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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.
Sundry things M. Can requesteth of him that ⟨image 11⟩shall undertake to read and answer his books, 11 That when he setteth himself to read he should set himself as in Gods presence, and look on with a single and unpartial eye. 2 That he live by his own faith, and build not upon another mans fancy. 3. That he deny himself and be contented to be guided by God alone. 4. That for a particular fail he do not condemn the whole. 5. That he change not the state of the Question. 6. That he may find plain dealing, 2and what is brought against him, be read out of the Prophets or Psalms, the Law or Gospel.
Sundry things M. Canne requesteth of him that ⟨image 11⟩shall undertake to read and answer his bookes, 11 That when he setteth himselfe to read hee should set himself as in Gods presence, and look on with a single and unpartiall eye. 2 That he live by his owne faith, and build not upon another mans fancie. 3. That he denie himself and be contented to be guided by God alone. 4. That for a particular faile hee doe not condemne the whole. 5. That hee change not the state of the Question. 6. That he may finde plaine dealing, 2and what is brought against him, be read out of the Prophets or Psalmes, the Law or Gospell.
- 1CAN stay. epistle to the Reader.
- 2Id. Stay. sect. 1. p. 2.4.5. Sanctis Scripturis non loquentibus quis loquitur, Amb. de vocat. Gent. tom. 2. l. 2. c. 3. Omne quod loquimur debemus •ffi mare de Scripturis sanctis, Hier. in Psal 98. tom. 8. Nihil ultra quamsacris literis proditum est definiendum, Erasm. in Hilar. Solum Dei verbum certum, caetera falsa si dssentiant. Fer. ad