Which is the true church? the whole Christian world, as headed only by Christ…

3. But seeing you here also say, that Consecration is not absolutely necessary, nor Election by any one sort or way, but may be varied as times vary, you have made either any man a Bishop, that any men will choose; or you have made no man a Bishop, for want of a determining application; or no man can know himself, or be known to be a Bishop. If the question were, Who is the true Husband of such a woman? and you should say, That her own antecedent consent or election is not necessary, but without it sometimes the Kings election, sometimes the Ministers, sometimes the Parents may serve; and Matrimonial celebration is not necessary; it would follow that the woman may have a Husband against her will, and before she consent; and she may have many, or can never know which is he, for the King may choose her one, and the Priest another, and the Parents a third. So here.

3. But seeing you here also say, that Consecration is not absolutely necessary, nor Election by any one sort or way, but may be varied as times vary, you have made either any man a Bishop, that any men will chuse; or you have made no man a Bishop, for want of a determining application; or no man can know himself, or be known to be a Bishop. If the question were, Who is the true Husband of such a woman? and you should say, That her own antecedent consent or election is not necessary, but without it sometimes the Kings election, sometimes the Ministers, sometimes the Parents may serve; and Matrimonial celebration is not necessary; it would follow that the woman may have a Husband against her will, and before she consent; and she may have many, or can never know which is he, for the King may chuse her one, and the Priest another, and the Parents a third. So here.

4. And if his Consecration be not necessary to Episcopacy, how will you prove Ordination necessary to the Priesthood? Here I noted,