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Five disputations of church-government and worship
Five disputations of church-government and worship by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1659
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.
Sect. 28. But because that our Diocesan Bishops are such as the Archbishops that first assumed the Government of many Churches, and because we shall hardly drive many from their presumption, that Timothy and Titus were Archbishops (besides the Apostles,) I shall now let that supposition stand; and make it my next Argument that,
Sect. 28. But because that our D•ocesan Bishops are such as the Archbishops that first assumed the Government of many Churches, and because we shall hardly drive many from their presumption, that Timothy and Titus were Archbishops (besides the Apostles,) I shall now let that supposition stand; and make it my next Argument that,
(Argument 3.) Ordination by Archbishops is not necessary to the Being of Ministers or Churches.1 Our English Bishops were indeed Archbishops: therefore Ordination by them is not Necessary —] It is not the Name, but the office that is pleaded Necessary.
- 1Arg. 3.
Sect. 29. And for the Major, I think it will not be denied. All that I have to do with, Protestants and Papists, do grant the Validity of Ordination by Bishops. And for the Minor, it is easily proved. The Bishops that are the Governors of many Churches and their Bishops, are Archbishops. The Bishops of England were the Governors of many Churches with their Bishops: therefore they were Archbishops. The Major will be granted. And for the Minor I prove it by parts: 1. That they were (by undertaking) the Governors of many Churches. 2. And of many Bishops.