A19178:370
A reply to Dr. Mortons general Defence of three nocent [sic] ceremonies viz. the…A reply to Dr. Mortons generall Defence of three nocent [sic] ceremonies viz. the…
A reply to Dr. Mortons general Defence of three nocent [sic] ceremonies viz. the surplice, cross in baptism, and kneeling at the receiving of the sacramental elements of bread and wine.A reply to Dr. Mortons generall Defence of three nocent [sic] ceremonies viz. the surplice, crosse in baptisme, and kneeling at the receiving of the sacramentall elements of bread and wine.
Amsterdam: printed by Giles Thorp, 1622
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
6 Is the Bishops power of appointing a minister no ways determinate to this or that minister? then it seemeth his mere will determineth of the particular person, without any just reason. For if there be certain causes or reasons which the Bishop is bound to follow in designing of this or that minister, rather then another, then is the Bishop determinate. The Council of Nice it self determined the authority even of Patriarchs in this case: viz. that the Elders should first nominate fit men [Greek or Hebrew] secondly that the people should elect or choose out of that number, per [Greek or Hebrew]: and thirdly, that the Bishop should confirm the elected [Greek or Hebrew]. Socrat. l. •. p. 177. What exorbitant power is this then which our Bishops do now-a-days challenge unto themselves? All Classical Divines do consent to that which Junius setteth down, Conc. 5. l. 2. c. 6. n. 73. that no Bishop can send or appoint a minister sine certa ac justa ecclesiae postulatione, without the certain fore-choice of the Church: Id enim esset obtrudere non mittere. For that were to obtrude him, not to send him.
6 Is the Bishops power of appointing a minister no wayes determinate to this or that minister? then it seemeth his meere will determineth of the particular person, without any iust reason. For if there be certain causes or reasons which the Bishop is bound to follow in designing of this or that minister, rather then another, then is the Bishop determinate. The Councel of Nice it selfe determined the authoritie even of Patriarches in this case: viz. that the Elders should first nominate fit men 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 secondly that the people should elect or choose out of that number, per 〈non-Latin alphabet〉: and thirdly, that the Bishop should confirme the elected 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Socrat. l. •. p. 177. What exorbitant power is this then vvhich our Bishops doe now-a-dayes chalenge unto themselues? All Classicall Divines do consent to that which Iunius setteth downe, Conc. 5. l. 2. c. 6. n. 73. that no Bishop can send or appoynt a minister sine certa ac justa ecclesiae postulatione, vvithout the certain fore-choyce of the Church: Id enim esset obtrudere non mittere. For that were to obtrude him, not to send him.