A27050:95
A treatise of episcopacy confuting by Scripture, reason, and the churches testimony that sort…
A treatise of episcopacy confuting by Scripture, reason, and the churches testimony that sort of diocesan churches, prelacy and government, which casteth out the primitive church-species, episcopacy, ministry and discipline and confoundeth the Christian world by corruption, usurpation, schism and persecution : meditated in the year 1640, when the et cætera oath was imposed : written 1671 and cast by : published 1680 by the importunity of our superiors, who demand the reasons of our nonconformity / by Richard Baxter.A treatise of episcopacy confuting by Scripture, reason, and the churches testimony that sort of diocesan churches, prelacy and government, which casteth out the primitive church-species, episcopacy, ministry and discipline and confoundeth the Christian world by corruption, usurpation, schism and persecution : meditated in the year 1640, when the et cætera oath was imposed : written 1671 and cast by : published 1680 by the importunity of our superiours, who demand the reasons of our nonconformity / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Nevil Simmons, 1681
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
As for the Parish Priests or Ministers, ordinary Parishes have but one to each; but Great Parishes cannot be served (as they call it) without a Curate; and each Chapel hath a Curate; but all under One, that hath the ⟨p. 9⟩sole possession of the Benefice, whether he be Parson or Vicar. These Priests are Ordained by the Bishop (some one, two, or three Presbyters if present also imposing hands:) They are chosen to the Church and Benefice by the Patron who presents them to the Bishop; who giveth them Institution for Title, and Induction for possession. When he is Ordained, Instituted and Inducted, he must not Preach to his People, till he hath got a lLicense from the Bishop of that Diocese; no though he were before Licensed in another Diocese: Nor must he Preach or Officiate, or have any Benefice or Church, till he have subscribed,2 and done as is expressed in the Act of Uniformity: And he must declare his Assent and Consent to all things contained in and prescribed by three Books (the Liturgy, the Book of Ordination, and the Articles.) And he must swear obedience to his Bishop.
As for the Parish Priests or Ministers, ordinary Parishes have but one to each; but Great Parishes cannot be served (as they call it) without a Curate; and each Chapel hath a Curate; but all under One, that hath the ⟨p. 9⟩sole possession of the Benefice, whether he be Parson or Vicar. These Priests are Ordained by the Bishop (some one, two, or three Presbyters if present also imposing hands:) They are chosen to the Church and Benefice by the Patron who presents them to the Bishop; who giveth them Institution for Title, and Induction for possession. When he is Ordained, Instituted and Inducted, he must not Preach to his People, till he hath got a lLicense from the Bishop of that Diocess; no though he were before Licensed in another Diocess: Nor must he Preach or Officiate, or have any Benefice or Church, till he have subscribed,2