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…

Secondly, The true Church of Christ, that is, the true and lively members of the militant church, and militant members of the catholic church, is a company of ^rfaithful people, a communion of Saints, the true flock of Christ, which hear, know, acknowledge, believe, and obey the voice of Christ; the kings daughter which is all glorious within, knit to Christ ⟨p. 80⟩and married unto him: But in this society there are mixed not only secret hypocrites, but fierce Lyons, Tigres, Wolves, Bears, wicked Teachers, and ungodly livers. Thus the Conformists and Inconformists. And in this sense the Church of England is a society of faithful and believing people, the flock of Christ, the Kings daughter, quickened by the Spirit, enriched with grace, decked with Gods ordinances, walking in sincere constant conscionable obedience, though in outward society and profession, mixed with many ignorant, vain profane persons, who have received the press-money of Christ, but indeed fight under the Devils banner, as do all hypocrites and ungodly wretches; that is, in the Church of England, there be some truly of the Church which hear the voice of Christ, mixed with those which in words profess Christ, but in their deeds deny him: Thus the Conformists and Nonconformists. The knot here lieth only in an equivocation or gross abuse of the word Church, which sometimes notes the whole visible society, linked in an external profession, and sometimes the true and living members of Jesus Christ, against which the gates of hell shall not prevail.

Secondly, The true Church of Christ, that is, the true and lively members of the militant church, and militant members of the catholique church, is a company of ^rfaithfull people, a communion of Saints, the true flock of Christ, which heare, know, acknowledge, beleeve, and obey the voyce of Christ; the kings daughter which is all glorious within, knit to Christ ⟨p. 80⟩and married unto him: But in this societie there are mixed not onely secret hypocrites, but fierce Lyons, Tigres, Wolves, Beares, wicked Teachers, and ungodly livers. Thus the Conformists and Inconformists. And in this sense the Church of England is a societie of faithfull and beleeving people, the flocke of Christ, the Kings daughter, quickned by the Spirit, enriched with grace, decked with Gods ordinances, walking in sincere constant conscionable obedience, though in outward societie and profession, mixed with many ignorant, vaine prophane persons, who have received the presse-money of Christ, but indeed fight under the Devils banner, as doe all hypocrites and ungodly wretches; that is, in the Church of England, there be some truely of the Church which heare the voyce of Christ, mixed with those which in words professe Christ, but in their deeds deny him: Thus the Conformists and Nonconformists. The knot here lyeth onely in an aequivocation or grosse abuse of the word Church, which sometimes notes the whole visible societie, linked in an externall profession, and sometimes the true and living members of Jesus Christ, against which the gates of hell shall not prevaile.