Zoo) Terve now : ( ofwhich more anon. ) 3 , He is chifen by true Bi- (hops, as is (hewed. Seca.,2I. The other Objection is, that our Prefidents are but pro tempore, and therefore arenot B&Jhsps. To which I anfwer, i. That in fome Places they are for a long time, and in fome for an uncertain time. Dr. Twifr was Moderator of the Synod at Weflrninfer, for many years together, evendurante vita ; and Mr. Hole after him was long Moderator : The London Pro - vince bath a Prefident for many moneths ; even from one Affeme bly to another. 2. I never yet met with an Epifcopal Divine that maintained that itt was effential toa Bifhop, to be fuch dn' rantevita : I am fure it is not commonly atlerted. Ifa man be made the Bifhop of fuch or fuch a Diocefs, for oneand twenty years, or for leven years, it will be Paid tobe irregular; but i know none of them that have averred it to be fo great an Er- ror as nullifieth his Power and adminifirations. And ifit may fluid with the BeingofEpifcopacy to be limited to feven years, then ado to°belimited to feven_moneths, or fevenweeks,ordays: Elpecially when (asufually with us) they fix no time at the frrfl. Election, but leave it to the liberty -of the next Affembly to continue or toend his power. Let them prove thataffirm ir,that duration for life is. effentiall to a Bilhop. Sea. 22. Argument. 7. Where all thefe forementioned quay lificationsofthe Ordainer do concur, ( viz. r. That he be the Pallor of a particular Church,and thechief Pallor ofit, and the Pallor ofa City Church, and have Deacons and Presbyters under him, and be the fixed Prefident of aPresbyterie, and the Mo- derator or Prefident of a larger Presbyterie of the Paflors of many Churches,) there ( according to the principles, even of the rigider fort ofDiffenters) the Ordination.is valid : But all thefe forementionedqualifications do frequently concur to fotne of our prefent Ordainers in England : therefore even accord ing to the more rigid Diffenters., their Ordination is Valid': ;The premifesare fo plain that'they needno confirmation.. Sea. 23, Argument 8. Ordination by a Presbyterie is Valid. But in England and other Reformed Churches we have Ordination by a Presbyterie- : therefore our Ordi- nation is Valid. The Major is proved from rr 7im. 4. 14. [ Neglefl net the gift that is in thee which was given thee 41). Prophet), a with the laying on of the hartdt of tht Pre( ftyttrito.
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