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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. › ANSWER.
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Thus the Church of England, 1at least the prime maintainers of Religion, against the Papists have taught, That there is little or no difference betwixt a Bishop and a Presbyter: to which purpose Jewell cites many passages out of the Ancient Fathers; as of Ambrose, there is one Ordination of a Bishop and a Presbyter: Chrys. betwixt a Bishop and a Presbyter there is almost no difference. Aug. what is a Bishop, but the first or chief Presbyter. And both Conformists and Non-confor••ists agree in this, that ministers rightly qualified with gifts, and preaching the doctrine of salvation purely, be the Ministers of Jesus Christ, whether ordained by Bishops or the Eldership. 2They that hold Bishops by Divine right greater than Presbyters, and that the power of Ordination belongeth unto them, do yet acknowledge Ordination, given by the Eldership to be true, by the judgement of the Catholic Church. And they that maintain the equality of Bishops and Presbyters by the Word of God, deny not those Ministers to be of God, who teach sound doctrine, and feed the flock of God committed to their charge, though they received Ordination from Bishops.
Thus the Church of England, 1at least the prime maintainers of Religion, against the Papists have taught, That there is little or no difference betwixt a Bishop and a Presbyter: to which purpose Iewell cites many passages out of the Ancient Fathers; as of Ambrose, there is one Ordination of a Bishop and a Presbyter: Chrys. betwixt a Bishop and a Presbyter there is almost no difference. Aug. what is a Bishop, but the first or chiefe Presbyter. And both Conformists and Non-confor••ists agree in this, that ministers rightly qualified with gifts, and preaching the doctrine of salvation purely, bee the Ministers of Iesus Christ, whether ordayned by Bishops or the Eldership. 2They that hold Bishops by Divine right greater than Presbyters, and that the power of Ordination belongeth unto them, doe yet acknowledge Ordination, given by the Eldership to be true, by the judgement of the Catholike Church. And they that maintaine the equalitie of Bishops and Presbyters by the Word of God, deny not those Ministers to be of God, who teach sound doctrine, and feed the flocke of God committed to their charge, though they received Ordination from Bishops.