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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
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You cite Master Penry saying, 1It is most certain, Satan rules in the consciences of men, not only by false doctrine, but also by his false power and ordinances; his kingdom of darkness not only consisteth in the lies, false doctrine and worship, which he hath coined, but also in the false and Antichristian ordinances, which he hath invented for the ruling of his idolatrous den. And therefore the children and Saints of God, ought to avoid both the one and the other. But whatsoever his meaning be, in that or other passages cited, Master Penry was not a Nonconformist but a Separatist, by your own confession, and therefore his sayings are not to be received for the Nonconformists principles.
You cite Master Penry saying, 1It is most certaine, Satan rules in the consciences of men, not only by false doctrine, but also by his false power and ordinances; his kingdome of darknesse not only consisteth in the lies, false doctrin and worship, which he hath coined, but also in the false and Antichristian ordinances, which he hath invented for the ruling of his idolatrous denne. And therefore the children and Saints of God, ought to avoid both the one and the other. But whatsoever his meaning bee, in that or other passages cited, Master Penry was not a Nonconformist but a Separatist, by your owne confession, and therefore his sayings are not to bee received for the Nonconformists principles.
- 1CAN stay sect. 3. p. 57. M. Penry of the Ministry of the Church of Engl. p. 37.38. CAN Nieces. of separ. p. 16 28.43. Exhortation to the government of Wales. 42, 46, 26 CAN Nieces. of separation, Epist. to the Reader. CAN Nieces. of separ. p. 252.CAN stay sect. 3. p. 57. M. Penry of the Ministerie of the Church of Engl. p. 37.38. CAN Neces. of separ. p. 16 28.43. Exhortation to the government of Wales. 42, 46, 26 CAN Neces. of separation, Epist. to the Reader. CAN Neces. of separ. p. 252.