A treatise of the Church VVritten against them of the separation, commonly called Brownists. Wherein the true doctrine of a visible Church is taught, and the Church of England, proued to be a true Church. The Brownists false doctrine of the visible Church is conuinced; their shamefull peruerting of the holy Scriptures discouered, their arguments to proue the Church of England a false Church answered.

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Author:	Darrel, John, b. ca. 1562.
Title:	A treatise of the Church VVritten against them of the separation, commonly called Brownists. Wherein the true doctrine of a visible Church is taught, and the Church of England, proued to be a true Church. The Brownists false doctrine of the visible Church is conuinced; their shamefull peruerting of the holy Scriptures discouered, their arguments to proue the Church of England a false Church answered.
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TO THE CHVRCH OF ENGLAND GRACE AND peace from God our Father, and from our Lord Iesus Christ.

TO ALL SVCH AS PROFESSING THE FAITH AND OBEDIENCE of Christ haue separated themselues from the Churches of ENGLAND.

A SVMMARIE OF THE CHAPTERS.

THE FIRST BOOKE.

CHAP. I. Of the Church Triumphant and Militant, and of the sundry titles in holy Scripture giuen to the same.

CHAP. II. The vse of the former Doctrine.

CHAP. III. Of the visible Church, and diuers acceptation of the word Church.

CHAP. IV. The visible Church is a mixt company, compounded of Christians, true and false: the greatest part being the worst.

CHAP. V. Of Religion, what it is, and how distinguished.

CHAP. VI. That the profession of true Religion, maketh one a member of the visible Church.

CHAP. VII. That the Church of England, is a true Church, and our Parish assemblies, true visible Churches.

THE SECOND BOOKE.

CHAP. I. A confutation of H. BARROW his description of a true visible Church.

CHAP. II. A confutation of another description of the true visible Church, giuen by the Brownists. Where much is said concerning the first gathering of a Church; and commixture of good and bad in the Church.

CHAP. III. Of the matter and forme of the visible Church.

CHAP. IIII. Whether the couenant of life and saluation which God made with Abraham and his seede, were made with the visible or inuisible Church.

CHAP. V. The titles which the Separists ascribe to the visible Church, are to be vnderstood of the invisible Church onely.

CHAP. VI. The Churches of the Brownists, are by their owne doctrine false Churches: and therefore men ought to seperate, and come out from among them.

CHAP. VII. The controuersie betweene vs and the Brownists concer∣ning religious communion, is here debated, where is shewed: First, that we may lawfully ioyne in diuine wor∣ship with them which are not members of the Church: Secondly, with the open wicked: and that thereby nei∣ther the faithfull, nor the holy things of God are polluted.

CHAP. VIII. The arguments of the Brownists, whereby they would proue our Church to bee a false Church, and the answere vnto them.

CHAP. IX. How the Separists to iustifie their separation from the Church of England, doe shamefully peruert the holy Scriptures.