 | Mackenzie Edward C. Walcott - 1851 - 412 pages
...Wordsworth's Christian Institutes, § 11. vol. iii. p. 219. s Hooker, Eccles. Pol. bvc Ixxvii. § 1. institution of Bishops was from heaven ; was even of GOD : the Holy Ghost was the Author of it '." The Divine Institution of the Ministry is emphatically asserted in the Collect in the Ordinal,... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1852 - 462 pages
...argument upon this subject ? 21. "Let us not fear," he says, "to be herein bold and peremptory, and if any thing in the Church's government, surely the first institution of Bishops was from heaven, even of God, the HOLY GHOST was the Author of it."i. i HOOKER, V. vn. 1. Compare VII. I. 4. Add to... | |
 | Edward Harold Browne (bp. of Winchester.) - 1853 - 686 pages
...this at least gives no sanction to mere presbyterian ordination. We must conclude then with Hooker, ' If any thing in the Church's government, surely the first institution of bishops was from Heaven, even of God1.' And with Bp. Hall, ' What • inevitable necessity may do, we now dispute not,' yet... | |
 | William Simpson - Church history - 1857 - 354 pages
...(Ecc. Pol. vii. 5, 10,) says, " Let us not fear to be herein bold and peremptory, that if anything in the Church's government, surely the first institution...gave to a Presbyter the title of Bishop, or that of a Presbyter to a Bishop." The Church of England, in the Preface to her Ordinal, declares, " it is evident... | |
 | James Marshall - 1857 - 328 pages
...of the Holy Spirit ? Wherefore, let us not fear to be herein bold and peremptory, that if anything in the Church's government — surely the first institution...of God, — the Holy Ghost was the Author of it." * But in connecting myself with an Episcopal Church, I not only acquiesce in a change of government... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1859 - 450 pages
...argument upon this subject ? 21. "Let us not fear," he says, "to be herein bold and peremptory, and if any thing in the Church's government, surely the first institution of Bishops was from heaven, even of God, the HOLY GHOST was the Author of it."1 1 HOOKER, V. vn. 1. Compare VII. i. 4. Add to this... | |
 | George Washington Doane (bp. of New Jersey.) - 1860 - 710 pages
...Apostles acted without the Spirit ? " Wherefore let us not fear," with matchless Richard Hooker, " to be herein bold and peremptory, that if any thing...even of God : the Holy Ghost was the author of it." § If it indeed be so — let the qiiestion be well weighed, with due regard to all the consequences... | |
 | Edward Harold Browne - 1865 - 876 pages
...gives no sanction to mere presbyterian ordination. We must conclude then with Hooker, " If anything in the Church's government, surely the first institution of bishops was from Heaven, even of God."2 And with Bp. Hall, " What inevitable necessity may do, we now dispute not," yet ufor... | |
 | Anglican orders Goode - 1866 - 532 pages
...exclusively the name of Bishops was given, and to this effect Mr. Bickersteth quotes the following : tution of Bishops was from Heaven, was even of God, the Holy Ghost was the author of it." — (Hooker.) " THE BISHOPS ARE THE LAWFUL SUCCESSORS OF THE APOSTLES and inheritors of their power."... | |
 | Clement Moore Butler - Church history - 1868 - 632 pages
...they attempted not." "Wherefore let us not fear herein to be bold and peremptory, that if anything in the Church's government, surely the first institution...was from heaven, was even of God, the Holy Ghost was its author" (Hooker's Works, Vol. II. p. 146). 2. Those who contend that Episcopal government, or that... | |
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Wherefore let us not fear to be herein bold and peremptory, that if any thing in the church's government, surely the first institution of bishops was from heaven, was even of God ; the Holy Ghost was the author of it. 
