z°9) aretrue Churches thathave no Prelates. 1. There are fo few of them that havePrelates, that he that will unchurch all the ref' , fuppofe ( whenhe playes his game above. board ) would take it for an injury, to be accounted a .Protefant himfelf. 2. If the'Churchesof the Weft called Papifts, and the Churches of Africa, A fa, ande4merica, be true í. huruhes of Chrift, and have true adminifrztions, then ( much more confidently may we affirm that ) the Proteflants are fo too. But the Antecedent is maintained by thofe that we now difpute againf', ( except- ing the Papas, who yet maintain it as of their ownChurch )' therefore, &c. Se& 36. Thereafon. of the Con;:equenceis, becaufe the Pa- pifs, Greeks, Armernians, Georgians, Syriiins e iEgyptibrns, 4b4G fines, &c. have much more to be laid againf them then we have : And if the leffer (or fuppofed) imperfe&ion of theProteflant Churches do unchurch them, ( for wanting Prelates, ) then the many great, and real defe&s of the other Churches will unchurch themmuch tnore.Efpecially this holds as to the Church ofRome,which -yet is taken by, the Diffenters tobe a true Church, and by force of them, at leaf, denyed to be the feat of Anti- ?thrift. Their Vicechrill and ufurping head, and all theMini - fry that hold by him, afford us other kind of Arguments againft their Church, then want of Prelates can afford them or others againfour Churches, Sea 37, And if any will deny the Antecedent fo far as to unchurch all die Churches in theworld, that are more defeâive then the Protef ants,he will blot out of his Creed the Article of the Catholick Church, and being a Seeker or next one to day, is like tobe an Infidel ere long,as I Ilaall further thew, when I fpeak oftbe finfulnefs of fuck. Sect. 38. Argument 14. If- the Adminittrations of a Ufur- ping Presbyter to an innocent people areValid ( and not Nul- l.ties, ,) then the Ordination of anUfurping Ordainer to an In- nocent expe&ant, is Valid : ( and confequently the Ordination of Pre byters is Valid, if they were Ufurpers, as they are un- iuftly faid tobe.) But the admir-iifrations of ufurping Pref- - byters to an Innocent people are Valid . therefore &T. Sea. 39. The Antecedent is granted by Bell trmis;e himfelf (in the placebeforecited) who faith that no more is required to oblige the people to obey hire, and fubmit, then that be be rep puled.,.
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