A30189:618
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.
First, They do not take any particular charge of a flock upon them.
First, They doe not take any particular charge of a flocke upon them.
Secondly, They perform not the office thereof, for they agree with the people only to preach, and not to administer either the seals or censures to them.
Secondly, They performe not the office thereof, for they agree with the people onely to preach, and not to administer either the seales or censures to them.
Thirdly, Their coming unto the people is in a strange sort: for they make a covenant each with other for some certain years, and when that time is out, both parties are free, and so may leave one the other, and do many times: but a true Pastor may not do so: For if he should he were worse than an hireling which leaves not the sheep till he see the Wolfe coming. But many of these when they see a richer Lectureship coming towards them.
Thirdly, Their comming unto the people is in a strange sort: for they make a covenant each with other for some certaine yeares, and when that time is out, both parties are free, and so may leave one the other, and doe many times: but a true Pastour may not doe so: For if he should he were worse than an hireling which leaves not the sheepe till he see the Wolfe comming. But many of these when they see a richer Lectureship comming towards them.