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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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your little ones, your •ives, and thy stranger that is in thy Ca•p; from the […] of thy wo•d, to the […] of thy water, That thou should […] •nto the Covenant […] the Lord thy God, &c. But he testifieth against them also, 1that they had corrupted themselves, that their spot was not the spot of his children; that they were a froward and perverse generation, a foolish people, and •• wis•, who forsook God that […] them, and regarded not the strong God of their salvation. 2Joshua circumcised all the people which were borne in the Wilderness (for all that time that Sacrament was neglected) and his fact is approved. But we read not of any inquiry that was made of all that great multitude, what work of grace God had wrought in every mans soul, and it is very improbable, that there was not one who did not give good hope of sound and true cleaving unto the Lord with all his heart. 3When God had cast out the Heathen before them, and caused them to fall to the lot of his inheritance, and made the Tribes of Israel to dwell in their Tabernacles, they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies, but turned back and dealt falsely like their Fathers. they turned like a deceitful Bow.
your little ones, your •ives, and thy stranger that is in thy Ca•p; from the 〈…〉 of thy wo•d, to the 〈…〉 of thy water, That thou should 〈…〉 •nto the Covetant 〈…〉 the Lord thy God, &c. But he testifieth against them also,