A tryall of the nevv-church vvay in New-England and in old ... by that learned and godly minister of Christ, John Ball of Whitmore ; penned a little before his death and sent over to the New England ministers, anno 1637, as a reply to an answer of theirs in justification of the said positions ... ; now published ... by William Rathband and Simeon Ash.
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- A tryall of the nevv-church vvay in New-England and in old ... by that learned and godly minister of Christ, John Ball of Whitmore ; penned a little before his death and sent over to the New England ministers, anno 1637, as a reply to an answer of theirs in justification of the said positions ... ; now published ... by William Rathband and Simeon Ash.
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- Ball, John, 1585-1640.
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- 1644.
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"A tryall of the nevv-church vvay in New-England and in old ... by that learned and godly minister of Christ, John Ball of Whitmore ; penned a little before his death and sent over to the New England ministers, anno 1637, as a reply to an answer of theirs in justification of the said positions ... ; now published ... by William Rathband and Simeon Ash." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A63200.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.
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A TRYALL OF THE NEVV-CHVRCH VVAY IN NEW-ENGLAND AND IN OLD. Wherein are handled these Questions following.
- 1. Whether a stinted forme of Prayer and set Liturgie be unlawfull.
- 2. Whether it be unlawfull to joyne in Prayer, or receive the Sacraments where a stin∣ted Liturgie is used.
- 3. Whether the children of godly and approved Christians, be not to be baptized till their parents be set-members of some particular Congregation.
- 4. Whether the parents themselves being of approved pietie, ought not to be received to the Lords Supper, untill they be first admitted as set-members.
- 5. Whether the power of Excommunication, &c. be so in the body of the Church, that what the major part shall allow, that must be done, though the Pastors and Gover∣nors, and part of the Assembly be of another minde, and peradventure upon more substantiall reasons.
- 6. Whether those that are admitted as set-members, ought not to depart or remove, without the consent of that Congregation whereof they are members.
- 7. Whether a Minister be so a Minister to a particular Congregation, that if they dis∣like, or leave him, he utterly ceaseth to be a Minister.
- 8. Whether a Minister may not performe ministeriall acts to another Congregation then his owne.
- 9. Whether members of one Congregation, may not communicate in another.
By that learned and godly Minister of CHRIST, JOHN BALL, of Whitmore.
Penned a little before his death, and sent over to the New England Ministers, Anno 1637. As a reply to an Answer of theirs in justification of the said Positions. Now published (by occasion mentioned in the Epistle to the Reader following in the next page) upon the desire of many godly and faithfull Ministers, in and about the Citie of London, who love and seek the truth. By WILLIAM RATHBAND and SIMEON ASH.
1 Thes. 5. 21.Prove all things, hold fast that which is good.
LONDON: Printed by T. Paine and M. Simmons, for Thomas Vnderhill in Great Wood-street, 1644.