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Against the revolt to a foreign jurisdiction, which would be to England its perjury,…
Against the revolt to a foreign jurisdiction, which would be to England its perjury, church-ruin, and slavery in two parts ... / by Richard Baxter ...Against the revolt to a foreign jurisdiction, which would be to England its perjury, church-ruine, and slavery in two parts ... / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1691
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And of the Succession and Ordination of Bishops, he saith, Pag. 131. [If there were not one of them (that turned from Popery) or of us left alive, yet would not therefore the whole Church of England fly to Louvain. Tertullian saith, Nonne & Laici sacerdotes sumus.—Ubi Ecclesiastici Ordinis non est Consessus, & offert & tingit sacerdos qui est solus. Sed & ubi tres sunt, Ecclesia est, licet Laici. And frequently he saith, The Church is found among few, as well as among many.] And he was for Lay Mens Baptizing.
And of the Succession and Ordination of Bishops, he saith, Pag. 131. [If there were not one of them (that turned from Popery) or of us left alive, yet would not therefore the whole Church of England fly to Lovaine. Tertullian saith, Nonne & Laici sacerdotes sumus.—Ubi Ecclesiastici Ordinis non est Consessus, & offert & tingit sacerdos qui est solus. Sed & ubi tres sunt, Ecclesia est, licet Laici. And frequently he saith, The Church is found among few, as well as among many.] And he was for Lay Mens Baptizing.
X. The first Canon commandeth Preachers Four times a Year to declare [That All usurped & foreign Power (forasmuch as the same hath no Establishment nor Ground by the Law of God) is for most just Causes taken away and abolished. And that therefore, No manner of Obedience or Subjection within His Majesties Realms and Dominions is due to any such foreign Power.
The 12th Canon Excommunicateth ipso facto any that shall affirm, That it is lawful for any […] of Ministers to join together and make […], Orders or Constitutions, in Causes Ecclesiastical, without the King's Authority, and shall submit themselves to be ruled and governed by them.] Therefore none may go beyond Sea to Councils without his Authority. And the Canons of Foreigners are not to be made a Rule without his Authority. And is not other Princes Authority as necessary in their Dominions?