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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
Chapter 4 › Section 2 › ANSWER.Chapter 4 › Section 2 › ANSVVER.
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and if the whole Nation was the people of God, every particular person in that Nation did stand under the same relation. But what the state and condition of that people was when they were admitted into Church covenant, we may learn from the holy Scripture.
and if the whole Nation was the people of God, every particular person in that Nation did stand under the same relation. But what the state and condition of that people was when they were admitted into Church covenant, wee may learne from the holy Scripture.
When I passed by thee I saw thee polluted in thine own blood, 1and I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Thou shalt live; even when thou wast in thy blood I said unto thee, Thou shalt live. Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee behold, thy time was as the time of love, and I spread my skirts over thee, and covered thy filthiness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into covenant with thee, 2saith the Lord God, and thou becamest […]. When God brought Israel out of Egypt by the hand of Moses his servant, he separated them to himself, from among all the people of the earth, 3for an inheritance: and every singular person in that huge multitude was a visible, member of that Church, 4and all of them by profession Saints or holy, the flock of God. But oftentimes they sinned and rebelled against the Lord, being a stubborn and stiff-necked, people, uncircumcised in heart, unbelieving, forgetful of Gods works, despising his covenant, idolatrous, which had neither eyes to see, nor ears to hear, nor an heart to under stand. And what probability is there, that this whole people was truly holy in the judgement of charity, or so fa•re as man can judge, or that they ceased to be the Church of God; when they had grossly corrupted their ways? If the true Church be gathered of Saints only (externally and so […] as man […] judge) and of them alone framed, at of the subject […]: which is