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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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SECT. V.
Before I end this point, 1I will here lay down some few Syllogisms, entirely made up, between the Inconformists and Conformists, all concluding the forenamed position, That Church which hath not a lawful Ministry, is not a true visible Church: But the Church of England hath not a true lawful Ministry: Ergo, The Church of England is not a true visible Church. The proposition is affirmed of the Conformists, 2as Burton, Sutcliffe. The Assumption is granted by the Nonconformists, as we have in the first chapter largely showed. The true visible Church of Christ is a society of believing and faithful people, and a communion of Saints, so say the Conformists. But the Church of England is not a society of believing and faithful people, a communion of Saints (thus write the Nonconformists, see page 169.) Ergo, the Church of England is not the true visible Church. The true Church is the Kings daughter, described in Psalm 45. But the Church of England is not the Kings daughter so described. Therefore the Church of England is not the true Church of Christ. 3The proposition is laid down by the Conformists, whereby they prove Rome a false Church. The Assumption is the Nonconformists; For if they say the truth, their members have not those qualities belonging to the Kings daughter, neither the Priest nor people. See pag. 15.16. 39.137 •• 69.170. The true Church of Christ is the flock of Christ […] the Church of England is not the true flock of Christ, therefore the Church of England is not the true Church of Christ. The proposition (say the Conformists) is undeniable: