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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 6 › CAN. Necess. of Separation, Pag. 37.
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CAN. Necess. of Separation, Pag. 37.
IF the calling and office of their bishops be (as the Nonconformists say it is) of the earth, false, devilish Antichristian, &c. than it follows, that the calling and office of the whole Ministry must necessarily be of the same nature, qualities and condition, to wit of the earth false, devilish, and Antichristian, &c. which is wholly derived from it, which receives, J say, ⟨p. 93⟩and takes it life and being of it only, and no where else, For if their Bishops have not a right power in themselves, then can they not transfer it to another, As the law saith, Nemo potest plus juris transfer in ahum, 1quam sibi competere dignoscatur, No man can give more to another, than he hath himself. If Corah, Dathan, and Abitam, when they usurped the priesthood and government of the Church, should (by that false power which they assumed) have ordained some of the people unto the Priests office, no doubt all the Israelites which feared God, would have judged their place and standing unlawful, because they which made them had no commission from God so to do. The case of their Ministry is just so.
IF the calling and office of their bishops be (as the Nonconformists say it is) of the earth, false, divellish Antichristian, &c. than it followes, that the calling and office of the whole Ministery must necessarily be of the same nature, qualities and condition, to wit of the earth false, divellish, and Antichristian, &c. which is wholly derived from it, which receives, J say, ⟨p. 93⟩