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A53660	A plea for Scripture ordination, or, Ten arguments from Scripture and antiquity proving ordination by presbyters without bishops to be valid by J.O. ... ; to which is prefixt an epistle by the Reverend Mr. Daniel Williams.	Owen, James, 1654-1706.; Williams, Daniel, 1643?-1716.	1694 (1694)	Wing O708; ESTC R32194	71,514	212

Quia Concilii Nicaeni Operâ quod celebrandum curaverat Ecclesiae pacem restituerat Arrianorum impias controversias compescuerat Constantius added one more and there were but five Temples in that great City that was little inferior to Rome in the days of Iustinian See Gentiletus his Exam. Concil Trid. lib. 5. sect 48. Some of our greater Parishes have as many Chappels or Places of Publick Worship as there were Temples in Constantinople which are but a small part of an English Diocess But the Learned Mr. Baxter and Mr. Clarkson have so fully proved the English Species of Episcopacy to be destructive of the Scripture and Primitive Form that until they be solidly answered we will take it for granted that it is a Humane Creature which grew up as the Man of Sin did and owes it's being to the meer favour of Secular Powers who can as easily reduce it to it 's primitive Nothing Some have pretended to make Bishops of the seven Asian Angels when they have proved their power of Jurisdiction and the extent of their Diocesses to be the same with ours they shall be heard The state of Ephesus one of the seven Asian Churches we have seen already by which we may guess at the rest The Church of Smyrna another of the seven Churches of Asia consisted of a single Congregation that ordinarily worshipped and communicated in one place 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Let all follow the Bishop as Iesus Christ doth the Father and the Presbytery as the Apostles and reverence the Deacons as God's Commandment Let none mannage any Church matters without the Bishop And a little after he adds 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Where the Bishop is there let the Multitude be even as where Christ is there the Catholick Church is it is not lawful without the Bishop either to baptize or to make Love-feasts Here it is evident 1. That the Multitude which were the Bishops Flock ordinarily worshipped God together 2. That they did this under the conduct of their respective Bishop who was ordinarily present with every Church Assembly 3. That he was the ordinary Administrator of Baptism to his Flock which he could not do had it been as large as our present Dioceses 4. That the same Assemblies had a Bishop Presbyters and Deacons For the same Multitude is to follow the same Bishop Presbyters and Deacons and how could one Parish follow all the Presbyters of all other Parish Churches of a Diocess whom they never knew Ignatius's Epistle to Polycarp who was then Bishop of Smyrna makes it more evident that he was Bishop of a single Congregation 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Keep frequent Congregations inquire after all by name despise not Men-servants and Maid servants I leave it to such as are willing to understand the Truth to consider how great Polycarp's Church then was when the Bishop himself was to look after every one by name even the Men-servants and the Maids We find by Ignatius's Epistle to the Philadelphians another of these Churches that the Angel of the Church of Philadelphia had no larger a Diocess then those of Ephesus and Smyrna 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Study therefore to use one Eucharist or Eucharistical Communion for there is one Flesh or Body of our Lord Iesus Christ which is represented in the Sacramental Bread and one Cup which is Sacramentally given into the union of his Blood one Altar one Bishop with the Presbytery and the Deacons my fellow Servants Nothing can be more full than this Testimony They are all to joyn in one Assembly for the Eucharist and there must be but one Altar for this Communion and one Bishop and one Presbytery with the Deacons with him and such a Bishop is a Parish Minister or Rector assisted by his Curates and Deacons the latter of which were originally instituted to serve Tables Acts 6. II. Tyconius's old Exposition mentioned by Austin hath not been yet disproved which is this That by the Angels are meant the whole Churches and not any single Persons Aug. lib. 3. 