F2081 the cafe of Reordination. Either they that re- quire Epifcopal Ordination for all that were o- therwife ordained when Bifhops were put out, do intend it a fecund Ordination or not, -If vea, then it is a thing condemned by the ancient Churches, by the Canons called the Apoftles,&c; and by Gregory M. and others likened to Ana- baptiftry: Ifnot, then they take fuch mens for- mer Ordinatiox to be null, and confequently no Minifters tobe true Minifters that are fo ordain- ed, and not by Diocefans; and confequently all fuch Churches to be no true Churches (while they take the Roman Ordination to be valid.)To fpeak of the confequences of this as to the nul- lity of Baptizings and Confecration of the Lords Supper, &c. and of the taking of God's náme in vain in the Office if it prove evìl,would be to go further than the Matter of Fan-. SECT. XL The Th_ irdfart c, f Coc,förmi . H E Third Part of Conformity is the Sub - fèribing againft the obligation from the Vow [To endeavour any change or alteration ofGc ®, vernrent in the Church:I with the Oxford Oath [That we will never end-eavour any alteration ; ] and the Articles for our Prelacy ; and the Ordi- rr«.fion-promife, and Oath of Canonical Obedi- hey«re-mentioned; as to this point toge- thole Nonconformifts that are for the yea the need and deìrablenefs of Bi- thopss
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