubted_o save_v at_o what_o age_n do_v the_o effect_n cease_v 2._o the_o lord_n supper_n be_v necessary_a for_o corroboration_n and_o for_o express_v true_a obedience_n and_o live_v by_o faith_n on_o christ_n where_o it_o can_v lawful_o be_v have_v and_o the_o need_n and_o use_v of_o it_o be_v understand_v b._n this_o be_v false_a if_o they_o be_v give_v by_o a_o layman_n false_o pretend_v order_n or_o by_o one_o who_o have_v no_o authority_n through_o uncapacity_n or_o usurpation_n yet_o the_o receiver_n lose_v not_o his_o right_n he_o take_v it_o as_o from_o god_n and_o if_o his_o ignorance_n be_v not_o culpable_a there_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o disobedience_n in_o it_o 2._o if_o i_o prove_v that_o papist_n have_v no_o such_o authority_n as_o you_o plead_v for_o be_v all_o their_o baptism_n and_o ordination_n null_n iii_o episcopal_a communion_n be_v the_o cothurnus_fw-la the_o hose_n draw_v over_o your_o ulcer_n and_o snare_n 1._o we_o have_v mental_a communion_n in_o essential_o with_o all_o true_a bishop_n in_o the_o world_n 2._o we_o have_v subject_a communion_n with_o true_a parish-bishop_n 3._o and_o with_o their_o ruling_n bishop_n at_o least_o as_o magistrate_n 4._o novatian_o luciferian_o donatist_n and_o other_o in_o time_n of_o schism_n have_v all_o order_n in_o episcopal_a communion_n and_o so_o have_v papist_n greek_n moscovite_n armenian_n 5._o parish-bishop_n have_v more_o proof_n of_o authority_n from_o christ_n than_o the_o diocesan_n or_o many_o hundred_o congregation_n that_o have_v no_o other_o bishop_n 6._o authority_n may_v be_v give_v by_o god_n without_o any_o ordination_n where_o it_o can_v be_v have_v or_o not_o without_o sin_v 1._o no_o doubt_n but_o all_o true_a authority_n must_v be_v derive_v from_o god_n 2._o those_o to_o who_o it_o be_v first_o give_v be_v the_o twelve_o apostle_n they_o be_v consider_v 1._o as_o the_o inspire_a prophetical_a declarer_n and_o recorder_n of_o the_o law_n and_o doctrine_n and_o promise_v of_o christ._n 2._o as_o chief_a pastor_n of_o the_o church_n to_o gather_v and_o rule_v it_o all_o god_n gift_n and_o grace_n that_o come_v to_o we_o by_o the_o mediation_n of_o the_o gospel_n come_v by_o the_o apostle_n mediation_n in_o the_o first_o sense_n as_o declare_v christ_n will_n how_o minister_n shall_v be_v make_v in_o all_o age_n and_o as_o chief_a pastor_n gather_v and_o settle_v the_o first_o church_n which_o by_o christ_n charter_n shall_v call_v their_o pastor_n and_o so_o other_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n they_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v mediator_n herein_o 3._o but_o they_o mediate_v not_o as_o the_o donor_n of_o the_o pastoral_n power_n as_o be_v pastor_n themselves_o but_o only_o as_o ministerial_a invester_n the_o sacrament_n come_v not_o to_o we_o without_o the_o mediation_n of_o the_o apostle_n but_o they_o make_v they_o not_o nor_o make_v they_o effectual_a nor_o make_v new_a apostle_n to_o deliver_v they_o 3._o this_o be_v deceitful_a confusion_n 1._o authority_n to_o administer_v sacrament_n and_o authority_n to_o call_v other_o to_o administer_v they_o be_v different_a thing_n 2._o and_o so_o be_v succession_n of_o apostolical_a power_n and_o succession_n of_o common_a ministry_n 3._o and_o so_o be_v give_v power_n as_o the_o donor_n and_o give_v it_o as_o a_o invest_n servant_n 4._o and_o proper_a give_v it_o and_o improper_a which_o be_v but_o qualify_a the_o person_n to_o receive_v it_o 1._o apostolical_a prophetical_a conveyance_n harh_n no_o such_o succession_n 2._o the_o flock_n that_o have_v no_o authority_n to_o administer_v sacrament_n partake_v of_o the_o authority_n to_o call_v other_o to_o do_v it_o 3._o inferior_n may_v have_v authority_n to_o call_v superior_n else_o the_o high_a can_v not_o be_v make_v 4._o none_o of_o these_o people_n give_v