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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.
CAN. Stay against. Sect. 3. pag. 16, 17. & Sect. 2. pag. 14 & Sect. 4. pag. 62. & Sect. 7. pag. 89.
TO worship God in any other way or manner than he hath in his Word prescribed, is unlawful. But to hear Antichristian Ministers in false Churches, is to worship God in a way and manner which he hath not prescribed. The Major, No man dares deny, I assure my self. For it is manifest and certain by the whole course of the Scripture, Deut. 12.8. Levit. 10.20. Psal. 119.133. Mic. 7.18. Hos. 9.15. Joh. 4.23. Matth. 15.3.4. Col. 2.8. 2 Joh. 16.17. Moreover, all sorts and sects of writers acknowledge this for a Truth. Zanch. explic. in Coloss. 2.23. tom. 4. pag. 319. Luther come. in Galat. cap. 6. pag. 871. Brent. in