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performed inde his direction, heres oro it a callo his ordia nation. Wheres oro it is osten remarked by the ancient riters, that a presbyter differs rominiistio in no ther reSpeci, hanthat he does no posSes the Ower Os ordination.

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imposition. When Cyprian declares it O be os Divine right, that an election hould not e mado ithout the consent of thepeople, he hows that a disserent method is repugnant to the wor os God. The decrees os various councti mos Severelyprohibit it to se dono in an othe way, and scit be One, command trioa void. f these things e true, there is no no canonical election remaining in ut the Papacy, ither necord- in to Divine or ecclesiastica right. o W, though there ereno the evit ho mill tho b able to excuse themsolves sorhavin thias doprived tho Church of her right Z ut the say, the corruption of the times required that a the eople and magistrates, in the choice of ishops, ere ruther carrie uWayb antipathies an partialitios than ovorned by an hones and correct judgment, the decision of this usinos Should bo intrustodesto a sew. et it be admitted that this as an Xtremeremed forin diseas unde desperate circumStaneeS. et Stho modi in has besen ound more injurious than the dissa settself, hycis ther no remed providen agninSt hi ne mal dyse They reply The canon thomsolves have been particularly directed what course the ought O ursu in an election. Butdo e doubi that the eopte formeri UnderstOO themSolvusto b bound by the mos sacred a s when the Sa the ordos God propossedis thoi rule, henove tho assombio for theselection os a bishom For that on declaration o God in Whichio describes tho truo character os a bishop, ought o have more eight than million Os canons. et corrupte by Rmost insul disposition they aidis regardo in Or equity. So in the present ny though there are the est ritton lawS, yet the rema in buried in aper A the Same time, it hasbeen the gonorat praetice, and asciscit ere founde in reason, has obtaine the generat approbation, that runt ardS, fornicators, and gamblers, laves been promote this honour.

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domo say nough. Bishoprie are the reWard os adulterorsan panders. For heia the ure giVen to hianter und4owlers, the usines must o considere 1 as et managed. O attemptan excuse of Such flagitious proceo lings is abominablo Thupeople, I say, had a mos eXcellent canon in the directionis the ori os God that abis op must e lameleSs, apirio teneli, nostriker, ' c. si Why, then, a the right os election transferredi rom the eopte to the canoni They reply, Hecatis the ordos God wasio attended to, mitis the tumulis an factions filio eo plo. And why hould it no no be again transferrodi rom them, ho no Oni violate ali laWS, ut castin ossistishumo mingle and consoland heaven an earili together, bythei lust, avarico, and ambition λIII. Hiit it is a salso prete iace When they ny that the pre-Sent practice Wa introduce as a remedy. e read that in theearly times, cities e re frequently thrown into confusion a theeloetion of thei bis ops; et o ne ver dare to thini ofdepriving the citi gens of thei right. O the had other WayS, either of uardin against theSe viis, o o Correcting themwhon tho occurrod. Butes it State the ea truth of the case. When illo eo plo egan to e negligent aboUt ChooSing, and, consideriti this care a les sui table to thomsolves, of it tolli presbyters the alter bused thi OceaSion to Surina tyrannica power, hieli the asterward confirme to theniselves byne canoras Their formis ordination is no the than a meremockery For the appearanee siXamination hicli tho dis- pla in it, is o frivolous and jejune, that it is even destituto os ali plausibi ty. The o Ner os norminat in biShops, here- fore, hici Some princes have Obtaino by stipulation illitho Roman pontist , has caused O ne injur to the Chureli, bucaus the electionia only been alien rom the canons, holia se iged, or ather Stolen it Without nycius claim. t scortaint a mos diSgraces ut e Xample that courtier are madebishops, an sent froni the eo urto Seige pon the Clitarches; an it ought to e the concerta os ali pious princes to refrain froni Such an abuse For it is an implous obber of the

