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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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reader_n can_n stay_v epist_n to_o the_o reader_n can_n neces_fw-la of_o separation_n epist_n to_o the_o reader_n wish_v tenderness_n of_o conscience_n to_o his_o reader_n ever_o and_o anon_o object_v to_o his_o opposites_n what_o abomination_n and_o vile_a corruption_n they_o labour_v to_o justify_v which_o former_o they_o condemn_v bear_v in_o hand_n that_o the_o scripture_n speak_v express_o for_o he_o and_o the_o learned_a of_o all_o sort_n ancient_a and_o modern_a who_o will_v not_o expect_v fair_a carriage_n and_o honest_a deal_n whereas_o let_v the_o whole_a frame_n of_o his_o writing_n be_v look_v into_o with_o a_o single_a heart_n and_o unpartial_a eye_n and_o it_o will_v be_v find_v weary_a corrupt_a loose_a deceitful_a for_o the_o matter_n and_o stuff_v with_o scorn_n reproach_n slander_n insolency_n and_o falsification_n for_o the_o manner_n herein_o whether_o i_o speak_v the_o word_n of_o truth_n and_o soberness_n let_v the_o reader_n search_n and_o then_o give_v 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doceat_fw-la i_o deus_fw-la ipse_fw-la non_fw-la homo_fw-la qui_fw-la seipsum_fw-la ignoravit_fw-la petrus_n de_fw-fr aliaco_n praec_fw-la gerson_n nullum_fw-la principis_fw-la edictum_fw-la aut_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la decretum_fw-la est_fw-la justum_fw-la nisi_fw-la sit_fw-la divinae_fw-la legi_fw-la consonum_fw-la novum_n testamentum_fw-la est_fw-la malleus_fw-la qui_fw-la universas_fw-la haereses_fw-la interimit_fw-la est_fw-la velut_fw-la lucerna_fw-la lumen_fw-la exhibens_fw-la recurrendum_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la folas_fw-la scripturas_fw-la ut_fw-la aete●nam_fw-la salutem_fw-la adipiscamur_fw-la conclusion_n in_o divinity_n if_o sound_n be_v ground_v whereby_o all_o distinction_n if_o true_a be_v warrant_v after_o the_o voice_n of_o god_n in_o scripture_n the_o determination_n and_o practice_n of_o our_o guide_n who_o be_v no_o not_o no_o mat._n 11.8_o luc._n 7.14_o 1_o reg._n 14.15_o sc_fw-la calamus_fw-la arundincus_fw-la non_fw-la aromaticus_fw-la s●●_n mensorius_fw-la can_n 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of_o god_n say_v of_o himself_o i_o be_o truth_n etc._n etc._n angust_n de_fw-fr nuptiis_fw-la ad_fw-la valentin_n l._n 2._o cap._n 33._o optat._n lib._n 5._o ad_fw-la parmenian_n and_o page_z 351._o only_o god_n be_v to_o limit_v and_o appoint_v by_o his_o word_n what_o shall_v stand_v for_o truth_n and_o what_o for_o error_n etc._n etc._n and_o as_o bishop_n ought_v to_o discern_v which_o be_v the_o truth_n before_o they_o teach_v so_o must_v the_o people_n discern_v who_o teach_v right_a before_o they_o believe_v idem_fw-la page_n 355._o as_o the_o pastor_n have_v authority_n from_o christ_n to_o preach_v the_o truth_n and_o woe_n be_v to_o they_o that_o resist_v the_o preacher_n of_o truth_n so_o have_v all_o hearer_n both_o liberty_n to_o discern_v and_o a_o charge_n to_o beware_v of_o seducer_n give_v they_o by_o the_o same_o lord_n and_o woe_n be_v to_o they_o that_o do_v it_o not_o reed_n but_o man_n stable_a in_o the_o truth_n shall_v be_v produce_v for_o they_o be_v not_o 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saying_n in_o jolm_n 10._o and_o thus_o have_v the_o old_a writer_n expound_v the_o place_n as_o iraeneus_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 4_o clemens_n alexan._n lib._n 1._o strom._n cypr._n lib_n 1._o epist_n 6._o &_o 76._o didimus_n in_o john_n 10._o rupert_a in_o jolm_n 10._o &_o theodoret_n ibid._n and_o other_o but_o the_o present_a ministry_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a assembly_n of_o england_n have_v not_o a_o true_a vocation_n and_o call_n by_o election_n approbation_n and_o ordination_n of_o the_o faithful_a people_n where_o they_o administer_v therefore_o none_o must_v hear_v or_o join_v in_o spiritual_a communion_n with_o the_o present_a ministry_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a assembly_n of_o england_n which_o of_o the_o proposition_n the_o nonconformist_n will_v deny_v i_o know_v not_o but_o sure_o i_o be_o they_o be_v both_o they_o howbeit_o it_o may_v be_v they_o do_v not_o so_o well_o weigh_v their_o own_o principle_n as_o they_o shall_v and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o their_o 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the_o unbelieved_a jew_n it_o be_v impute_v to_o the_o jew_n that_o be_v christian_n who_o be_v think_v to_o be_v all_o one_o with_o they_o caesar_n baron_fw-fr an●al_a in_o anno_fw-la 201._o the_o impurity_n of_o the_o gnostic_n be_v draw_v to_o the_o defamation_n of_o all_o other_o christian_n no_o difference_n be_v make_v between_o they_o cicer._n parad._n 2._o m_o sutel_n tract_n de_fw-fr disc_fw-fr ca._n 15._o pag._n 165._o bell_n of_o ch._n govern._n cap._n 12._o pag._n 151._o 152._o bancroft_n tract_n of_o discip_n cap._n 33._o pag._n 430._o 431._o 432_o laus_fw-la querim_n eccles_n pag._n 62._o 63._o so_o whereas_o the_o egyptian_n be_v diri_fw-la ventusi_fw-la fa_fw-it ibundi_fw-la jactantes_fw-la vani_fw-la liberi_fw-la nova_fw-la they_o rerum_fw-la cupientes_fw-la the_o christian_n and_o all_o that_o be_v there_o dwell_v be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o very_a same_o so_o may_v it_o true_o be_v say_v now_o not_o so_o much_o as_o one_o of_o the_o godly_a minister_n that_o 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