the_o power_n but_o their_o election_n be_v part_n of_o the_o receiver_n qualification_n to_o who_o god_n give_v it_o by_o his_o law_n or_o charter_n and_o then_o as_o â—_z they_o solemnize_v the_o investiture_n 5._o the_o power_n of_o this_o law_n or_o charter_n be_v never_o interrupt_v but_o if_o all_o pastor_n be_v dead_a a_o hundred_o year_n it_o will_v renew_v pastoral_a power_n in_o the_o church_n without_o uninterrupted_a donor_n or_o invester_n 4._o this_o convey_v power_n be_v wherever_o god_n law_n and_o capable_a receiver_n be_v a_o capable_a receiver_n be_v 1._o one_o personal_o qualify_v with_o sufficiency_n and_o willingness_n 2._o and_o that_o have_v the_o church_n and_o ordainer_n necessary_a consent_n when_o ordinary_a for_o order_n sake_n the_o ordainer_n than_o must_v invest_v he_o by_o declare_v he_o authorize_v by_o god_n etc._n etc._n the_o regular_a ordination_n like_o public_a matrimony_n after_o contract_n be_v to_o be_v by_o authorize_v ordainer_n and_o most_o bishop_n diocesan_n papist_n greek_n moscovite_n armenian_a etc._n etc._n be_v of_o more_o doubtful_a authority_n than_o congregational_a or_o parish_n bishop_n though_o the_o former_a usurp_v the_o name_n as_o appropriate_v to_o they_o b._n 2._o 1._o then_o man_n in_o rome_n italy_n spain_n france_n etc._n etc._n must_v be_v of_o the_o papist_n prelate_n church_n and_o communion_n 2._o paulinus_n and_o flavian_n donatist_n novatian_n arrian_n etc._n etc._n may_v have_v bishop_n in_o the_o same_o place_n and_o the_o orthodox_n two_o or_o more_o at_o once_o grotius_n think_v as_o many_o as_o there_o be_v synagogue_n in_o a_o city_n 3._o then_o if_o i_o prove_v the_o chief_a pastor_n of_o a_o parish_n or_o city-church_n to_o be_v
ready_a to_o be_v confirm_v by_o learn_v the_o catechism_n and_o recognise_v the_o covenant_n etc._n etc._n 25._o do_v he_o not_o make_v the_o chief_a bishop_n and_o reformer_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n to_o be_v the_o promoter_n of_o the_o doctrine_n which_o he_o account_v so_o damnable_a when_o dr._n stillingfleet_n in_o his_o irenicon_n recite_v the_o word_n of_o cranmer_n and_o other_o of_o they_o at_o a_o consultation_n downright_o against_o not_o only_o the_o necessity_n of_o his_o uninterrupted_a succâ—ssion_n but_o also_o even_o of_o episcopal_a ordination_n itself_o and_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o cite_v about_o fourteen_o of_o they_o for_o the_o validity_n of_o ordination_n without_o bishop_n and_o dr._n stillingfleet_n bishop_n edw._n reignnolds_n and_o many_o more_o hold_v that_o no_o form_n of_o government_n be_v of_o divine_a determination_n do_v all_o these_o plead_v for_o damn_v schism_n against_o all_o title_n to_o salvation_n 26._o and_o what_o can_v more_o direct_o contradict_v the_o main_a tenor_n of_o the_o gospel_n which_o tell_v we_o of_o the_o save_a power_n of_o the_o word_n preach_v how_o it_o convert_v soul_n and_o promise_v salvation_n to_o all_o that_o true_o believe_v and_o repent_v insomuch_o that_o paul_n thank_v god_n that_o he_o baptise_v few_o of_o the_o corinthian_n because_o god_n send_v he_o not_o to_o baptize_v but_o to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n 27._o but_o his_o doctrine_n feign_v that_o god_n will_v damn_v they_o that_o true_o believe_v repent_v love_n god_n forsake_v sin_n for_o want_v of_o the_o sacrament_n or_o else_o that_o the_o word_n convert_v none_o but_o only_a sacrament_n convert_v man_n 28._o and_o then_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o none_o but_o unbeliever_n impenitent_a wicked_a man_n shall_v be_v first_o admit_v to_o the_o sacrament_n for_o if_o that_o only_o convert_v than_o it_o be_v only_o the_o unconvert_v that_o must_v first_o be_v receive_v to_o it_o 29_o when_o all_o be_v do_v he_o do_v but_o 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