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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 5 › Can. Stay. Sect. 5. Pag 37.38. › ANSWER.
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ANSWER.
The Faithful are commanded to come out of spiritual Babylon and not to communicate with her in false worship or Idolatry, 1as the Text doth confirm, and your opposites grant. And therein it was needless to muster up the testimonies of the Learned, to give evidence in a case maintained and practised notoriously, sc. that we must fly from the society of Rome, and not be present to behold their worship. Your labour herein is superfluous, but that the Names of Learned men here numbered up, might serve to cover your nakedness, when you come to the point in controversy, wherein you prove just nothing at all.
THe Faithfull are commanded to come out of spirituall Babylon and not to communicate with her in false worship or Idolatry, 1as the Text doth confirme, and your opposites grant. And therein it was needlesse to muster up the testimonies of the Learned, to give evidence in a case maintained and practised notoriously, sc. that we must flye from the society of Rome, and not be present to behold their worship. Your labour herein is superfluous, but that the Names of Learned men here numbred up, might serve to cover your nakednesse, when you come to the point in controversie, wherein you prove just nothing at all.