A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many useful questions and cases of conscience are…A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many usefull questions and cases of conscience are…

Thirdly, we argue from the judgement of sound Protestant Churches and writers; The Helvetic confession tells us that the right choosing of Ministers, is by the consent of the Church: The Belgic confession saith, we believe that the Ministers, Seniors, and Deacons ought to be called to these their functions, and by the lawful Election of the Church to be advanced into these rooms: see both in the harmony of Confessions, Secl. 11. the French discipline we shall see afterwards: The tenet of Protestants, which Bell: de Cler: cap. 2. undertaketh to confute, is this; ut sine populi consensu, & suffragio nemo legittime electus, aut vocatus ad Episcopatum habeatur. And though our writers disclaim many things which he imputeth unto them, yet I find not this disclaimed by any of them, who write against him: It is plainly maintained by Luther, lib. de Potest: Papae▪ Calv▪ in Acts 6. 3. Beza confess. cap. 5. art. 35. Musculus in loc: come. Zanchius in 4. precept: Junius animad: in Bell: Contro. 5 lib. 1. cap 7. Cartwright on Acts 14. 23. Osiander. hist: Eccles: cent. 4 lib. 3. cap. 38. Gualther on Acts 6, Stutonius Fazius in 1 Tim. 5. 22. Morney de ⟨p. 19⟩Eccles: cap. 11. Balduin: de instit: Ministrorum cap. 6. Bruchmand: Systhem: tom▪ 2. pag 885. 886. Walaeus de vocatione pastorum, & in loc: come: pag 474. Bullinger decad. 5. Ser. 3. pag. 300. Smectymnus, pag. 33. 34. Whittaker in his manuscript: de Clericis, which was never printed; ascribeth election to the people. So Festus Homius Speginen controv: Belgic. Art. 31. And many others whose testimonies we can produce if need be, let five only speak for the rest; Calvin in one of his Epistles, though writing against the itching ears, and groundless conceits of some people, yet asserteth this for a certain truth.

Thirdly, we argue from the judgement of sound Protestant Churches and writters; The Helvetik confession tells us that the right choising of Ministers, is by the consent of the Church: The Belgick confession saith, we beleeve that the Ministers, Seniors, and Deacons ought to be called to these their functions, and by the lawfull Election of the Church to bee advanced into these rooms: see both in the harmony of Confessions, Secl. 11. the French discipline we shall see afterwards: The tenent of Protestants, which Bell: de Cler: cap. 2. undertaketh to confute, is this; ut sine populi consensu, & suffragio nemo legittime electus, aut vocatus ad Episcopatum habeatur. And though our writers disclame many things which he imputeth unto them, yet I finde not this disclamed by any of them, who write against him: It is plainly maintained by Luther, lib. de Potest: Papae Calv in