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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
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Ye shall take heed (saith the Lord) to all the things that I have said unto you. But this cannot be restrained to the ceremonial precepts concerning Gods Worship, but must be referred to all things that God gave them in charge. David prayeth, ⟨p. 50⟩Psal. 119.133. Direct my steps in thy Word, and let none iniquity have dominion over me. But what can be more plain, than that David doth not speak of the worship of God alone, but desires that all his counsels, thoughts, manners, actions might be directed according to Gods Word: because the Word of God is the rule of all our actions? In which sense also it may be affirmed, That Negative conclusions in matters of faith, and duties, 1follow well from Scriptures silence.
Ye shall take heed (saith the Lord) to all the things that I have said unto you. But this cannot be restrained to the ceremoniall precepts concerning Gods Worship, but must be referred to all things that God gave them in charge. David prayeth, ⟨p. 50⟩Psal. 119.133. Direct my steps in thy Word, and let none iniquitie have dominion over me. But what can be more plaine, than that David doth not speake of the worship of God alone, but desires that all his counsells, thoughts, manners, actions might be directed according to Gods Word: because the Word of God is the rule of all our actions? In which sense also it may be affirmed, That Negative conclusions in matters of faith, and duties, 1follow well from Scriptures silence.
- 1Hen. Ai•sw. 2. Ans. p. 55. The […]. cited sc. Deut. 5.32. & 12.32. Speak of Gods Commandments in general; you take one in particular, and because one is not all, therefore all must not be all. A Dispute, part 1. cap. 4. p. 8. The laws of the Church declare unto us what is fittest in such things as are in their own nature indifferent, and neither enforced by the law of God, nor nature. Id. p. 21. As when the Church ordaineth that in great Townes there shall be a Sermon on such a day of the week, and public Prayers every day at such an hourt, &c. First book of Scottish Discip. In great Townes, we think expedient, that every day there be either Sermon, or Common Prayer, &c. Zanc. in quartum praeceptum in tract. de discip. Eccles in fine. Calv. Instit. l. 4. c. 10. §. 30, 31. Efi fateamur non nviti ex insitâ & naturali Dei ognitione, ersi corrupta, sequietiam in genere Deum esse colendum. Item non solum interno affectu cultum illum fieridebere, sed etiam externo actu. Negamus tamen, naturali leg? determinatam esse speriem il am externi cultus. Rivet. in Gen. exercit. 42. Sec Sculet. Ethic. lib. 1. Neither Angels nor men can make a Sacrament Caseh. art. 4. p. 104.