( ob) givingof the Holy Ghoft after Baptiím (ordinarily tired by the Apoftles ) that is there fpoken of : which alto feemeth pro- bable, by theApoítles annexing it to Timothie" Faith, in which he fucceeded his Mother and Grandmother ; and to the fol- lowing effeds of [ the Spirit of Porter, and of Love, andof a fotandmind, ] which are the fruits of Confirming Grace : ad- monifhing him, that be be not afhamed of the Teflimonyof oar Lord ; which is alto the fruit of Confirmation. However the probability go, they can give us no certainty, that 'Paul or any Apoftle hadan hand in the Ordination here fpoken of : when the Text faith that it was [ with the laying on of the hand" of the Fre"b,,terie ] we mutt judge of the office by the name : and therefore a. we are hire that there were Presbyters. 2. And if there. were allo any of an higher rank, the Phrafe encoura- geth us tobelieve, that it was as Presbyter", that they impaled hands in Ordination. Sect. 27. Argument g. If Bifhops and Presbyters ( as commonly diftinguifhed) do differ only Grad», nosy Ordine, in Degree and not in Order, (that is as being not of a diftin& office, but of a more honourable Degree in the fame office) then is the Ordinationof Presbyters valid, though without a Bithop (of that higher Degree) But the Antecedent is true : there- fore fa-is the Confequent. The Antecedent is maintainedby abundanceof the Papilla themfelves ; much more,by Proteftants. The reafonof theConfequence is, becaufe ad ordinem portion ordinare. Beingof,the fame office, they may do the fame work. This Argument BifhopVJher gave me to prove that the Ordi- nation of meer Presbyters without aPrelate is valid, when I asks himhis Judgement of it. Se&á 28. Argument ao. If the Prelates and the Laws they went by did allow and requiremeer Presbyters co Ordain, then mutt they grant us that they have the Power of Ordination : But the Antecedent is true, as is well known in the Laws, and common Pradticeof the Prelatesin Ordaining : divers Presbyters laid onhands together with theBithop : and it was not the Bi- fhop but his Chaplain commonly that examined and approved : ufually the Bithop came forth, and laidhis hands on men thathe never faw before, or fpoke to,but took them as he found them prcfented tohim by his Chaplain : fo that Presbyters Ordained Ai:
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