PG here, Extra to John Locke, 8b, 9a out of 40 pages. A Letter Concerning Toleration.
8b.... But since the joining together of several members into this church-society, as has already been demonstrated, is absolutely free and spontaneous, it necessarily follows that the right of making its laws can belong to none but the society itself; or, at least (which is the same thing), to those whom the society by common consent has authorised thereunto. Some, perhaps, may object that no such society can be said to be a true church unless it have in it a bishop or presbyter, with ruling authority page 9a.....derived from the very apostles, and continued down to the present times by an uninterrupted succession. To these I answer: In the first place, let them show me the edict by which Christ has imposed that law upon His Church. And let not any man think me impertinent, if in a thing of this consequence I require that the terms of that edict be very express and positive; for the promise He has made us,6 that “wheresoever two or three are gathered together” in His name, He will be in the midst of them, seems to imply the contrary. Whether such an assembly want anything necessary to a true church, pray do you consider. Certain I am that nothing can be there wanting unto the salvation of souls, which is sufficient to our purpose. Next, pray observe how great have always been the divisions amongst even those who lay so much stress upon the Divine institution and continued succession of a certain order of rulers in the Church. Now, their very dissension unavoidably puts us upon a necessity of deliberating and, consequently, allows a liberty of choosing that which upon consideration we prefer. http://fs2.american.edu/dfagel/www/Philosophers /Locke/Letter%20Concerning%20Toleratin%20PDF.pdf