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An answer to two treatises of Mr. John Can, the leader of the English…An answer to two treatises of Mr. Iohn Can, the leader of the English…
An answer to two treatises of Mr. John Can, the leader of the English Brownists in Amsterdam the former called, A necessity of separation from the Church of England, proved by the Nonconformists principles : the other, A stay against straying : wherein in opposition to M. John Robinson, he undertakes to prove the unlawfulness of hearing the ministers of the Church of England ... / by the late learned, laborious and faithful servant of Jesus Christ, John Ball.An answer to two treatises of Mr. Iohn Can, the leader of the English Brownists in Amsterdam the former called, A necessitie of separation from the Church of England, proved by the Nonconformists principles : the other, A stay against straying : wherein in opposition to M. Iohn Robinson, he undertakes to prove the unlawfulnesse of hearing the ministers of the Church of England ... / by the late learned, laborious and faithfull servant of Jesus Christ, John Ball.
London: printed by R.B., 1642
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The consent of the people is not required to the common election, whereby a good, godly, learned, fit Man was chosen to the Ministry, but to the singular election of a Minister, whereby he is chosen to be set over this or that congregation. Or if that expression be liable to some exception, 1The consent of the people is not required in this, Whether such a man be fit for the Ministry and meet to be set apart for the work of the Lord: but whether he be fit or meet to be their Minister, by whom they may be edified, and builded up in Faith and holiness. Of the former, they have no calling or right to judge: but in the latter they have great interest.
The consent of the people is not required to the common election, whereby a good, godly, learned, fit Man was chosen to the Ministerie, but to the singular election of a Minister, whereby he is chosen to be set over this or that congregation. Or if that expression be lyable to some exception, 1The consent of the people is not required in this, Whether such a man be fit for the Ministerie and meet to be set apart for the worke of the Lord: but whether he be fit or meet to be their Minister, by whom they may be edified, and builded up in Faith and holinesse. Of the former, they have no calling or right to judge: but in the latter they have great interest.
- 1Jon. animad• in Bell co••. 5. l. 1. ca. 3. not. 3. & ca. 7 •ot. 7. Ibid. not 24.26.Ion. animad• in Bell co••. 5. l. 1. ca. 3. not. 3. & ca. 7 •ot. 7. Ibid. not 24.26.