The due right of presbyteries, or, A peaceable plea for the government of the…

The Author addeth, He who said to the Apostles, Whose sins ye retain they are retained, and whose sins ye remit they are remitted, Joh. 20. 23. He also said to the Church, Whatsoever ye bi•• on earth shall be bound in Heaven. Math. 18. 18. Which is a Commission of the same power, and to the same •ffect; and so the Apostles and the Churches both received the same power immediately from Christ: and therefore though the Church presented their Officers chosen by themselves to receive ordination from the Apostles, […] now when the Apostles are ceased, and no other successors left in t••• room from whom their officers might receive ordination, but fr•• the Presbytery of their own Churches; where such a Presbytery ⟨p. 195⟩is yet wanting, and is now to be erected, the Church hath full power to give ordination to them themselves, by the imposition of their hands.

The Author addeth, He who said to the Apostles, Whose sinnes ye retaine they are retained, and whose sinnes ye remit they are remitted, Joh. 20. 23. He also said to the Church, Whatsoever ye bi•• on earth shall be bound in Heaven. Math. 18. 18. Which is a Commission of the same power, and to the same •ffect; and so the Apostles and the Churches both received the same power immediately from Christ: and therefore though the Church presented their Officers chosen by themselves to receive ordination from the Apostles, 〈…〉 now when the Apostles are ceased, and no other successors left in t••• roome from whom their officers might receive ordination, but fr•• the Presbyterie of their owne Churches; where such a Presbytery