A26865:156
An apology for the nonconformists ministry containing I. the reasons of their preaching, II.…
An apology for the nonconformists ministry containing I. the reasons of their preaching, II. an answer to the accusations urged as reasons for the silencing of about 2000 by Bishop Morley ..., III. reasons proving it the duty and interest of the bishops and conformists to endeavour earnestly their restoration : with a postscript upon oral debates with Mr. H. Dodwell, against his reasons for their silence ... : written in 1668 and 1669, for the most of it, and now published as an addition to the defence against Dr. Stillingfleet, and as an account to the silencers of the reasons of our practice / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for T. Parkhurst and D. Newman, 1681
AN APOLOGY FOR THE SILENCED MINISTERS, Especially for their not cea… › Part 3
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13. It went for current in the Catholic Church, not only for the first 300 years, but long after there were Christian Emperors, that the people were to choose their Pastors. Cyprian's Epistle that earnestly pleadeth for the peoples power and duty in this kind, and chargeth the guilt upon them if they forsake not seducing and schismatical Pastors, is well known. The common practise of the Churches also is known as well. And long after there were Christian Emperors, though some Dignitaries, as Patriarchs, and a few great Bishops, were obtruded on the people by the Emperors choice, when they could not agree among themselves, yet the people constantly kept their former custom and privilege, and chose all the ordinary Bishops and Pastors in conjunction with the Presbyters. The Bishops sometimes chose alone who should be a Minister in general (as the College of Physicians licenseth general Physicians.) But who should be their own Pastors, was always, or usually at the peoples choice (with the Ordainers), as every man chooseth his own Physician.) See Blondels copious Testimony de jure plebis in regimine Ecclesiastico, adjoined to Grotius his Excellent Treatise, de Imperio sumar, potestat, circa sacra.
13. It went for current in the Catholick Church, not only for the first 300 years, but long after there were Christian Emperors, that the people were to chuse their Pastors. Cyprians Epistle that earnestly pleadeth for the peoples power and duty in this kind, and chargeth the guilt upon them if they forsake not seducing and schismatical Pastors, is well known. The common practise of the Churches also is known as well. And long after there were Christian Emperours, though some Dignitaries, as Patriarchs, and a few great Bishops, were obtruded on the people by the Emperours choice, when they could not agree among themselves, yet the people constantly kept their former custom and priviledg, and chose all the ordinary Bishops and Pastors in conjunction with the Presbyters. The Bishops sometimes chose alone who should be a Minister in general (as the Colledg of Physicians licenseth general Physicians.) But who should be their own Pastors, was always, or usually at the peoples choice (with the Ordainers), as every man chuseth his own Physician.) See Blondels copious Testimony de jure plebis in regimine Ecclesiastico, adjoined to Grotius his Excellent Treatise, de Imperio sumar, potestat, circa sacra.