Answer. Here I will not stick too borrow that from the Lawyers, which maketh greatly to this purpose: the fault is either in the person, or in the thing or in both: in the person, as when the Magistrate is corruptly made, who notwithstanding (as Varro witnesseth in his fifth book of the Latin tongue) is no ⟨image 101⟩Magistrate. But the Lawyers do more subtly distinguish between him who is a Magistrate, (to wit, a lawful one) and him who is in the Magistracy: as when they dispute that it is one thing too be Proconsul, and another thing too be in the Proconsulship: another thing to be Praetor, then to exercise the Office of the Praetorship, as is said of Barbarius Philippus: another thing too be Tutor, then too exercise the office of Tutorship: in so much as that sometimes he that is a Magistrate (as for example if he be an outrageous man) may be a Magistrate indeed but yet he can not execute the Office of a Magistrate. The fault is in the act when it is not ordered rightly, that is to say, when such things are omitted which are of the nature of the act it self. Now in the Papistical Baptism, the fault is not in the act in which that same principal form is kept, which other strange and superfluous things cannot hurt, but the fault is in the person, for they are annexed to the Bishops & too the Elders, ⟨image 101⟩But this fault cannot hurt the action. For (that I may come more near too our Divines) they that are not lawfully called unto the ministry, and yet notwithstanding sit in the chair of the Ministry, by the consent of some men (although deceived) albeit in respect of the Persons themselves, they be not true Pastors, yet notwithstanding they are to be accounted in another place than they that have neither lawful nor unlawful calling. So Caiaphas indeed was not the lawful high priest, because he had by giving of money entered into the high Priesthood, yet notwithstanding sitting in the chair of the high Priesthood, (albeit unawares) he uttereth a Prophecy. And before this Bishop sitting in his seat, the Lord goeth to the temple and observeth those divine ceremonies that were not yet abolished. So the Pharisees so far forth as they sate in Moses chair, are commanded too be heard, which Chair notwithstanding the most of them had gotten by ambition and evil means.
Answeare. Here I will not sticke too borrowe that from the Lawyers, which maketh greatly to this purpose: the fault is eyther in the person, or in the thing or in both: in the person, as when the Magistrate is corruptly made, who notwithstanding (as Varro witnesseth in his fifth booke of the Latine tongue) is no ⟨image 101⟩Magistrate. But the Lawyers do more subtilly distinguish betweene him who is a Magistrate, (to wit, a lawful one) and him who is in the Magistracie: as when they dispute that it is one thing too bee Proconsull, and another thing too bee in the Proconsulshippe: another thing to be Pretor, then to excerise the Office of the Pretorship, as is sayde of Barbarius Philippus: another thing too bee Tutor, then too exercise the office of Tutorshippe: in so muche as that sometimes hee that is a Magistrate (as for example if hee bee an outragious man) may bee a Magistrate indeede but yet hee can not execute the Office of a Magistrate. The faulte is in the act when it is not ordedered rightly, that is to say, when suche things are omitted wc are of the nature of the act it selfe. Nowe in the Papisticall Baptisme, the faulte is not in the act in which that same principal forme is kept, which other strange and superfluous thinges cannot hurte, but the faulte is in the person, for they are annexed to the Bishops & too the Elders, ⟨image 101⟩But this fault cannot hurte the action. For (that I may come more neere too our Diuines) they that are not lawfully called vnto the ministery, and yet notwithstanding sitte in the chayre of the Ministerie, by the consent of some men (although deceiued) albeit in respecte of the Persons themselues, they bee not true Pastoures, yet notwithstanding they are to be accounted in another place thē they that haue neither lawfull nor vnlawfull calling. So Caiphas indeede was not the lawfull high priest, because he had by giuing of money entred into the high Priesthood, yet notwithstāding sitting in the chaire of the highe Priesthood, (albeit vnawares) he vttereth a Prophesie. And before this Bishop sitting in his seate, the Lord goeth to the temple and obserueth those diuine ceremonies that were not yet abolished. So the Pharisies so farre foorth as they sate in Moyses chayre, are commaunded too be heard, which Chayre notwithstāding the most of them had gotten by ambition and euill meanes.
