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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
Chapter 1 › Section 3: SEC. III. CAN. Stay against Stray. Sect. 1. pag. 4, 5.
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SEC. III. CAN. Stay against Stray. Sect. 1. pag. 4, 5.
Whatsoever God hath bestowed upon his Church, as her privilege, the same is to be found in his Word: But it is not mentioned there, that Believers (as their privilege) ought to hear Antichristian Teachers.
WHatsoever God hath bestowed upon his Church, as her priviledge, the same is to be found in his Word: But it is not mentioned there, that Beleivers (as their priviledge) ought to heare Antichristian Teachers.
The proposition is unquestionably certain by these Scriptures. Psal. 19.7. 2 Tim. 3.15.16. Isai. 8.20. Joh. 15.17. Act. 20.27. Besides, 1this is the unanimous consent of learned writers. The Scriptures (saith Athanasius) do help us with the knowledge of every truth, &c.
The proposition is unquestionably certaine by these Scriptures.