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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. 15. pag 133. › ANSWER.
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In the Church of Corinth there were Divisions, Sects, Emulations, 1contentions and quarrels; going to Law one with another for every trifle, and that under Infidels. Pauls name and credit was despitefully called into question there, the resurrection of the dead was denied by some; that wickedness was there winked at, which was not heard of among the heathen; the Lords Supper was horribly profaned, things indifferent used with offence, 2Fornication not repented of, and idolatry practised in eating meats sacrificed to Idols in the Idol Temple. And all this notwithstanding, the assemblies were kept, the faithful frequented the Ordinances and God did bless them according to promise. Ephesus was extremely decayed in her first love, and though threatened to have her candlestick removed unless she repent, Christ doth never lay his charge upon the faithful to depart from his Ordinances. Of Laodicea it is said, that she was neither hot nor cold, and then we may easily conceive she was overgrown with corruptions, the proper fruits of negligence, security, self conceitedness, &c. For which unless she repent, a terrible judgement is denounced against her: and yet the faithful are never exhorted to flee from her society, but to repent of her sin, and the promise is made for encouragement, that if they open unto him, 3he will come in and Sup with them, and they with him.
In the Church of Corinth there were Divisions, Sects, Emulations, 1contentions and quarrels; going to Law one with another for every trifle, and that under Infidels. Pauls name and credit was despitefully called into question there, the resurrection of the dead was denyed by some; that wickednesse was there wincked at, which was not heard of among the heathen; the Lords Supper was horribly profaned, things indifferent used with offence, 2Fornication not repented of, and idolatry practised in eating meats sacrificed to Idols in the Idoll Temple. And all this notwithstanding, the assemblies were kept, the faithfull frequented the Ordinances and God did blesse them according to promise. Ephesus was extreamly decayed in her first love, and though threatned to have her candlesticke removed unlesse she repent, Christ doth never lay his charge upon the faithful to depart from his Ordinances. Of Laodicea it is said, that she was neither hot nor cold, and then we may easily conceive she was overgrown with corruptions, the proper fruits of negligence, security, selfe conceitednesse, &c. For which unlesse she repent, a terrible judgement is denounced against her: and yet the faithfull are never exhorted to flee from her society, but to repent of her sinne, and the promise is made for encouragement, that if they open unto him,