Five disputations of church-government and worship

Sect. 87. He that would see more may find enough in Vo•tius de Desparata causa Papatus lib. 2. c. 12. Sect 2. & passim. And in Blondel. de jure plebis: & Goulartius on the foresaid notes of Pamelius on Cyprian, p. 205 Among others he there citeth those known Canons of the Carthage Councils, three and four out of Gratian [Nullus ordinetur clericus nisi probatus, vel examine Episcoporum, vel populi testimonio] Et. [Episcopus sine concilio clericorum suorum clericos non ordinet, it• ut civium conn ventiam & testimonium quaerat] (What and where is that Clergy without whose Council our Prelates Ordain not; and that people whose suffrages they require?) And saith Goula tius, Observanda est Car•li ut & Ludovici Constitutio [Sacrerum Camnum ⟨p. 230⟩non ignari, ut Dei nimine sacrosancta Eccl•sia suo liberius patiatur honore, assensum Ordini Ecclesiastico praebemus, ut Episcopi per Electionem Cleri & p•puli, secundum statu•a Canonum eligantur.] Its certain then that the people were sometime the sole choosers, and the Pastors the approvers; and sometime the People and the Pastors joint Electors; and sometime the Pastors chose, but forced none on the people, against or without their Consent (as Pamelius confesseth) till Popular tumults, divisions, and other reasons occasioned the change of this ancient Custom. And therefore it is most certain, that an Election by the people may be a valid determination of the person.

Sect. 87. He that would see more may find enough in Vo•tius de Desparata causa Papatus lib. 2. c. 12. Sect 2. & passim. And in Blondel. de jure plebis: & Goulartius on the foresaid notes of Pamelius on Cyprian, p. 205 Among others he there citeth those known Canons of the Carthage Councils, three and four out of Gratian [Nullus ordinetur clericus nisi probatus, vel examine Episcoporum, vel populi testimonio] Et. [Episcopus sine concilio clericorum suorum clericos non ordinet, it• ut civium conn ventiam & testimonium quaerat] (What and where is that Clergy without whose Council our Prelates Ordain not; and that people whose suffages they require?) And saith Goula tius, Observanda est Carli ut & Ludovici Constitutio [Sacrerum Camnum