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where ne is to ossiciato the readit admit hiria, fine u onlyrici enough to maintain himself. But who an admit his thattho illo hicli tho ducro of the coliticii require i a competent

demno the isti ops to maintain those honi the had ordat nodWithout a sussicient ille, in ord to provent thei to great sa-cilit in the admissionis candidatos the have even contrive a Way to evade his penalay. O the person ordat ned mentions anni ille hate ver an promisos that he wid e content With t. B this en gagemunt se is debarrod rom an action or main-tenance. I say nothin os a thousan fraud practi sed in hisbusin ess a Whon om falsely exhibit empty ille os bonu-sces, rom hicii tho could o derive sive pene n ear OtherS, Under a secret stipulation borro beneficus hich thuypromi Se to return immediat ely, ut hicli, in mala in Stances,

it no alWays absurdo orduin a presbyter Without SSigning him an statiori For the orda in no ne, ut O Osser nerisce No , he legitimato ordination os a presbyter consist in calicio the go vortiment of the Chureli, and that os a deacon to tho collection os tho alui s. The adoria liei procedure, in-deed, illi an pompotis eremoni e S that it appearance nygain the veneration os tho simpleri ut illi judicioia personS, What canae gained by thos appearance unaccompanie by

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an solidit o truth Z For tho us coro montes ither duriuod froni Iudaism, O invente amon thomsolves, rom hich tWould e et ter o refrain. ut a to any rea e Xamination, the consent of the eoplo, an Otho necessar thingS, the areno montioned. The hadox tho reta in os thos things, Iconside not orth of notice. y shndo mean hose ridiculous gesticulations, sed asin diali an imo si imitationis antiqui ty. The bis ops avo thoi vi caps, o inquiro es orean ordination, into the oarn in os the candidates. ut in What anno Θ Tho interrogato them, Whether the canrea thei masses; liother the know ow o decline Some common noui that ma occur in rending, O to conjugate a veri, o to et the meaning of a Wor sor it Sio necessarysor humo lino ho to ive th sons os a verse. And et non are rejected rom the prius thood, ho are deficient evenin these puerile elemenis, provido the bring Ome preSent Orrecommendation to avour. In the fame Spirit it is that hunthe person to e ordaliae present homSelves ut the altar, Some ne inquires three times, in a langunge no underStood, Whothur the are orthyos that honour. One Who neve sa

them e fore, ut thatio par of the proces might be anting, acts his par in the arce ans ors They are orthy. What accusation is there against these venerable sathers, ut that bySportin With sueti manis est sacrileges the are uili of un-blushing mocker o God an meri But ecause the have been long in possessionis it they SuppoSecit is no beeomeright. For hoe ver venturos to per his mouili against these glarin an atroci ous enormities, the hurr him aWay to X-ecution asci ho had committud a capita crime. ould thoy

VΙ. om ho much otter do the conduci thomsolves in the collationis enofices thin formeri connected illi Ordination, butio entiret separatest rom it. The Ways in Whicli his bufines is managed ure variotis. For the bishopsare no the ni persons ho conser bonefices, an in hos thocollation of hicli is ascribe to them, the d not alWays posses the fui poWer, ut hile the rotain the nam os ille collation for the alio of honour, the presentation elong toothers. Resides these there are nominations rom the colleges, resignations ither absolute or made so the salie of Xchange, Commendator reSeripis, proventions and the like But theyali conduci thomsolves in uehis manner, lini o ne an reproach another o any thing. I maintain that carcet ono bonofido in a hundred, in ali ho Papa cy, sint present conferredWithout simony, a cordin to the definition hic 'he ancients gave of that crime I do no say that the ali purchas Withready money ut ho me ne in Went Who obtain a

