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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Can. Stay. Sect. 5. Pag. 73.
If a man perform an action in a state, and of public nature he is to be considered (in respect of himself) as is that state and according to the public Ordinances: For if the state be false and the officer unlawful, it is familism for him to say, I know this state is set up against the Lord Jesus Christ, and every comer here to worship, according to the constitution, is an Idolater, but I will have in my self a secret meaning from the rest. 1This is a sure thing, (and let it be noted) No administration performed in a state, and by a power and constituted office, can be sought, desired and received, but in so doing, the doer (ipso facto) really approves of that state, power and office, be the same lawful or unlawful. And as for any mans saying to the contrary, it is sine capite fabula, a vision of his own Head, and will prove as good as the miracles which Jannes and Jambres wrought, even means to harden his own heart, and some others, as they did Pharaohs, by doing them.
If a man performe an action in a state, and of publike nature he is to be considered (in respect of himselfe) as is that state and according to the publike Ordinances: For if the state be false and the officer unlawfull, it is familisme for him to say, I know this state is set up against the Lord Iesus Christ, and every commer here to worship, according to the constitution, is an Idolater, but I will have in my selfe a secret meaning from the rest. 1This is a sure thing, (and let it bee noted) No administration performed in a state, and by a power and constituted office, can be sought, desired and received, but in so doing, the doer (ipso facto) really approves of that state, power and office, bee the same lawfull or unlawfull. And as for any mans saying to the contrary, it is sine capite fabula, a vision of his owne Head, and will prove as good as the miracles which Iannes and Iambres wrought, even meanes to harden his owne heart, and some others, as they did Pharaohs, by doing them.