A30189:164
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
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What God hath commanded in his Word, that is not left to the liberty of Christians: What is prescribed as necessary, worship, holy, that he hath not left undetermined: But that which may be done this way, or another, at this time, or another, in this form of speech and method, or another, that in respect of this order, time, method, or phrase of speech, is not necessary, holy, or worship.
What God hath commanded in his Word, that is not left to the libertie of Christians: What is prescribed as necessary, worship, holy, that he hath not left undetermined: But that which may be done this way, or another, at this time, or another, in this forme of speech and method, or another, that in respect of this order, time, method, or phrase of speech, is not necessarie, holy, or worship.
Any circumstance, as time, place, or whatsoever else, if it be either appropriated or commanded of God, it is necessary in point of conscience, holy, and worship, as in conscience it must be observed, and submitted unto. But to place necessity, holiness or worship in these things, when they be not determined or commanded, is Will-worship, or superstition; lawful ⟨p. 47⟩they be, as agreeable to the Word; but not necessary, because not determined by the Word.
Any circumstance, as time, place, or whatsoever else, if it be either appropriated or commanded of God, it is necessarie in point of conscience, holy, and worship, as in conscience it must be observed, and submitted unto. But to place necessitie, holinesse or worship in these things, when they be not determined or commanded, is Will-worship, or superstition; lawfull ⟨p. 47⟩they be, as agreeable to the Word; but not necessary, because not determined by the Word.