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power_n	ordain_v	ordination_n	presbyter_n	4,289	5	10.5064	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42125	An answer to some queries concerning schism, toleration, &c. in a letter to a friend ...	Gandy, Henry, 1649-1734.	1700 (1700)	Wing G197; ESTC R8150	50,034	60

the_o make_v a_o bishop_n priest_n or_o deacon_n as_o baptism_n to_o make_v a_o christian_a and_o unless_o the_o dissenter_n can_v produce_v a_o better_a that_o be_v a_o more_o ancient_a charter_n than_o the_o bishop_n have_v which_o i_o be_o sure_a they_o can_v never_o do_v the_o sole_a power_n of_o ordination_n must_v be_v still_o in_o they_o and_o those_o that_o pretend_v to_o it_o must_v be_v usurper_n and_o consequent_o schismatic_n dr._n sherlock_n say_v but_o by_o what_o authority_n i_o know_v not_o that_o the_o 108._o vind._n of_o some_o prot._n princ._n p._n 108._o church_n of_o england_n do_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o in_o case_n of_o necessity_n the_o ordination_n of_o presbyter_n may_v be_v valid_a but_o he_o say_v with_o respect_n to_o the_o dissenter_n that_o the_o case_n of_o schism_n be_v a_o different_a thing_n and_o i_o believe_v say_v he_o our_o author_n himself_o will_v not_o say_v that_o schismatical_a presbyter_n may_v take_v this_o power_n or_o that_o their_o ordination_n be_v valid_a if_o they_o do_v and_o this_o be_v the_o case_n between_o we_o and_o the_o dissenter_n they_o ordain_v in_o a_o schism_n and_o though_o necessity_n may_v make_v a_o irregular_a act_n valid_a yet_o schism_n will_v not_o the_o novatian_o be_v episcopal_a and_o so_o be_v the_o donatist_n say_v mr._n 330._o vindic._n of_o the_o prim._n ch._n p._n 330._o baxter_n and_o yet_o how_o have_v they_o be_v judge_v of_o for_o their_o schism_n i_o need_v not_o tell_v they_o be_v very_o much_o to_o blame_v that_o say_v the_o presbyterian_o or_o independent_o trouble_v the_o primitive_a church_n it_o be_v impossible_a for_o they_o to_o be_v troublesome_a before_o they_o be_v at_o all_o it_o seem_v all_o the_o sect_n and_o schism_n of_o that_o time_n think_v they_o have_v no_o right_a to_o pretend_v to_o be_v a_o church_n unless_o they_o have_v bishop_n but_o these_o anti-episcopal_a separatist_n be_v reserve_v it_o seem_v for_o the_o last_o time_n as_o the_o severe_a curse_n 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