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by one diminutive ord vorturn ali ho sagos os antiqui ty ΘBut os his o hallisa moro horoastor. Sussice it a presentio remarii, lint during the puro times of tho Church, it Wasileemodis reat absurdit for a monti to old th ossic os aprieSt. For erome donios that he orsormed the ossic os a prius Whiluino livo among the montis ut reprosunt himsulfas ne of the oople ho ought to e go vernod by the prie Sis. But is o grant them his poliat, how do the oXsecuto theirossi es Thoro re Some of the mendicanis, und n se of theothers, ho preach. Al the res of the montis illior hant ormulter Ver masse in their cloisters, ascis it ero the designos Iosus Christ that presbyter Stiould bo appotiato 1 sor his Purpose or ascis the natur os thoi ossico admittodis t. Whilotho Scripturo clearly tosti fio that it is the diat os a presbyterio go veri his own Church, te is it no an implous prosa nationto transferri a nother object, or ather o mulie a tota changein God' sacred institutioiit For,hon tho are orda inod montis,

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ter the spiritual ingdom os Christ, si ali hos priesis ho

intestine evit hicli is oepi roote in thei institution, and cannot e separated fronicit. Ushal ad auernarii, hicli illsound harshi in thoi ears, ut Ocnus it is truse, it must bo

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The have chant in and tho pompis eremontes: ut halis ali his to tho purpos λ Is the plea et Stom, USIge, re- Scription os long continuarice, I ill confront them illi thedecision 1 Christ, here ho has iveri us a description Os true preSbyterS, and what qualifications ought to se possesse bythose ho isti to e considero a suo . Is the canno bears hard a la a to submit themselves to the rulo os Christilo them a leas allo this causo to e decido by the aut horit of the primitivo Church. ut thei condition ill not sat ali et ter is e jud ge of thei State by the ancient Canon S. Those ho have degenerate into canon S, Ught to e presbyters, a the were in formo times, o overi the Church incommon illi ho bishop, an to e his colleagues in the pastora ossice Thos chaptor dignities, a the cal them, have noth in toto illi the ovorument of the Chiarch much ess have the haptainships, and the ther regs os simila ostices. In haveStimation, thon, shall, hol thom nil is curtain that the ordis Chris and the practice of the ancient Chiarchagre in excludin them froni the honour of the presbytery. The contend, hoWover, that the are presbyters; ut the mastimust e toria oss. Then e hal find that their hole profession is mos foroigii an remote frona the mee o presbyters whicli is describo i us by the apost les, and hicli a requiro in the primitivo Church. At Such orders, heres ore, byWhatever illes the may be distinguished, Since they a re os modern in Vention or at eas are o supported by the institution o God, o the ancient sage of the Chureli, ought o havetio lac in a description Os the spiritual overtament, hichtho Churchia received consecrate by the molith of tho Lordhimself Or, is the wisti me to se plaine language, inceChaptainS, RIIOI S, deanS, provosis, and ther dier of this description do no even illi thei titile finger touch a partici of that diat Whicli i necessarii require in presbyters, itis noto b endured that the Should sal Sely usurp the honour and thus violate the acre institution of Jesus Christ. XI. Ther remain the bis Ops and the rector Os pari Shes Who ould assord me great pleasiare is tho exertei thenaseivost suppor thei ossice For e Ouid readit admito thoni, that he have a plous an honou rabie ossico, provide thoydischargod it But heia the Wish to e considerodius pastors notwithstanding the de Ser the Chiarches committe to them, an transfer the care os them to thers, the ac jus ascis thoossic os a pastor consiSted in dolia nothing. I a Suror, hone ver stirred his Oot ut of the ity, should prosus himsuli a ploughman or inedreSSer, - is a Sol dier, Wh had spunt alliistim iii tho cum an in the et os batile, and ad novo seuna cour os justice o bookS, hould osse himself as a lawyer,

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Who could endure such gros absurditie. But these men actin a manu er Stili more absurd, ho isti tote accounte and calle legitimato pastor of the Church, and et are not illingio e so in rea ty. For o se of them are there, hoeXecute thea vertinaen os thei Chiarches even in appearancelMany of them ut thoi lis olim devota the revenues of hiarches, Whicli the neve approach ven to ook at them. thersei thera themselves Or en an agent Once very ear, that

XΙΙ. t appears that ome eod of this evit ad sprun up in the time of Gregory, and that the rector os Churches eganio e negligent in proachin and teaching for he heavilycomplain oscit in the followin passages The mori is fud