06;) iv. .. A Sz s.. - ,. CHAP. iV® .. nuninterruptedSuccefion ofRegular Ordination, is not eceJary. Se&. i Oftitis Ide- fire the Rea- der, to perufe what is writ- ten by Voetius de defperata CaufaPapatus, d.a.SeEt.a.co zg.6,palm. Aving proved the Non-neceflity of Ordination it Pelf to the Being of the Miniliry, and Validityof their adminiflrations,I may be the fhort- er inmoft of the refk, becaufe they are fufficiently proved inthis. If Ordination it Pelf be not of the Neceffity which the adverfaries do affert, then the Regularity of Ordination cannot be of more Neceflity then Ordination it- felf: Much lefs an uninterrupted Succefion of fuch Regular Ordination : Yet this alto is afferted by moft that we have now to do with. Se& 2. By Regular Ordination,I mean in the fence ofthe ad - verfaries themfelves, fuch as the Canons of the Church pro- nounce not Null,and Inchas by the Canons was done by fuch as had Authority todo it: in fpecial, by true Bifhnps (even in their Own fence. ) See. 3 . And if theuninterrupted fucceflion be notNeceffary, then neither is fuch Ordination at this prefent Neceffary to the being of the Miniflry a For if any of our predeceffors might be Miniflers without it, others in the like cafe may be fo too. For we live under the fame Law, and the Office is the fame thing now as it was then. Sec. q.. Argument r. Ifuninterrupted Regular Ordination of all our Predeceffors be Neceffary to the Beingof theMini- fry
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