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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 4 › CAN. Stay against Stray. Sect. 3, pag. 17, 18.
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CAN. Stay against Stray. Sect. 3, pag. 17, 18.
The Church is an Idol Church, 1and the Ministry an Idol Ministry: And if be Church he an Holl, the Ministry a• Idol•, who […] a• Idol, &c. In the words then of the Prophet, What have we to d•• any more with Idols? What agreement hath the Temple of God with Idols? Little children, keep your selves from Idols? Again, my dearly beloved, […] from Idolatry. But how, meant & corpore, faith Perils, that is, the worship and reverence of Idoll•.
The Church is an Idoll Church, 1and the Ministery an Idoll Ministerie: And if be Church he an Holl, the Ministerie a• Idol•, who 〈…〉 a• Idoll, &c. In the words then of the Prophet, What have we to d•• any more with Idolls? What agreement hath the Temple of God with Idolls? Little children, keep your selves from Idolls? Againe, my dearely beloved, 〈…〉 from Idolatrie. But how, mente & corpore, faith Pare•s, that is, the worship and reverence of Idoll•.