(24) efpeeiaify fuppofing that a Presbyteriemtlft concur in this , and a tingle Pesbyter may do the other. And therefore the one being granted them, the other cannot be denyed. Sed. 49. Argument 16. Ifthe adminiflrations oldiePriefts and Teachers in Chriflsdayes among the Jews was Valid to the people, then the Ordination .four Presbyteries,and the ad- mintflrations ofour Presbyters fo ordained are Valid to the peo- ple and receivers now : But the Antecedent is true : therefore fo is the Confequent. This Argument is managed fo fretpsently and co2ioufly byour Miniflers heretoforeagainfl theSeparatifls, that 1110 need to fay but littleof ir. Se& so. The Antecedent is pa ved eafily from Scripture. Alf 13.27. & 15 . 2r. thew that Mots and the Prophetswere read in theSynagogues every Sabbathday,andLuke 16.29.fhea that it was the peoples duty to hear them Mar. 23. 1, 2, 3, Then fpake yefusto the M releitndeand to bis Difciples,faying,The Scribes and the Pharifes fit in Mofes feat : all therefore what- foever they bidyonobferve,that obferve anddo: but denot yeafter their works. : for theyfay and denot.] Mat. 8.4. Mark x. 44 Luke 16.29. Eatgo thy way , 'hew thy fclf to the Prieff,andof- fer for thy cleanfing thofe things which Moles commanded, &c. So that it was the peoples duty to hear,and fubalk to the Teach- ers and thePriefts. See.. 5 I. The reafonof the Confequence is becaufe thefe Priefls and Teachers had not fo good a Call as our Presbyters, to their Office, but were lyableto far more exceptions. The Priefts werenot of the line that Godhad by his Law appointed to fucceed in the Priefthood : the fuccefion had long failed, as to thejaft title of the Succell'ors. The Priefthood was bought for moneyof theCivil Powers : and inflead of being the Prieff for life, he was oft changed every year : chofen by a Pagan Prince, and by him difplaced t and moff think there were two at Once. The Scribes and Pharifes hadabominably corrupted the Lawby their traditionsand falfeexpofitions ; and their Calling was much more defective then ours:fo that if they mull pats yet for Minifters of God, and their adminiflrations be valid, . then fo muff Presbyters and their adminiirations be efleetned much more. I know we need not this odious comparifon of farMiniftry, with the Prcits or Pharifes, but to fliew the adver- farms
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