30. de Doctr. Christian. The whole style of the Text countenances this Exposition for as every Message begins with To the Angel so it endeth with To the Churches III. In the Contents of our authorized Bibles they are expounded Ministers By which we may understand the sense of the Old Church of England agreeable to many of the Ancients such as Aretas Primasius Ambrose Gregory the Great Bede Haymo and many more Scripture is it 's own best Interpreter we find there that the Church of Ephesus over which one of these Angels presided had several Bishops in it and all the other Churches had several Ministers in them as will be acknowledg'd by our Antagonists Now these other Ministers are included either under the name of Candlesticks and so reckoned among the People which is absurd or under the name of Stars and Angels Many may be intended by one Angel as afterward by one Beast cap. 13. and one Head cap. 17. It 's remarkable that it is spoken of the Candlesticks the seven Candlesticks are the seven Churches but of the Stars it 's said indefinitely the seven Stars are the Angels not seven Angels of the seven Churches IV. Angel is a name of Office and not of Order as is agreed by the Learned it is a strange Consequence To the Angel of the Church of Ephesus therefore the Angel was a Bishop and had Authority over other Ministers St. Iohn placeth the Presbyters next the Throne of Christ himself and the Angels further off at a greater distance shall we therefore say that the Presbyters are more honourable then the Bishops the Inference is much more natural then the other if Angels be Bishops as our Adversaries affirm St. Paul prefers the preaching before the ruling Presbyter V. It 's observed by many Chronologers that Timothy was alive when the Epistle to the Angel of the Church of Ephesus was written and shall we think that he had left his first love whom Paul so often commends for his Zeal and Diligence in the Work of God VI. To put this matter out of doubt St. Iohn a Jew calls the Ministers of Particular or Parochial Churches the Angels of the Churches in the style of the Jewish Church who call'd the Publick Minister of every Synagogue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Angel of the Church They call'd him also 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Bishop of the Congregation Every Synagogue or Congregation had its Bishop or Angel of the Church Now the Service and Worship of the Temple being abolished as being Ceremonial God transplanted the Worship and Publick Adoration used in the Synagogues which was Moral into the Christian Church to wit the Publick Ministry Publick Prayers reading God's Word and Preaching c. Hence the names of the Ministers of the Gospel were the very same the Angel of the Church and the Bishop which belong'd to the Ministers in the Synagogues We love

workers together with God 2 Cor. 6. 1. and is an Ordainer more then this As to Baptism It 's a solemn dedication of a Person to God Ordination is no more only the former is to Christianity as such the latter to a particular work In this Baptism hath the preference for it is a Sacramental Dedication which Ordination is not In the Lord's Supper the Minister sets apart Bread and Wine as Symbolical Representations of Jesus Christ who is exhibited with all his Benefits to worthy Receivers Ierom saith of Presbyters Ad quorum preces Corpus Sanguis Christi conficitur Now which is greater to impose Hands or to make the Sacramental Body and Blood of Christ If they have power to consecrate holy Things why not holy Persons also 2. It will appear from Scripture that the Ministerial Acts now mentioned are not inferiour to Ordination When St. Paul saith 1 Cor. 1. 17. That Christ did not send him to baptize but to preach the Gospel surely he means one of the highest Ministerial Acts else he would have said Christ sent me neither to baptize nor to preach but to ordain Ministers I would fain know whether Christ did not mention the chiefest parts of a Ministers work in the Commission given in Matth. 28. 19 20. Go teach all Nations baptizing them c. If Ordination had been the main and chiefest part he would have said Go ordain Ministers preach and baptize Christ's not mentioning it is an Argument that it is not the principal part of a Minister's Office but rather subordinate to preaching and baptizing and therefore included here as the lesser in the greater though not expressed A Commission usually specifies the Principal Acts which a Person is impower'd to do when others of an inferiour Nature may be implied Commissions do dot run à minori ad majus a superiour Office may include the Duties of an Inferiour but not on the contrary It is the rather to be presumed Christ would have mentioned the Ordaining Power in the Ministers Commission if it had been superiour to Preaching and Baptizing because the Commission was immediately directed to the Apostles whose Successors Diocesan Bishops pretend to be and from