( 177) gitimarePopes, were the only perlons that were the repairers of the breach. Andyet the Pope will hardly yield that he recci- veth his power from anyof thefe. 3. There have been greater defe&s in the fuccefsion then thisof Confecrarion, even of due Ele&ion, Capacity ,yea ofanoffice it felf.which Chriftt will own. The Vicechrififhip of the Pope is nooffice ofChrif}s planting. Se&. 3 5. And z For the .Englifh Prelates, as they are unable to prove their uninterrupted fuccefiion, fo the interruption is proved, in that they derived and held their Power from the Vicechrift ofRome, and that qua ralii, for fo -many ages. This was their ownprofefsion : and all that they did wasas. his Mini- fters by his Authority, which was none. Se&. 36. Obje&. Rot this milled not the true Authoritywhich they received from the Pope or 'Prelates as Prelates. Anfw. The Pope was uncapable ofgiving them Authority (and whether the Prelatesas Inchwere fo too,weTñall enquire anon.) And though,. I grant that (where the perfon was fit ) there wasyet a Minifl:ry Valid to the Church(and perhaps to themfelves in the main)yet that is becaufe Canonical Ordination is not ofNecefíìty to the Beingof the Miniflry; ( but byother means they might be then Minilfers, though this corruption was conjunct, that they re- ceived their Power imaginarily fromBiome) i;ut that the laid Canonical fucceffionwas interrupted, by this Papal tenure, and many a delinquency, is neverthelefs fure,and fufficient to inforce -. the Argument as to them that now are our adverfaries. But. fo much;fhall fufái.cc for the Non-neceflity of this fuccellionofa true_and Regular.Ordination., A CHAPe
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