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But, no Wonder! When Father Paul himself, in his Treatise, Of Beneficiary Matters, expressly says; Pope Leo shows amply, that the Ordination of a Bishop could not be Lawful or Valid, which was not Required by the People, and Approved by them; which is said by all the Saints of those Times; and St. Gregory thought Constance could not be consecrated Bishop of Milan, being ⟨p. 28⟩Elected by the Clergy, without the Consent of the Citizens, who by reason of Persecution retired to Genoa; and he prevailed, that they should be first sent unto, to know their Will; A Thing worthy to be noted in our Days, where that Election is declared to be Illegitimate and Null, in which the People have any Share. Thus, (a, Rara Avis in Terris!) An Honest Romanist. Even in Rome itself, the People Elected their Bishop, until the Twelfth Century. And a Council in the middle of the Seventh Century, makes the Ordination of a Bishop to be Void, where he is not Elected by the People No wonder, that Protestants, and especially New-English Ones, lay so much Stress on the Choice which a Church makes of a Pastor. Even Bzovius the Jesuit, gives diverse Reasons, why the Popular Election of Ministers continued for many Ages, and even to the Days of Charlemagne; One is, That Pastor and People may have a Due Love to one another. Yea, Upon quoting an Order of a Council at Rome, Ab omni Ecclesia eligatur consecrandus Episcopus, and an Order of another Council at Clermont, Episcopus omnium conscendat Electione, a Learned and Worthy Presbyterian (Mr. Lauder) of Scotland, carries his Remark so far, as to say, Hence it is evident, That Persons are Constituted or made Bishops, by the Election of the People, and not by Ordination which is performed by the Bishops.

But, no Wonder! When Father Paul himself, in his Treatise, Of Beneficiary Matters, expresly says; Pope Leo shews amply, that the Ordination of a Bishop could not be Lawful or Valid, which was not Requir'd by the People, and Approv'd by them; which is said by all the Saints of those Times; and St. Gregory thought Constance could not be consecrated Bishop of Milain, being ⟨p. 28⟩Elected by the Clergy, without the Consent of the Citizens, who by reason of Persecution retired to Genoa; and he prevailed, that they should be first sent unto, to know their Will; A Thing worthy to be noted in our Days, where that Election is declared to be Illegitimate and Null, in which the People have any Share. Thus, (a, Rara Avis in Terris!) An Honest Romanist. Even in Rome itself, the People Elected their Bishop, until the Twelfth Century. And a Council in the middle of the Seventh Century, makes the Ordination of a Bishop to be Void, where he is not Elected by the People No wonder, that Protestants, and especially New-English Ones, lay so much Stress on the Choice which a Church makes of a Pastor. Even Bzovius the Jesuite, gives diverse Reasons, why the Popular Election of Ministers continued for many Ages, and even to the Days of Charlemaign; One is, That Pastor and People may have a Due Love to one another. Yea, Upon quoting an Order of a Council at Rome, Ab omni Ecclesia eligatur consecrandus Episcopus, and an Order of another Council at Clermont, Episcopus omnium conscendat Electione, a Learned and Worthy Presbyterian (Mr. Lauder) of Scotland, carries his Remark so far, as to say, Hence it is evident, That Persons are Constituted or made Bishops, by the Election of the People, and not by Ordination which is performed by the Bishops.