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An answer to Mr. Dodwell and Dr. Sherlock, confuting an universal humane church-supremacy aristocratical…An answer to Mr. Dodwell and Dr. Sherlocke, confuting an universal humane church-supremacy aristocratical…
An answer to Mr. Dodwell and Dr. Sherlock, confuting an universal humane church-supremacy aristocratical and monarchical, as church-tyranny and popery : and defending Dr. Isaac Barrow's treatise against it by Richard Baxter ; preparatory to a fuller treatise against such an universal sovereignty as contrary to reason, Christianity, the Protestant profession, and the Church of England, though the corrupters usurp that title.An answer to Mr. Dodwell and Dr. Sherlocke, confuting an universal humane church-supremacy aristocratical and monarchical, as church-tyranny and popery : and defending Dr. Isaac Barrow's treatise against it by Richard Baxter ; preparatory to a fuller treatise against such an universal soveraignty as contrary to reason, Christianity, the Protestant profession, and the Church of England, though the corrupters usurp that title.
London: printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1682
Chapter 5: Wherein Mr. Dodwell's deceits, and the danger of them do consist.
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But how much Mr. Dodwell equals the Bishops and Apostles, and sets their words above the Scripture as to obligation, you have seen before.
§. 12. X. And as he giveth Bishops power to silence Presbyters, and forbid the Preaching of the Gospel, and Gods worship, so how little knowledge or godliness, or common sobriety or honesty, he requireth to a saving Sacramenting Priest, who must not be separated from, you heard before, contrary to Cyprian, and many a Councils Canons. But we know that Paul had no power to destruction, but only to edification. And they have no more.
§. 12. X. And as he giveth Bishops power to silence Presbyters, and forbid the Preaching of the Gospel, and Gods worship, so how little knowledg or godliness, or common sobriety or honesty, he requireth to a saving Sacramenting Priest, who must not be separated from, you heard before, contrary to Cyprian, and many a Councils Canons. But we know that Paul had no power to destruction, but only to edification. And they have no more.
§. 13. XI. We suppose that we must love, honour, and communicate with all such as true Ministers or Churches, who have true faith and repentance, and sincere obedience to Christs Laws, and are able, godly, willing Pastors, chosen or consented to by the flocks, approved and ordained by senior Pastors, (especially in Synods where City-Pastors preside), and especially if also authorized by the Christian Magistrate.) But he thinks if they have not also successive Ordination from the Apostles by Bishops of his species, they are no Ministers, or Churches, and have no Sacrament, and Covenant title to Salvation, but are Schismatics, and by their Ministry sin against the Holy Ghost. And so destroyeth all certainty of title to Salvation, and of Church-communion, Ministry and Sacraments, to all the Christian World.