(Zio) puted a Pallor : And all mull: fay fo, i. That will not rob the Innocent of the Benefit of Gods Ordinances;becaufeof'an ufur- pers fault. 2. And that will not leave thepeople, almoll com- monly, in an utter uncertainty, whom they fhould take fora Pa. ilor and obey; and when the Ordinaaces areValid for their good. 0. The Confequence is madegood by the Parity of Reafon that is in the two cafes. Ifufurpation caffe not a Nul- lity, invalidity or unproficablenefs in one cafe, to the innocent receiver, nonor make it his fin to receive, no more will it in the other a For there is noReafon for any fuch difference. Na} it be áduty to fubtric to an unknownufurper, in fev°eral cafes, in receiving the Sacraments, hearing, praying:, &!.. 4o is it a duty in fuel' cafes co receive Ordination. Seft.4t. Object. But the ufuring Presbyter dot but what 6elongeth to the office ofa Presbyter : but the Ordainer doth that which belongs not to the office of a Pr.:- Ieyter: and therefore his aflion it Nullity, as being extra proprium forum. Sea. 42. e...errliv. t . It is proved before to belong to the of- fice of a Presbyter to Ordain : 2. But fuppofe it werenot; }'et theobj`t`tion is vain: becanfe ir is the officeof a BíJhop that the Ordaining Presbyter Both pretend to,andwhich you imagine that he dot ufurp. They fay that fubje *- Presbyters (quoadordi- n;m vil O f cium) are no creaturesof Gods appointment ; and therefore they renounce that Office; and claim that office which you call Epifcopacy, and.hath the Power of Ordination. The quarrel-between us is not about meer Bifhops (fuch as Dr.H. H. defcribeth as aforefaid)Thefe are not denyed: but the Parifh Mi- niflers profefs themfelves fuchBifhops: But it isabout the other fort of Presbyters, fubje& to Bifhops, that the quarrel is : For they fay, that the Church fhould havenone fuch,and Dr. H. H. faith there is no Evidence that any »soh were infiiteeted in Scri- pture times. Nowas apretended Presbyters adtninifirations are Valid to the innocent receiver of theSacrament fo a pre- tended Bifhops adminiflration in Ordination is as Valid to the innocent , ceteris paribus. kä.43.Argument 15. They that have theKeyes of theKing. domof Heaven, have the power of Ordination : But Parochi- al! Pallors called Presbyters have the Keyes of the Kingdomof Heaven:
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