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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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his_o brethren_n for_o if_o he_o be_v no_o presbyter_n he_o can_v make_v presbyter_n but_o for_o order_n sake_n and_o to_o prevent_v schism_n and_o division_n be_v for_o substance_n of_o the_o same_o order_n and_o consecration_n with_o they_o if_o one_o member_n in_o the_o body_n challenge_v to_o itself_o that_o office_n which_o belong_v to_o many_o it_o breed_v some_o disorder_n and_o confusion_n but_o make_v not_o a_o nullity_n of_o that_o which_o be_v do_v succession_n in_o the_o apostle_n doctrine_n be_v a_o essential_a and_o unchangeable_a note_n of_o the_o church_n which_o wheresoever_o it_o be_v find_v do_v argue_v truth_n of_o ministry_n in_o that_o society_n for_o the_o preach_a of_o the_o word_n and_o administration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n to_o draw_v man_n to_o internal_a communion_n for_o that_o particular_a church_n be_v the_o true_a church_n of_o christ_n which_o retain_v unity_n with_o the_o catholic_n sc_n the_o unity_n of_o the_o head_n the_o unity_n of_o the_o body_n 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 bel_n count_v 5_o l._n 1._o cap._n 3._o the_o right_a and_o power_n of_o give_v ordination_n to_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n belong_v primary_o &_o whole_o to_o christ_n who_o communicate_v the_o same_o with_o his_o bride_n the_o church_n both_o the_o bridegroom_n for_o his_o part_n and_o the_o bride_n for_o her_o part_n have_v deliver_v this_o power_n of_o ordination_n to_o the_o presbytery_n jure_fw-la divino_fw-la afterward_o the_o presbytery_n confer_v jure_fw-la humano_fw-la this_o power_n upon_o they_o who_o be_v special_o call_v bishop_n etc._n etc._n aerius_n be_v call_v a_o heretic_n in_o the_o time_n of_o epiphanius_n not_o for_o his_o opinion_n but_o for_o his_o separation_n which_o he_o make_v together_o with_o it_o for_o so_o the_o father_n of_o the_o first_o constantinopolitan_a council_n can._n 6._o which_o in_o the_o book_n of_o canon_n be_v 169._o haereticos_fw-la autem_fw-la dicimus_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la olim_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la abdicati_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la postea_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la anathemati_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d praeter_fw-la hos_fw-la autem_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la se_fw-la sanam_fw-la quidem_fw-la fidem_fw-la profiteri_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d subassumunt_fw-la segregaverunt_fw-la autem_fw-la sese_fw-la &_o
quam_fw-la bileami_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o inter_fw-la quaestiones_fw-la christianorum_fw-la hanc_fw-la fuisse_fw-la docet_fw-la cur_n balaam_n tam_fw-la manifesta_fw-la de_fw-la christo_fw-la praedixisset_fw-la quem_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la ad_fw-la job_n 32._o the_o cognition_n abrahan_n ifu●sse_fw-la docet_fw-la d._n heins_n ex●rcit_fw-la sacr_n in_o mat._n 2._o which_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o prophet_n in_o judah_n nevertheless_o see_v he_o be_v call_v a_o divine_a as_o they_o be_v say_v to_o take_v divination_n in_o their_o hand_n scil_n the_o wage_n of_o iniquity_n and_o as_o there_o be_v no_o divination_n against_o israel_n that_o be_v magical_a incantation_n can_v avail_v against_o jsrael_n who_o god_n do_v protect_v with_o his_o presence_n i_o do_v rather_o subscribe_v to_o they_o who_o conceive_v that_o he_o be_v a_o witch_n or_o wizard_n than_o the_o prophet_n of_o god_n neither_o do_v the_o delivery_n and_o utterance_n of_o some_o truth_n make_v a_o true_a prophet_n for_o the_o 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