Cheirothesia tou presbyteriou, or, A letter to a friend tending to prove I. that valid ordination ought not to be repeated, II. that ordination by presbyters is valid : with an appendix in which some brief animadversions are made upon a lately published discourse of M. John Humfrey, concerning re-ordination / by R.A., a lover of truth and peace.

〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Or a LETTER To a Friend; tending to prove,

• I. That Valid Ordination ought not to be re∣peated.
• II. That Ordination by Presbyters is Valid.

WITH AN APPENDIX, In which, some brief ANIMADVERSIONS Are made upon a Lately Published Dis∣course of M. JOHN HUMFREY, concerning RE-ORDINATION.

By R.A. a Lover of Truth and Peace.

Nulla ostenditur causa, our ille qui ipsum Baptismum amittere non potest, jus dandi amittere possit, utrum{que} enim Sacramentum est; & quadam consecra∣tione utrum{que} homini datur, illud cum baptizatur, istud cum ordinatur, ideo{que} in catholica utrum{que} non licet iterare, nam si quando ex ipsa parte ve∣nientes etiam preapositi pro bon•• pacis correcto schismatis errore suscepti sunt, & si visum est opus esse, ut eadem officia gererent quae gerebant, non sunt rursus ordinandi, sed sicut Baptismus in iis, ita ordinatio mansit inte∣gra; quia in praecisione fuerat vitium, quod unitatis pace correctum est, non in Sacramentis quae ubicun{que} sunt, ipsa vera sunt: & cum expedire hoc videatur Ecclesiae, ut praepositi corum venientes ad Catholicam societatem honores suos ibi non administrent; non eis tamen ipsa Ordination is Sacra∣menta detrahuntur, sed manent super eos, ideo{que} eis in populo manus non im∣ponitur, ne non homini, sed ipsi Sacramento fiat injuria, Aug. Con. Epist Parmen.

Lib. 2. Cap. 13.

London, Printed for J. S. and are to be sold in West∣minster-Hall and Paul's Church-Yard, 1661.