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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 5 › Section 1 › ANSWER.Chapter 5 › Section 1 › ANSVVER.
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It is not then the common judgement of the Reformists, nor the private opinion of any particular man of that mind, that I have seen or heard of, that the office or calling of a Lecturer is utterly to be condemned. Who the Author is, or what the work which you quote, entitled, The Necessity of Discipline, I know not, nor what he saith.
It is not then the common judgement of the Reformists, nor the private opinion of any particular man of that minde, that I have seene or heard of, that the office or calling of a Lecturer is utterly to be condemned. Who the Author is, or what the worke which you quote, entituled, The Necessitie of Discipline, I know not, nor what he saith.
Perhaps you allege him, as you have done others wrongfully; It may be he speaks of some circumstances, not of the substance of the calling. If he go any further, it is his private conceit, and must not be imputed to the Reformists, as you stile them.
Perhaps you alledge him, as you have done others wrongfully; It may be he speakes of some circumstances, not of the substance of the calling. If he goe any further, it is his private conceit, and must not be imputed to the Reformists, as you stile them.
We need not here dispute of the difference, betwixt the Pastor and the Teacher, nor to enquire whether of these they are to be esteemed, until the difference betwixt them be exactly defined, and substantially proved: If for substance of Ministry they do the work of the Lord Jesus, and by his approbation, this sufficeth.
We neede not here dispute of the difference, betwixt the Pastour and the Teacher, nor to enquire whether of these they are to be esteemed, untill the difference betwixt them be exactly defined, and substantially proved: If for substance of Ministery they doe the worke of the Lord Jesus, and by his approbation, this sufficeth.