( z2.6) Sect. 76. But yet many Papiftsare more moderate in this,then thole at home that wenow deal with. That Erafmus,Richardus Arrnachanus, Gui'el. D'uranzes, and many more of them, were on our fide in this point, is commonly known, and manifefled by abundance ofour writers, fomc of them Bifhops, and fome Epifcopal Divines themfelves. Se&. 77. Anddivers oftheir Schoolmen do maintain that the [ Ordo Epifcopalis non differs dì CaratlhereSacerdotali, f cue forma intenfa a fe ipfa remif fa ] as Soncinas relateth (in 4. Sent. el. 25. ) the fentence ofPaludanns, which Tyoetius recites. And the fame Soncinas,and Tnoetius after him do cite Anreolur, proving that Grades Epifcopalis Sacerdotam non flint diftinE poteßates, &c. TulaSacerdos autharitate Papa pote Sacerdo- rem inlituere. Ergo non differunt poteffas Epifcopalis & Sa cerdotis, nif fient poteflas impedita non impedita : qua tarnen ;fÈ eadem. Antecedens prabatur, quia omnis virtus' 4Eliva, non impedita, potent transfundere feipfam ] To the fame purpofe Cu- fauns and many more. Se&. 78. Hence it is that.Presbyters have of old had a place in Councils,yea and a fuffrage too : and the Council ofBafil did decide and pra&ife it _ which is allowed by many of the Papifis. And hence it isi that divers of the Papifis do make Epifcopal preheminency to be but of Ecclefiaflical Inflitutior. Sec. 79. That the ('horepifcopi didordain, and their Ordina- tionwas Valid, though they were, not accounted Bifhops (any otherwife thenour Parochial B i fhops are) is a thing that bath been fpoken offo oft, andby fo many, even Bifhops themfeives, that I (ball pats it by. Se6t.80. And faith Voetius,. even among the Papif}s,the A6 ;. tots and fuch regular Prelates that ere no Bifhops, and the Cha. Ater ofCanons may Ordain ; yea and erercife other as ofJurif. di&ion, as excommunicating a &c. Tt is not therefore proper to the Bifhops. Sea8 a . It is therefore as Hierom fpeaksof Confirmation by a Bifhop only, in hovrorem Sacerdetii, a matter of Ecclefiaftical . irflitution for Order,and not of Divine inftitution that Presby- ters without Prelates fhould not Ordain : As Lro firfl Bifhop ofRome faith ( Epiffol. 86. ad Epifcop.Gatl. &German.) there are madam Sacerdotibus Prohibitsper Cannes Ecclefiafiicor, ut..
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