[ 306 ] and receive the Eucharift. And to tell fuch they are in a ftate ofSalvation is oppofition to Chrift, 1 and Damnable deceit of Souls. 20. The Levites and Inferior Priefcs received not their Office from the High-priefr, but by Gods Law had ic by lJlhericance to which God chofe the Tribe of Lcvi : Nor had the High Priefis power to add to, or alter the Laws and Office of the Inferior Priefis or their nwn. · 21.Nor was there a neceffity of an uninterrupt– ed regular Succeffion; much ·wasof man's making: 1 Chrift owned them that were in poifeffion , though Ufurpers, not of Aarons Line, but fuch , as bought the.place of the Romans. · . ' 22. Seeing the High Prieft /was a Type of Chrift, and the .Scripture faith fo much of the . · / change of the Law and Priefihood, and Chrifi: bath made fuffici~nt Laws for Church Offices, it is prefurnption to Judaize, and pretend to any other .imitation of the High Priefrs than Chrift bath·ordained. 23. No one of the Apofiles was an High Prieft over the reft, but had equal Apoilolical Power. . 24. . Chrifi rebuked them for feeking who fhould be greatefi, and exprefly forbad ·that which they fought. 2.5. Every Pall:or or Church-Presbyter bath ' ari Office fubordinate to the Teaching, Priefily and Ruling·Qffice ofChrill:. · 26.: Every ones Pafioral Office is infiituted and Jdefcribed by Chrifi: (byhis Spirit in the Apofiles) and this [p(:!cification is Divine, which none may alter, nor make any other fuch. 27. Therefore (a5 Papifis confefs of thePope) all that mtq haye tQ dQ is _(not cq ~makders o~. ~ ... _-. .onor.,
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