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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

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atque Levitae in Templo fuerunt hoc sibi Episcopi Presbyteri Deaconi vendicent in Ecclesia Ad Nepotianum Esto sujectus Pontisici tuo quasi animi Parentem suscipe Advers Luciferianos Ecclaesiae salus in summi Sacerdotis Dignitate pendet cui nisi exors quaedam ab emnibus Eminens detur Potestas tot in Ecclaesia efficientur Schismata quot Sacerdotes Inde venit ut sine Episcopi jussione neque Presbyter neque Diaconus jus haebeant Baptizandi Ad eos qui per Presbyteros Diaconos Baptizati sunt Episcopus ad Invocationem sancti Spiritus manum Impositurus excurrat Epitaphium Nepotiani à Heliodorum Episcopum venerebatur In publico Episcopum domi Patrem noverat Inter Presbyteros Co-aequales primus in opere c. Principes futuros Ecclesiae Episcopos Nominavit In script Ecclesiast De Jacobo Jacobus post Passionem Domini statim ab Apostolis Hierosolimorum Episcopus est ordinatus Ep. 54 contra Montanum Apud nos Apostolorum locum Episcopi tenent St. Augustine Bishop of Hippo in Africa A. D. 420. Epistle 42. A. D. 420. The Root of the Christian Society is diffus'd throughout the World in a sure Propagation by the Seats of the Apostles and the Succession of the Bishops Quest veter novi Test N. 97. Ther is none but knows that our Saviour did Constitute Bishops in the Churches for before He Ascended into Heaven He laid His Hands upon the Apostles and Ordained them Bishops l. 7. c. 43. The Sentence of our Lord Jesus Christ is clear who sent His Apostles and gave to Them alone that Power which He had Received from His Father to whom we have Succeeded Governing the Church of God by the same Power Ep. 162. speaking of the Bishops being call'd Angels Rev. 2. he says By the voice of God the Governor of the Church is Praised under the Name of an Angel Of the words of our Lord Serm. 24. If He said to the Apostles alone he that despiseth you despiseth me then despise us But if those words of His come down even unto us and that He has Called us and Constituted us in their Place see that you do not despise us Against Faustus We embrace the Holy Scripture which from the Times of the Presence of Christ himself by the Disposition of the Apostles and the Successions of other Bishops from their Seats even to these Times has come down to us safely kept commended and honour'd through the whole Earth Against Petilian What has the Chair of the Church of Rome done to thee in which Peter sat and in which at this day Anastasius sits or of the Church of Jerusalem in which James did sit and in which John does now sit Against Julian Irenaeus Cyprian Reticius Olympius Hilary Gregory Basil John Ambrose these were Bishops Grave Learned c. Questions upon the Old Testament Quest 35. The King bears the Image of God as the Bishop of Christ Therefore while he is in that Station he is to be Honour'd if not for himself yet for his Order St. Augustine Bishop of Hippo in Africa A. D. 420. Epistle 42. Radix Christianae Societatis per sedes Apostolorum Successiones Episcoporum certa per orbem Propagatione diffunditur Nemo ignorat Salvatorem Episcopos Ecclesiis Instituisse Ipse enim priusquam Coelos Ascenderet Imponens Manus Apostolis ordinavit eos Episcopos Quod dixit Clarus à Muscula in Concilio Carthag Repetit August de Baptismo contra Donatist Manifesta est sententia Domini nostri Jesu Christi Apostolos suos mittentis ipsis solis Potestatem à Patre sibi traditam permittentis quibus nos nos Successimus eadem Potestate Ecclesiam Domini Gubernantes Divina voce sub nomine Angeli Laudatur Praepositus Ecclesiae De verbis Domini Serm. 24. Si solis Apostolis dixit Qui vos spernit me spernit spernite nos Si autem Sermo Ejus pervenit ad nos vocavit nos in eorum loco Constituit nos videte ne spernatis nos Contra Faust Lib. 33. cap. ult Scripturam amplectimur quae ab Ipsius Presentiae Christi temporibus per Dispensationes Apostolorum caeteras ab eorum sedibus Successiones Episcoporum usque ad haec tempora toto Orbe terrarum custodita commendata clarificata pervenit Lib. 2. contra Literas Petiliani C. 51. Cathedra quid tibi fecit Ecclesiae Romanae in qua Petrus sedit in qua hodie Anastasius sedet aut Ecclesiae Hierosolimitanae in qua Jacobus sedit in qua hodie Joannes sedet Vid. contra Crescon l. 2. c. 37. Contra Julianum l. 2 cap. ult Irenaeus Cyprianus Reticius Olympius Hilarius Gregorius Basilius Joannes Ambrosius isti erant Episcopi Docti Graves c. in Ecclesiae Regimine Clari. Quest. ex vet Test qu. 35. Dei enim Imaginem habet Rex sicut Episcopus Christi Quamdiu ergo in ea traditione est Honorandus est si non propter se vel propter Ordinem Let this suffice as to the Testimonies of particular Fathers of the Church tho' many more may be produc'd in that compass of time to which I have confin'd our present Inquiry And now that no Conviction might be wanting I will set down some of the Canons of the Councils in those times to the same purpose whereby it will appear that Episcopacy as distinct from and superior to Presbytery was not only the Judgment of the first Glorious Saints and Martyrs of Christ but the current Doctrin and Government of the Church both Greek and Latin in those early Ages of Christianity In the Canons of the Apostles the distinction of Bishop Presbyter and Deacon is so frequent that it is almost in vain to give Citations The 1st and 2d Can. shew the difference to be observ'd in the Ordaining of them Let a Bishop be Consecrated by two or three Bishops Let a Presbyter and Deacon be Ordained by one Bishop See the same Distinction of these Orders Can. 3.4 5 6 7 8. 17 18 25. 27 28 29. 32 33. 36. 42. 44 45. 51 52 53. 63. 68 69 70 83. Can. 15. shews the Jurisdiction of the Bishops over the Presbyters and Deacons If any Presbyter or Deacon or any of the Clerical Order shall leave his own Parish and go to another without the Bishop's leave he shall officiate no longer especially if he obey not the Bishop when he exhorts him to Return persisting in his Insolence and disorderly Behaviour but he shall be reduc'd there to Communicate only as a Lay-man And Can. 31. If any Presbyter despising his own Bishop shall gather Congregations apart and erect another Altar his Bishop not being Convict of Wickedness or Irreligion let him be Depos'd as an Ambitious Person for he is a Tyrant And likewise such other Clergy or Laity who shall joyn themselves to him shall be Excommunicated But let this be after the first second and third Admonition of the Bishop Can. 39.