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The Samaritan showing that many and unnecessary impositions are not the oil that must…The Samaritan shewing that many and unnecessary impositions are not the oyl that must…
The Samaritan showing that many and unnecessary impositions are not the oil that must heal the church together with the way or means to do it / by a country gentleman who goes to common-prayer and not to meetings.The Samaritan shewing that many and unnecessary impositions are not the oyl that must heal the church together with the way or means to do it / by a country gentleman who goes to common-prayer and not to meetings.
London: printed for Tho. Simmons, 1682
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.
The Prefecture and Jurisdiction of Bishops in England, seems to me of Humane Institution, and derived partly from the Favour of Princes, and partly from the Usurpation of the Pope; and thus gotten, and obtained, they enjoyed and exercised it for many Hundreds of Years, even till the days of Henry the Eighth; who reassuming the Authority that had been granted by former Princes, and usurped by the Pope, obliged them to acknowledge their Jurisdiction, by derivation from Himself; and subjected them to a Premunire, in case of refusal: And of this Opinion those Bishops seem to be, that took Commissions from K. Henry the Eighth, and K. Edward the Sixth, for their holding their Bishoprics, and Exercise of their Jurisdiction; as I have signified already.
The Prefecture and Jurisdiction of Bishops in England, seems to me of Humane Institution, and derived partly from the Favour of Princes, and partly from the Usurpation of the Pope; and thus gotten, and obtained, they enjoyed and exercised it for many Hundreds of Years, even till the days of Henry the Eighth; who reassuming the Authority that had been granted by former Princes, and usurped by the Pope, obliged them to acknowledg their Jurisdiction, by derivation from Himself; and subjected them to a Premunire, in case of refusal: And of this Opinion those Bishops seem to be, that took Commissions from K. Henry the Eighth, and K. Edward the Sixth, for their holding their Bishopricks, and Exercise of their Jurisdiction; as I have signified already.
Let our present Diocesans therefore, as such, acknowledge themselves the King's Officers, and by Deputation from Him, let them exercise such Authority, circa sacra, as appertains to Kings: Let them enjoy their Honour and Revenues, as a Reward of their Service: Let the Powers granted by Christ to such Bishops, as I have above conceded lawful, and their Presbyters, be left inviolable: And let our Diocesans supervise them in the Exercise of them; and see that they neither neglect, nor abuse them: And all our Controversies about Church-Government, will come to an end. Such Churches as should be thought worthy of Toleration, as well as those that have the Approbation of Authority, would submit to such an Episcopacy.