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 ordination'of' a bishtp mad a deacon, opeaketh nothing of priests,' be- esuse he comprehendeth them under the neme of bishops. $ectmdu eteim grau pe ojunctu et : For  nd deuce t  e wi the fit. The, by the juent of these learn fae, ere w 8ml dierence between e nes,  between oces of pesM and bishop8 in the astles' tie. And th much ccemg e Msfimy of Scripte. "Ar. 2. chbhops and pma8 have &e e ght of ction over oer bisho wch bisho have over sple pesm; but their authori d jsdiction are &er unded un the artciera ctom of the church,  any ahc injuncfon or stitufion Sceptic. Ergo. "The second pan of the rean is proved by e arehefty of St Hiemine, or who else was e author of the k De 8t Oi. Prt  t  el ec, &c. For  cause so, t is, the pring of unity, the elecfon of t bishop is refeed  e meli, &c., d now the cef pesm ben m endue another palest above them,  jure, sed ese, ther of necessity equity. AI e decree of Nichols, the , c. 3, de Par., Ps l  nil e lei, &c.: We do detene that pmatea and paiarehs have no privile before other bishop, n  but as ar  the sacred canons do ant, and ancient cuswm of old time ha ven un em. Ts so is asked by at reverend and learned pla, B. Jewel, out of Hiewme, (Defens. Alog., page 123,) that bishops are subject  pmates by continuance of custom, more tn by precept of Scripture."* Our author pmcee m show Ihat the dtcfion between bish and other ministe h no estence, or w very amPI, in the days of the asfles. Indeed, if such a d tinction  es between bishops and peam in e Chch of Rome were by commdment and institution of Cst d his astles, it would have en clearly enjoined on all churches; but s h not the ee. Here then is the differace between e Church of Rome and us: they say it  necessaw  sfion   subject to the , and o bishops d archbishops der him; wch is a notable ffer- enco between e bishops of e chch and ose of chnrches. The follong is e conclung obseati of . Wilier on topic eceming which we have just oted h ave. "Whererorer says he, page 276, " we condemn not those reformed chches which have rened snorer fo of ecclesiastical govement, so sei- Zer are ey  censure our church for holding sl the cient re- meat of bishops, purged fwm the ambitious d supefifio inventio of the pih prelacy. Let eve church e at fo wch t fit- teth their ste: in exm mattera eve hurch is free, not one und to the presepfion of snorer,  they measure themselves by the of the wo; for if y cheh sh seem to prescribe to another thee gs where ey  left free, at sang of the asfle may be fitly applied against them, (1 C. v, 36,)  t d a fr ,    to  l? G may ve church wim om  e wo  ow what is bt for eir

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