...the congregation, before he be lawfully called and sent to execute the same ;" the words before he fa lawfully called and sent, must necessarily be interpreted...hereafter following, or hath had formerly • Episcopal consecFatisn cr ordination.—*Here it is evident that the reformers consider non« as lawful Bishops,...

...to execute any of the said functions, except he be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto, according to the form hereafter following, or hath...had formerly Episcopal consecration or ordination." Preface to the ordination offices. Three orders of ministers have existed from the. Apostle's time...

...to execute any of the said functions, except he be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto, according to the form hereafter following, or hath...had formerly EPISCOPAL consecration or ordination;" — by these positive assertions, the Church of England fully warrants the inference that she considers...

...to execute any of the said functions, except he be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto, according to the form hereafter following, or hath had formerly Episcopal consecration or ordination " What Dr. Clarke intends by " men-mode ministers," in the paragraph at the beginning of these remarks,...

...to execute any of the said Functions, except he be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto, according to the Form hereafter following, or hath...had formerly Episcopal Consecration, or Ordination. And none shall be admitted a Deacon, except he be Twenty-three years of age, unless he have a Faculty....

...to execute any of the said functions, except he be called, tried, examined, arid admitted thereunto, according to the form hereafter following, or hath...had formerly episcopal consecration or ordination." On this supposed unquestionable ground, established by historical proof of the uniformity of the Ecclesiastical...

...to execute any of the said functions, except he be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto, according to the form hereafter following, or hath...had formerly episcopal consecration or ordination."} Besides this peremptory decision of the church ilself, the legislature has also enacted, " that no...

...to execute any of the said Functions, except he be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto, according to the Form hereafter following, or hath...had formerly Episcopal Consecration, or Ordination. And none shall be admitted a Deacon, except he be Twenty-three years of age, unless he have a Faculty....

...to execute any of the said functions, except he be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto, according to the form hereafter following, or hath...had formerly Episcopal Consecration or Ordination." For herself, then, clearly, our Church regards none to be lawfully consecrated or ordained, except...

...to execute any of the said functions, except he be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto, according to the form hereafter following, or hath...had formerly episcopal consecration or ordination." In the Westminster Confession of Faith, under the head — "Touching the power of ordination," it is...