whom they derive the Ordaining Power as proper to themselves It may be it will be said That administring the Lord's Supper is not mentioned in their Commission though it be not inferiour to Preaching and Baptizing True but the not mentioning of it is an Argument it is not a greater Ministerial Act then those that are mentioned and that it is not to be Administred by Officers superiour to those that Preach and Baptize but that the same Persons may Preach Baptize and Administer the Lord's Supper The same I say of Ordination it 's not being expressed here is a sign it is not greater then those Ministerial Acts that are mentioned and that they that have power to Preach and Baptize have also to Ordain Though this Objection be grounded on a Mistake of the Text for the Lord's Supper is mentioned in the following words of the Commission Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you among which the Lord's Supper is one Matth. 26. 26 27. 3. The Ancients argued from Baptism to Ordination as is observed by the Master of the Sentences Object Some may say The Power of Ordination is denied to Presbyters not because Ordination is greater then other Ministerial Acts but because the Apostles thought fit to reserve it to themselves and proper Successors who are Diocesan Bishops Answ. This is to beg the Question We have proved already that the Apostles reserved not the Power of Ordination to themselves but joyned the Presbyters with them Nor are the Bishops the Apostles Successors as such for the Apostles had their Call immediately from Heaven Gal. 1. 1. had extraordinary qualifications could confer the Holy Ghost were infallibly assisted in their Ministerial Conduct and were Universal Officers none of which can belong to Diocesan Bishops The Apostles were not tied to any one Nation Province or City they were to preach the Gospel to all Nations but they ordained Presbyters or Bishops in every Church Acts 14. 23. or City Tit. 1. 5. to whom they committed the ordinary Government of the Church These were not sent to preach the Gospel to all NaNations but to feed the particular Flock over which the Holy Ghost made them Bishops Acts 20. 28. Now these stated particular and fixed Church-Officers vastly differ from universal unlimited and unfixed Officers You may as well say that a petty Constable whose power is confined to the narrow limits of a little Village succeeds the King who governs a whole Kingdom When I see Bishops immediately sent of God infallibly assisted by the Holy Ghost travelling to the remotest Kingdoms to preach the Gospel in their own Language to the Infidel Nations and confirming their Doctrine by undoubted Miracles I shall believe them to be the Apostles true Successors in the Apostolical Office Our Learned Writers against the Papists do unanimously deny the Apostles as such to have any Successors Nemo sanè nisi planè sit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Apostolatum cum Episcopatu confuderit saith the Noble and Learned Sadeel Dr. Barrow of Supremacy p. 120 121. The Offices of an Apostle and of a Bishop are not in their nature well consistent for the Apostleship is an extraordinary Office charged with the instruction and government of the whole World Episcopacy is an ordinary standing Charge affixed to one place Now he that hath such a general care can hardly discharge such a particular Office and he that is fixed to so particular an Attendance can hardly look well to so general a Charge A disparagement to the Apostolical Ministry for him Peter to take upon him the Bishoprick of Rome as if the King should become Mayor of London as if the Bishop of London should be Vicar of Pancras He saith a little before St. Peter's being Bishop of Rome would confound the Offices which God made distinct for God did appoint first Apostles then Prophets then Pastors and Teachers wherefore St. Peter after he was an Apostle could not well become a Bishop it would be such an irregularity as if a Bishop should be made a Deacon To the same purpose-speaks Dr. Lightfoot who proves by several Arguments That Apostles were an Order unimitable in the Church Object The Ordainers gave not the Ordaining Power to Presbyters therefore it belongs not to them Answ. They are Ordained to the Offfice of the Ministry of which the Ordaining Power is a Branch It 's not the intention of the Ordainer but the Office as constituted by Christ that ●s the measure of the Power The Ordaining Power is not mentioned in the Apostles Commission Matth. 28. 20. yet it is included in it If Presbyters are sent to Preach and Baptize in the words of Christ's Commission to them they are sent also to Ordain as opportunities are offered to