Five disputations of church-government and worship

Sect 21. But he saith that [Quod Christi locum tenent, & quod debemus illi• obedientiam may be known: and thereupon he saith tha• Certe sumus certitudi•• infallibili quod isti quos videmus sine very Episcopi & Pastores nostri: Nam ad hoc non r•quiritur, nec fides nec Character Ordinis, nec legitima Electio, sed solum ut ⟨p. 173⟩habeantur pro talibus ab Ecclesia.] From all this you may note 1. That they are very Episcopi & Pastores nostri, that were never ordained, if they are but reputed such by the Church, 2. That we may know this by infallible Certainty, 3. And that we owe them obedience as such. So that as to the Church they are true Pastors without Ordination, and consequently to the Church a succession is unnecessary.

Sect 21. But he saith that [Quod Christi locum tenent, & quod debemus illi• obedientiam may be known: and thereupon he saith tha• Certe sumus certitudi•• infallibili quod isti quos videmus sine veri Episcopi & Pastores nostri: Nam ad hoc non r•quiritur, nec fides nec Character Ordinis, nec legitima Electio, sed solum ut ⟨p. 173⟩habeantur pro talibus ab Ecclesia.] From all this you may note 1. That they are veri Episcopi & Pastores nostri, that were never ordained, if they are but reputed such by the Church, 2. That we may know this by infallible Certainty, 3. And that we owe them obedience as such. So that as to the Church they are true Pastors without Ordination, and consequen•ly to the Church a succession is unnecessary.