[79] i. e. Let ( even) a Deacon refirain the King, if he corne to the Sacrament being unworthy,aud that, be openly manifest, ] Bishop Bilfón of fubjeftion p. 399. faith, [ The Eleftion ofBops in»thof daies belonged to the people and not to the Prince: and though " Valens by plain force placed Lucius there, yet cc might the people Lawfislly rejea him as no Bi- c`fhop and cleave to Peter their right- Pafor. a` Mark that he layeth it not on his Error, but on his entrance without thepeoples EleLiion,and that they might rejec`& him as no Bilhop. We fee here the full concurrenceof fuck Englifh Bifhops as were the molt Learned and zealous defenders of Epfcopacy and loyalty. The fame Bifhop ibid.p.z 36. Saith more plain- ly, " [Princes have no right to call or confirm Preachers, but to receive fuch'.as be fens of God " andgive them Liberty for their Preaching and <ï fecurityfor their perfons : and if Princes refufe fo " to dos Gods labourers mull. goforward with that which is commanded them fromHeaven ; Not " t by difturbing Princes from their Thrones, nor "invading their Realms as your father Both,' " and defendeth he may do ; but by mildly fubmit- " ting themfelves to the powers on Earth and "-meekly fufferingifor the defence of the truth, what GC they(hall infill. ] This is the fiamm of all that " we here intend, fo pag. 3 r 3. he faith [ we "grant that they musft rather hazard their lives a` than baptize Princes which beleive not, or diftribute the Lords myferies to them" that " repent not, but give willful and openfignification "of impiety,;;Mc.] So Beda .FdiÇ. Eccl, I. 2. c. 5, 6Tells us that Melittss Bifhop ofLondon ( with CC
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