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The nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of their judgment in certain things…
The nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of their judgment in certain things in which they are misunderstood written to reconcile and pacify such as by mistaking them hinder love and concord / by Richard Baxter.The nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of their judgment in certain things in which they are misunderstood written to reconcile and pacifie such as by mistaking them hinder love and concord / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Benj. Alsop, 1679
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4. But especially when we find that even the ancient Church of England was of another mind, as is legible in the Canons of Aelfric to Wulfine in Spelman, pag. 573. 576. which conclude that (in the old large sense) there were but seven Ecclesiastical Orders or Degrees, and that the Bishops and Presbyters are not two, but one: Hand pluris interest inter Missalem Presbyterum & Episcopum, quam quod Episcopus constitutus sit ad ordinationes conferendas, & ad visitandum seu inspiciendum curandumque ea quae ad Deum pertinent, quod nimiae crederetur multitudini si omnis Presbyter hoc idem faceret. Ambo siquidem UNUM tenet EUNDEMQUE ORDINEM, ⟨p. 196⟩quamvis dignior sit illa pars Episcopi.] 18. Non est alius ORDO constitutus in Ecclesiasticis Ministeriis, &c. Et Leg. Canuti, p. 551. Pastores vocamus Episcopos & Sacerdotes, quorum partes sunt eruditione at que doctrina gregem Domini speculari ac desendere, &c.
4. But especially when we find that even the ancient Church of England was of another mind, as is legible in the Canons of Aelfrick to Wulfine in Spelman, pag. 573. 576. which conclude that (in the old large sense) there were but seven Ecclesiastical Orders or Degrees, and that the Bishops and Presbyters are not two, but one: Hand pluris interest inter Missalem Presbyterum & Episcopum, quam quod Episcopus constitutus sit ad ordinationes conferendas, & ad visitandum seu inspiciendum curandumque ea quae ad Deum pertinent, quod nimiae crederetur multitudini si omnis Presbyter hoc idem faceret. Ambo siquidem UNUM tenent EUNDEMQUE ORDINEM, ⟨p. 196⟩quamvis dignior sit illa pars Episcopi.] 18. Non est alius ORDO constitutus in Ecclesiasticis Ministeriis, &c. Et Leg. Canuti, p. 551. Pastores vocamus Episcopos & Sacerdotes, quorum partes sunt eruditione at que doctrina gregem Domini speculari ac desendere, &c.
5. And Dr. Stillingsleet hath proved by sufficient evidence, that the same was the judgment of Archbishop Cranmer, and other Reformers of the Church of England. And it is the judgment of some of our Bishops and Conformists now. All which we speak not to show which side we think to be in the right; but that the state of the question is, Whether we can assent to this as true, and approve and consent that it be used, as is appointed, [That it's evident to all men diligently reading, &c. that de facto there were three ORDERS and Offices from the Apostles times.