1. Divine Testimony. New Testament. Col. iv. 16, "And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea." 2. Human Testimony. A. Fathers. The Pastor of Hermas was read in the churches. Hieron. in Catalog. Euseb. Eccles. Hist. lib. III. c. iii. B. Council. 3 Council of Carthage, Hard. vol. 1. p. 968. LIBELLUS de Consecratione THE book of Consecration of Archiepiscoporum et Episcoporum, et de ordinatione Presbyterorum et Diaconorum, editus nuper temporibus Edvardi VI., et auctoritate Parliamenti illis ipsis temporibus confirmatus, omnia ad ejusmodi consecrationem et ordinationem necessaria continet, et nihil habet quod ex se sit aut superstitiosum aut impium; itaque quicunque juxta ritus illius libri consecrati aut ordinati sunt, ab anno secundo prædicti regis Edvardi usque ad hoc tempus, aut in posterum juxta eosdem ritus consecrabuntur aut ordinabuntur, rite, atque ordine, atque legitime, statuimus esse et fore consecratos et ordinatos. Archbishops and Bishops, and ordering of Priests and Deacons, lately set forth in the time of Edward the Sixth, and confirmed at the same time by authority of Parliament, doth contain all things necessary to such consecration and ordering: neither hath it anything, that of itself is superstitious and ungodly. And therefore whosoever are consecrated or ordered according to the rites of that book, since the second. year of the aforenamed King Edward unto this time, or hereafter shall be consecrated or ordered according to the same rites, we decree all such to be rightly, orderly, and lawfully consecrated and ordered. 1 This Article is rehearsed in the Act for Uniformity, XIV Carol. II. 1662. The Phraseology of this Article. 1. As compared with Article XXXV. of those of 1552. Liber qui nuperrime auctori- B. In the English. Of the Book of Prayer and trorum Consecratione. Libellus de Consecratione, &c. Of the Consecration of The book of consecration of archbishops and bishops, &c. ing the manner and form 2. When the Latin and English are compared with each other. Esse et fore Three PROPOSITIONS. to be. I. The book of Consecration of Archbishops, and Bishops, and ordering of Priests and Deacons, lately set forth in the time of Edward VI., and confirmed at the same time by authority of Parliament, doth contain all things necessary to such consecration and ordering. II. The book of Consecration of Archbishops, and Bishops, and ordering of Priests and Deacons, lately set forth in the time of Edward VI., and confirmed at the same time by authority of Parliament, doth contain all things necessary to such consecration and ordering, and hath not anything that of itself is superstitious and ungodly. III. Whosoever are consecrated and ordered according to the rites of that book, since the second year of the aforenamed King Edward, unto this time or hereafter, shall be consecrated or ordered according to the same rites, we decree all such to be rightly, orderly, and lawfully consecrated and ordered. PROP. I. The book of Consecration of Archbishops, and Bishops, and ordering of Priests and Deacons, lately set forth in the time of Edward VI., and confirmed at the same time by authority of Parliament, doth contain all things necessary to such consecration and ordering. Divine Testimony. New Testament. Acts xiii. 3, "And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away." See also Acts vi. 6. 1 Tim. iv. 14. 2 Tim. i. 6. Tit. i. 5. PROP. II. The book of Consecration of Archbishops, and Bishops, and ordering of Priests and Deacons, lately set forth in the time of Edward VI., and confirmed at the same time by authority of Parliament, doth contain all things necessary to such consecration and ordering, and hath not any thing that of itself is superstitious and ungodly. 1. Divine Testimony. Old Testament. Numb. xxvii. 18, 19, "And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him. And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight." 2. Human Testimony. Fathers. Ignat. Epist. ad Smyrn. c. xii., "I salute your iv. v. Tert. de Fuga, c. xi., who testifies also to the Apostolical origin of Episcopacy. De Præscript. Hæret. c. xxxii. De Fuga, c. xiii. adv. Marc. IV. c. v. 2 See Bishop Pearson's Vind. Ignat. P. 11. c. xiii. X |