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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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The Lord in Scripture hath laid it as a straight charge upon all the faithful, to separate themselves from Idolaters, Sect. 1 1and to be as unlike to them as may be, specially in their religious observations and ceremonies. The second Commandment proves this effectually, for there is absolutely forbidden all participation in any feigned service, whether it be to the true God or any other. When Jeroboam had set up a false worship, we read, 2that the good Prophets ⟨p. 2⟩of that time and after, called the godly Israelites away from it, and bid them in plain terms not to join therewith, but on the contrary to keep Gods Commandments, and statutes appointed for his service, without adding any thing to them, or taking any thing from them. And this they must do, although the King had confirmed his new Religion, by Act of Parliament, or Council, and therefore no doubt would persecute most grievously all the refusers thereof, &c.
The Lord in Scripture hath laid it as a straight charge upon all the faithfull, to separate themselves from Idolaters, Sect. 1 1and to be as unlike to them as may be, specially in their religious observations and ceremonies. The second Commandement proves this effectually, for there is absolutely forbidden all participation in any feigned service, whether it be to the true God or any other. When Jeroboam had set up a false worship, we reade, 2that the good Prophets ⟨p. 2⟩of that time and after, called the godly Israelites away from it, and bid them in plaine termes not to joyne therewith, but on the contrary to keepe Gods Commandentents, and statutes appointed for his service, without adding any thing to them, or taking any thing from them. And this they must doe, although the King had confirmed his new Religion, by Act of Parliament, or Councell, and therefore no doubt would persecute most gr•evously all the refusers thereof, &c.