. A Vindication of the Dissenters : in answer to Dr. William Nichols's Defence of the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England : in three parts. A VINDICATION O F T H E DISSENTERS. PART IIL In which Dr. Nicholss Second Part,vindicating; the Church of EmlandsDifciphne, and Modes of Worlhip,is examined, and refuted. CHAP. I. Of the Govern??ient of Bifiop, ^ H E former part of the Doflors De-fence has been eafily difpatchd, itcontaining little material in our con-troverfy. For Cahinifm is fo farfrom ever hindring men from fub-fcribing the Articles, that they canthoneftly be fubfcnbd witho
. A Vindication of the Dissenters : in answer to Dr. William Nichols's Defence of the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England : in three parts. A VINDICATION O F T H E DISSENTERS. PART IIL In which Dr. Nicholss Second Part,vindicating; the Church of EmlandsDifciphne, and Modes of Worlhip,is examined, and refuted. CHAP. I. Of the Govern??ient of Bifiop, ^ H E former part of the Doflors De-fence has been eafily difpatchd, itcontaining little material in our con-troverfy. For Cahinifm is fo farfrom ever hindring men from fub-fcribing the Articles, that they canthoneftly be fubfcnbd without now we are come to the veryheart • of the controverfy. TheDiffenters ufe not to charge the authentic writings ofthe Church with errors in doftrine 5 but only fome par-ticular. Chap. i. ^Vindication, dec, 39 ticular authors, who have made innovations in the doflrinethey fubfcribtl. But we do indeed blame the Church (howvery defervedly our Arbitrators /hall now fee) for her eila-bliihd difciphne, and modes of worfhip. Our Author be-gins this pare of his Defence with the vindication of the Hie-rarchy. And fince his party never write with more affu-rance and triumph, upon any point of thecontroverfy, thanthisj nay, fince abundance of them ufe to condemn all theReformed Churches abroad, as well as the Diffenters athome, for laying afide Epifcopacy ; I think twill not beamifs here, in the firlt place, to give a particular accountof the opinion of the two contending parties. The Epifcopal party then, altho they are greatly dividedabout the origmal and foundation of their Hierarchy ; yetthe generality of them, efpecially the moderns, are inmaintaining a threefold order of Miniflers. To the loweftorder, of Deacons, a power is granted of baptizing 3 of read-ing
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