A30189:347
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
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CAN. IBID.
If in preaching the truth no Idolatrous act is performed then it will follow, 1that a man may remain a Minister of a false Church all his life time, provided he only teach the truths of the Gospel. Our reason is, for in this, if he do no idolatrous act, then he sinneth not, and so consequently no just cause of his coming out from among them.
If in preaching the truth no Idolatrous act is performed then it will follow, 1that a man may remaine a Minister of a false Church all his life time, provided hee onely teach the truths of the Gospell. Our reason is, for in this, if he doe no idolatrous act, then hee sinneth not, and so consequently no just cause of his comming out from among them.
- 1Ibid. Sect. 11. p. 116 They need not by his writing leave their unblessed standing; For so they preach the truths of the Gospel, they sin not. And then what need is there to lay down their false office? I cannot say of this mans Logic as Aristotle did of Theodorus his making Epithets, It is his whole art. CAN. Stay. p. 27.Ibid. Sect. 11. p. 116 They need not by his vvriting leave their unblessed standing; For so they preach the truths of the Gospell, they sinne not. And then vvhat need is there to lay dovvne their false office? I cannot say of this mans Logicke as Aristotle did of Theodorus his making Epithites, It is his vvhole art. CAN. Stay. p. 27.