A27045:719
The successive visibility of the church of which the Protestants are the soundest members…
The successive visibility of the church of which the Protestants are the soundest members I. defended against the opposition of Mr. William Johnson, II. proved by many arguments / by Richard Baxter ; whereunto is added 1. an account of my judgement to Mr. J. how far heretics are or are not in the church, 2. Mr. Js. explication of the most used terms, with my queries thereupon, and his answer and my reply, 3. an appendix about successive ordination, 4. letters between me and T.S., a papist, with a narrative of the success.The successive visibility of the church of which the Protestants are the soundest members I. defended against the opposition of Mr. William Johnson, II. proved by many arguments / by Richard Baxter ; whereunto is added 1. an account of my judgement to Mr. J. how far hereticks are or are not in the church, 2. Mr. Js. explication of the most used terms, with my queries thereupon, and his answer and my reply, 3. an appendix about successive ordination, 4. letters between me and T.S., a papist, with a narrative of the success.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1660
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Appendix.
The most that I here said against the successive Visibility of our Church, is reduced by them to the point of Ordination. They say, We can have no Church without Pastors: no Pastors without Ordination; and no Ordination but from the Church of Rome: therefore when we broke off from the Church of Rome, we interrupted our succession, which cannot be repaired but by a return to them. This is the sum of most of their discourses, in what shape soever they appear. To which I answer.
THe most that I here said against the successive Visibility of our Church, is reduced by them to the point of Ordination. They say, We can have no Church without Pastors: no Pastors without Ordination; and no Ordination but from the Church of Rome: therefore when we broak off from the Church of Rome, we interrupted our succession, which cannot be repaired but by a return to them. This is the sum of most of their discourses, in what shape soever they appear. To which I answer.
1. As [a Church] is taken for a Community of Christians, which are really members of the Church universal, so it may ad esse be without Pastors. But the Catholic Church can never be without them: nor yet, any true Political, organized, particular Church.
1. As [a Church] is taken for a Community of Christians, which are really members of the Church universal, so it may ad esse be without Pastors. But the Catholike Church can never be without them: nor yet, any true Political, organized, particular Church.