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…

Do not baptizing Presbyters (and Lay-men say, Tertullian and the Papists) assure men of salvation, though they should not hear of a Bishop? Why was not Diocesan Episcopacy in the Creed, if the belief and obedience be necessary to salvation? a (1.) 1. Apostles and Evangelists took men into the visible Communion of the universal Church, before they had particular Church-Bishops. 2. Fixed Church-Communion was exercised universally under Congregational, or Parochial Bishops or Pastors, without such as our Diocesans. It must be Pastoral, or true Episcopal regular Communion. 3. Many Individual Bishops, separating from one another, have been, and may be in one City. 4. If e. g. the Bishop of Lincoln, have many Counties, and one differing from him, were chosen by the Clergy at Leicester, Hartford, &c. as he was by the King, which of them is the Bishop on the place? If Gloucester Clergy and People had chose another when Goodman, a Papist, was Bishop, which was the Bishop? 1. 1. Salvation is pronounced by Conformists to be certain upon Baptism, without any other Sacrament. 2. Popes and Papists are as much as any for tying salvation to Sacraments; and yet a Pope Victor and his Council, at Benevent, 1078. decree, that rather than Communicate with a Simonist, they should persist without visible Communion, and in mind joined ⟨p. 15⟩to Christ, have his Communion. 3. What shall they do ordinarily in Italy, Spain, France, &c. that have none but Papist Bishops. 1. Wilful neglect of any known means, showeth wilful disobedience against God. But many means may be ignorantly neglected without destroying assurance of salvation. Tertullian thought children should stay from Baptism, unless in danger of death: and Nazianzen was for some years delay. This ignorance damned not the practisers. Apocryphal books, divers Sacraments, Ceremonies, Church-Offices, Doctrines, have been controverted means among true Christians. 2. Faith comes by hearing, Rom. 10. Christ blesseth them that hear and do it: Thousands are mentioned as believing by hearing, and salvation is promised to Faith. 2. 1. Whoever shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved: Ask and ye shall have. True faith and conversion, wrought by hearing Gods word, and working by true love and prayer, hath many a promise of pardon and salvation. 2.

Do not baptizing Presbyters (and Lay-men say, Turtullian and the Papists) assure men of salvation, though they should not hear of a Bishop? Why was not Diocesan Episcopacy in the Creed, if the belief and obedience be necessary to salvation? a (1.) 1. Apostles and Evangelists took men into the visible Communion of the universal Church, before they had particular Church-Bishops. 2. Fixed Church-Communion was exercised universally under Congregational, or Parochial Bishops or Pastors, without such as our Diocesans. It must be Pastoral, or true Episcopal regular Communion. 3. Many Individual Bishops, separating from one another, have been, and may be in one City. 4. If e. g. the Bishop of Lincoln, have many Counties, and one differing from him, were chosen by the Clergy at Leicester, Hartford, &c. as he was by the King, which of them is the Bishop on the place? If Gloucester Clergy and People had chose another when Goodman, a Papist, was Bishop, which was the Bishop? 1. 1. Salvation is pronounced by Conformists to be certain upon Baptism, without any other Sacrament. 2. Popes and Papists are as much as any for tying salvation to Sacraments; and yet a Pope Victor and his Council, at Benevent, 1078. decree, that rather than Communicate with a Simonist, they should persist without visible Communion, and in mind joined