[ 295 ] 17. Thofe Joints of Eccleji.1[tica1 Difcipline Effa– blijhed in the .Roman Empire by tke Confirmat~on of Emperors, were (M tonecejfary cbntmuance) dt/Jolv– ed by the di!folution of the Roman Empire. 18. The Power ofthe Pope in the Territories of any Prince didfob{iff by his Authority and Favor,r. 19. By the fame Power M Princes have curbed the E:ocorbitancy of Papal Power infome Cafes, (of enter– taining Legates, makjng Appeals, difpofing of Bene– fices, &~.) by thefame they might exclude it. 20. The praUice ofChriftianity,doth not depend on the fubjiftenceof fuch a form inftitntedby man. As to Mr. Dodwe/l'sfundamental Opinion (that the Minifier can have no Pbwer \vhich the Or· dainer intended not to give him ) He over~ throweth by it all the Reformation and all rhe Englilh reforming Minifiry, as derived from the Roman Ordination·: For it's certain that the Ro– man Bilhops intended not.to give them Power t"o reform,, or to Worfhip God as they have done. And the Protefiants are againfi him= Saith Dr. ·Ghallrmer (in his Credo Ecclef. Cath. p. 95.) Hotv– (ver the Prie.ft ttt .the Bapth,.ing, or the Bijhop at the Ordination, had another meaning, yet the words wheren:>ith they Bapti:zed an'd Ordained being the wordJof Chrift, are to be taksn in Chrifts meaning; " in df much M he which receiveth from another, is to receive it according to the intention of the Principal Giver, ~tnd not the Infirumental Giver. He w~ich confers B,apt~(m and Ord~rs ,M the Principal Donor is , Chrift; the Bi{hop or (.fiaflor confers them only as his Jnftruments. ] So·others. , A.s all Power .is of God arid.mull: be obeyed, fo Ufurpation is of Satan, and the higher the :worf€; and the word Antichriff is fuppofed by .U 4 - many,
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