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A30189 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. Ball, John, 1585-1640.; Ashe, Simeon, d. 1662. 1642 (1642) Wing B558; ESTC R3127 281,779 264

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say_v the_o sheep_n must_v not_o lay_v down_o her_o fell_a because_o she_o see_v the_o wolf_n sometime_o clothe_v with_o it_o august_n lib._n 2._o serm._n de_fw-fr monte_fw-fr yea_o it_o may_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o synagogue_n of_o satan_n may_v have_v some_o one_o thing_n at_o one_o time_n with_o more_o convenience_n than_o the_o true_a and_o catholic_a church_n of_o christ_n shadow_n bishop_n jewel_n ser._n in_o josh_n 6.1.2.3_o in_o religion_n no_o part_n be_v to_o be_v call_v little_a a_o hair_n be_v but_o little_a yet_o it_o have_v a_o shadow_n if_o our_o book_n please_v the_o papist_n it_o be_v but_o in_o some_o thing_n wherein_o in_o reverence_n to_o antiquity_n we_o come_v too_o nigh_o they_o in_o some_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n but_o with_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o ministration_n itself_o they_o can_v be_v please_v unless_o they_o be_v
in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o apostle_n 178._o 1_o admon_n pag._n 14._o altar_n dam._n 178._o nor_o in_o many_o age_n follow_v till_o blindness_n ignorance_n and_o laziness_n occasion_v a_o prescript_n form_n to_o be_v make_v for_o idle_a and_o dumb_a priest_n five_o if_o this_o be_v not_o many_o will_v make_v more_o profession_n of_o love_n to_o preach_v and_o hear_v god_n word_n but_o by_o this_o mean_v it_o be_v neglect_v and_o despise_v for_o worldling_n usurer_n drunkard_n whore-monger_n and_o other_o earthly_a and_o profane_a people_n away_o with_o nothing_o so_o well_o as_o english_a mass_n 42.45_o against_o br._n 43._o curt._n ch._n power_n 42.45_o and_o why_o but_o because_o it_o do_v not_o sharp_o reprove_v they_o of_o their_o sin_n nor_o disclose_v the_o secret_a of_o their_o heart_n but_o that_o they_o may_v continue_v in_o all_o kind_n of_o voluptuousness_n and_o all_o other_o kind_n of_o wickedness_n addi_fw-la learn_v discour_n of_o eccl._n govern._n 68_o mart._n senior_n p._n 2._o pract._n of_o prin._n addi_fw-la and_o therefore_o right_o it_o be_v call_v their_o sterve-us-booke_n six_o god_n have_v no_o where_o appoint_v that_o the_o church_n shall_v be_v tie_v to_o read_v the_o book_n of_o common-prayer_n for_o his_o worship_n and_o therefore_o to_o do_v it_o be_v a_o high_a transgression_n before_o he_o as_o great_a as_o the_o sin_n of_o nadab_n and_o abihu_n and_o such_o be_v liable_a unto_o the_o like_a or_o great_a punishment_n seven_o if_o this_o be_v pray_v and_o there_o be_v never_o a_o ill_a word_n nor_o sentence_n in_o all_o the_o prayer_n yet_o to_o appoint_v it_o to_o be_v use_v or_o to_o use_v it_o as_o papist_n do_v their_o matin_n and_o evening-song_n for_o a_o sea-service_n to_o god_n though_o the_o word_n be_v good_a the_o use_n be_v naught_o the_o word_n of_o the_o first_o chapter_n in_o john_n be_v good_a but_o to_o be_v put_v into_o a_o tablet_n of_o gold_n 55._o 2_o admon_n pag._n 55._o for_o a_o sovereign_a thing_n to_o be_v 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in_fw-la semetipsos_fw-la &_o in_fw-la fratres_fw-la reliquos_fw-la peccare_fw-la qui_fw-la naevis_fw-la istis_fw-la aut_fw-la etiam_fw-la si_fw-la mavis_fw-la corrupt●lis_fw-la et_fw-la svas_fw-la ex_fw-la aliorum_fw-la cos●entias_fw-la non_fw-la leviter_fw-la perturbant_fw-la perinde_v ac_fw-la si_fw-la de_fw-la christianismo_fw-la semel_fw-la ablato_fw-la ageretur_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la vitia_fw-la a_o vitiis_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la condonanda_fw-la sunt_fw-la christianae_n chari●ati_fw-la ab_fw-la iis_fw-la quae_fw-la prorsus_fw-la sunt_fw-la execranda_fw-la pradenter_fw-la distinguenda_fw-la esset_fw-la censeo_fw-la idque_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la carnis_fw-la sed_fw-la spiritus_fw-la prudential_a the_o nonconformist_n judge_v it_o unlawful_a to_o subscribe_v to_o that_o book_n that_o every_o thing_n contain_v therein_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o scripture_n but_o they_o condemn_v not_o the_o book_n as_o a_o idol_n or_o profane_a nor_o the_o use_n of_o the_o book_n 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petition_v that_o it_o may_v be_v reform_v that_o we_o may_v depart_v further_o from_o they_o and_o come_v near_o to_o the_o reform_a church_n but_o herein_o they_o show_v what_o they_o judge_v most_o convenient_a not_o condemn_v the_o book_n for_o the_o substance_n thereof_o as_o a_o forge_a worship_n how_o much_o more_o convenient_a be_v it_o say_v t._n c._n 109._o t.c._n repl_a 2._o p._n 109._o that_o according_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o reform_a church_n first_o the_o minister_n with_o a_o humble_a and_o general_a confession_n of_o fault_n shall_v desire_v the_o assistance_n of_o the_o lord_n for_o the_o fruitful_a handle_n and_o receive_v of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o then_o after_o we_o have_v hear_v the_o lord_n speak_v unto_o we_o in_o his_o word_n by_o his_o minister_n the_o church_n shall_v likewise_o speak_v unto_o the_o lord_n and_o present_a petition_n and_o suit_n at_o once_o etc._n etc._n but_o how_o careful_a he_o be_v to_o prevent_v such_o way_n and_o 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