...meat and drink, and other necessaries, to the poor, and partly to minister to the bishops and priests. Of these two orders only, that is to say, priests and deacons, Scripture rnaketh express mention, and how they were conferred of the apostles by prayer and imposition of hands...

...hands ; but that there is no certain rule prescribed in Scripture for the nomination, election, 01 presentation of them, [that is true] but that this...exceedingly rare book. Collier gives us an abstract of it. " The Erudition," says he, " makes orders one of the seven sacraments, and defines it a gift Of grace...

...to preach the word, to minister the sacraments^to bind and loose, to excommunicate those that.will not be reformed, and to pray for the universal Church....exceedingly rare book. Collier gives us an abstract of it. " The Erudition," says he, " makes orders one of the seven sacraments, and defines it a gift of grace...

...meat and drink, and other necessaries, to the poor, and partly to minister to the bishops and priests. Of these two orders only, that is to say, priests...of the apostles by prayer and imposition of hands ; but the primitive church afterward appointed inferior degrees." (Neal, vol. i, c. i, p. 31, to whom...

...poor, and partly to minister to the bishops and priests. — Then follows this remarkable passage : ' Of these two orders only, that is to say, priests...of the apostles by prayer and imposition of hands ; but the primitive church afterward appointed inferior degrees, as sub-deacons, acolytes, exorcists,...

...poor, and partly to minister to the bishops and priests. — Then follows this remarkable passage : ' Of these two orders only, that is to say, priests...deacons, Scripture maketh express mention, and how they wt-re conferred of the apostles by praver and imposition of hands ; but the primitive church afterward...

...Priests or Bishops.":}: The same thing is asserted in The necessary Doctrine and Erudition : " And of these two orders only, that is to say, Priests and Deacons, Scripture maketh express mention."§ In The Institution it is intimated that the superiority of Bishops to Priests rests not on the authority...

...one order, and ministers of equal authority.' But what is the entire sentence in the ' Erudition.' ' Of these two orders only, that is to say, priests...the apostles, by prayer and imposition of hands.' I do not impute to you, Rev. Sir, any dishonesty of purpose in withholding the last clause of this...

...nomination, election, or presentation of them; that this is left to the positive laws of every community. The office of the said ministers is, to preach the...of the apostles by prayer and imposition of hands." About five years after the last named publication, viz. about the year 1548, Edward VI. called a "select...

...poor, and partly, to minister to the bishops and priests." Then follows this remarkable passage : " OF THESE TWO ORDERS ONLY, THAT IS TO SAY, PRIESTS...of the apostles, by prayer and imposition of hands ; but, the primitive church afterwards appointed inferior degrees, as sub-deacons, acolytes, exorcists,...