Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . invalid, but Sacrilege, and Rebellionagainst Christ, who did institute this Society and gave them theirCharter; and if their Ordinations are null, then their Baptisms are sotoo, and all their Ordinances. They are out of the Visible Church, andhave no Right to any of the Promises in the Gospel. . When they receive (what they call) the Sacraments of Baptism andthe Lords Supper in their congregations, they receive no Sacraments,nor are their children baptized any more than if a midwife had done it. The argument again
Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . invalid, but Sacrilege, and Rebellionagainst Christ, who did institute this Society and gave them theirCharter; and if their Ordinations are null, then their Baptisms are sotoo, and all their Ordinances. They are out of the Visible Church, andhave no Right to any of the Promises in the Gospel. . When they receive (what they call) the Sacraments of Baptism andthe Lords Supper in their congregations, they receive no Sacraments,nor are their children baptized any more than if a midwife had done it. The argument against Episcopacy, drawn from the interchangeableuse of Bishop and Presbyter, is next considered, and illustrated by the useof the Roman word I?npcrator. He endeavors also to meet the objec-tion that this form of Church Government was gradually introduced. If I was a dissenter, till I could give an answer to . . these pa-pers, I would never go to a meeting, lest I perished in their sin ; I wouldnot receive their sacra?nents, lest I offered their provocations; and should 19. 29O ANNALS OF KINGS CHAPEL. think myself guilty of the blood of my child if I brought it to their bap-tism. . The Apostles call themselves ambassadors of Christ. Andnow every Tag, Rag, and Long-tail call themselves his ambassadors too,by a call from the people ! l Conscious of his misdemeanors, he absconded and fled outof the province, adds Mr. Harris, who proceeds to relate hisown course at this time: — [Checkleys flight] being a demonstrat of his guilt, and the passagesin the book being very flagrant, I thought it my duty to animadvert in a Sermon upon tenets of such per-nicious tendency, the indefeasi-ble hereditary right of princesbeing expressly asserted inCheckleys libels, and all Mag-istrates who derive their powerin any measure from the con-sent of the people stigmatizedwith the title of usurpers. As a good subject, I could not suffer suchthings to pass without reproof from the pulpit. And as the divin
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