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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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the_o unity_n of_o doctrine_n and_o unity_n of_o the_o spirit_n etc._n johan._n major_n l._n 2._o hist_o the_o gest_n scotor_n cap._n 2._o scribit_fw-la scotos_fw-gr per_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la &_o monachos_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopis_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la eruditos_fw-la esse_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la an._n dom._n 429._o adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la scotitae_fw-la plusquam_fw-la 230_o annos_fw-la floruerit_fw-la absque_fw-la regimine_fw-la episcopali_fw-la nam_fw-la religionem_fw-la christianam_fw-la suscepit_fw-la scotiae_fw-la an._n dom._n 203._o ficu●_fw-la consentiunt_fw-la historic●_n omnes_fw-la ames_n bel_n enerv_v tom_n 2._o de_fw-fr eccles_n forb_n iren._n lib_n 2._o cap._n 11_o prop._n 10._o bilson_n perpetual_a church_n government_n epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n i_o have_v always_o have_v before_o my_o eye_n the_o most_o of_o they_o be_v brethren_n for_o the_o truth_n sake_n &c_n &c_n a._n w._n answer_v to_o late_o popish_a article_n page_n 73._o jun_n animadv_o in_o 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