A30189:91
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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And what is it to wrest the Scripture, if this be not, when that which is spoken against utter enemies of our Saviour Christ, who refused to be shepherds under him, and his Ensign, is applied to them who are ⟨p. 18⟩furnished with singular knowledge, wisdom and utterance, teach the truth of the Gospel entirely, and lead the sheep of Christ to the waters of life, whose labours God hath blessed, whose voice the sheep hear and receive, in whose message they rejoice, and whom they follow as they teach Christ. You pretend the testimony of the learned in this matter, but let the places be examined, and they will be found, either to make directly against you, or nothing for you, as I shall have occasion to show in the next Section, and shall be done more fully, when you shall set down the words of the Authors, whereupon you build, and attempt from them to make good your conclusion. In the mean space I will forbear tediously to repeat over and over again, that such and such make nothing for you, and such and such are grossly abused and falsified.
And what is it to wrest the Scripture, if this be not, when that which is spoken against utter enemies of our Saviour Christ, who refused to be shepheards under him, and his Ensigne, is applied to them who are ⟨p. 18⟩furnished with singular knowledge, wisedome and utterance, teach the truth of the Gospell intirely, and leade the sheep of Christ to the waters of life, whose labours God hath blessed, whose voice the sheep heare and receive, in whose message they rejoyce, and whom they follow as they teach Christ. You pretend the testimony of the learned in this matter, but let the places be examined, and they will be found, either to make directly against you, or nothing for you, as I shall have occasion to shew in the next Section, and shall be done more fully, when you shall set downe the words of the Authors, whereupon you build, and attempt from them to make good your conclusion. In the meane space I will forbeare tediously to repeat over and over again, that such and such make nothing for you, and such and such are grossely abused and falsifyed.