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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30558	Truth defended, or, Certain accusations answered cast upon us who are called Quakers by the teachers of the world, and the people of this generation with a clear discovery who are the false prophets and when they came in, and how they may bee known, and who they are that deny Christ and that preach another gospel ... / by one who is a labourer in the vineyard ... Edward Burrough.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.; Mowgill, Edward.	1656 (1656)	Wing B6050; ESTC R23840	18,605	24

which were called of men masters and had the chiefest places in the assemblies and stood praying in the synagogues and went in long robes these were Anti-christs and were acted by a contrary spirit then the true Christ And here again I charge all the teachers and people in the presence of the Lord God who deny Christ to be the light in every one which reproves for sin and who are called of men masters and stand praying in the synagogues and go in long robes and who uphold such things and who take not up the daily cross of Christ but live at liberty in their wills and desires that they are antichrists and that their spirit is not the spirit of the true 〈◊〉 which died at Jerusalem but the spirit of a false christ and so they are guilty of that themselves whereof they falsly accuse us and the same Christ do we witness which the saints of old witnessed whose blood cleansed them from all sin and i● whose power they had power over sin death and hell And here again I charge the teachers and people who say that the saints must not be cleansed from sin nor cease to commit sin while they are on the earth that the Christ which the● profess is not the Christ which dyed at Jerusalem but a ●●●●rit contrary and not the Christ which the Saints witnessed and all the people are blinde which cannot see these things Did the true Christ once say he was the light of the world of every man that comes into the world and is that his spirit in the teachers and professors now which saith Every man hath not the light of Christ in them was that the true Christ which said Except you take up my cross daily you cannot be my disciples and is that his spirit in the teachers people that hath its liberty live in pride in lust in vanity their own wills was that the true Christ which cried wo against them that were called of men master and that had the chief place in the assemblies and stood praying in the synagogues c. and is that his spirit in the teachers and people which act and uphold those things was that the true Christ which the saints witnessed by whose blood they were cleansed from sin and had power over sin and is that his spirit i● the teachers and people which saith the saints must not be cleansed from sin nor cease to commit sin while they are o● earth Oh blinde and ignorant people who cannot discer● between the true Christ and antichrist which is contrary to Christ which leads now to act and speak contrary to what the true Christ once acted and spoke and no other gospel do we preach but that which the apostle preached which they received not from nor by man but by the revelation of Jesus Christ which was contrary to man and which suffered by man for the preaching of it who preached to the spirit in prison to redeem the captives and by which the fleshly man was judged in the flesh that man might live according to God in spirit this Gospel we witness to have received not from man but by the revelation of Jesus Christ which is contrary to man for which we are persecuted and suffer by man neither do we speak to the wisdom and reason but we preach to the spirits in prison that the fleshly man may be judged in the flesh that man may live according to God in the spirit this will many witness with us that by the preaching of our Gospel liberty is brought to the captives and the fleshly man is judged and the spirit which was in prison is set free And here again I charge the teachers of this generation that their gospel which they preach is not the Gospel which the saints preached but another gospel they are guilty of that themselves whereof they falsly accuse us for they have received their gospel from man and by man from the Printers and Stationers and are made ministers of it by the will of man at Schools and Universities and their preaching is in the will of man a limited time and place neither do they suffer by man but are set up with man and feeds the wisdom and reason of man and the fleshly man is not judged nor the captives redeemed by their gospel which they preach here they are accursed which preach another Gospel as saith the scripture And ye are a blinde and ignorant people which cannot see these things Did they that preached the true gospel receive it contrary to the will of man and can it now be received by the will of man Did they which preached it suffer for it by man and can they now who preach it be set up by man who lives in the same persecuting nature Did the true Gospel once judge the fleshly man and lead to live according to God in the spirit and doth it now give liberty to the fleshly man to live after the flesh in the lusts of it as the teachers and professors of this generation do who profess the Gospel but are discovered not to be come to the Law And the scriptures we own to be a true declaration of the Life which they lived in which spoke them forth and by the same spirit from which they were spoken which we have received do we set to out seals that they are true and the scripture is ours who wal● in the life of it proud men spoke it not forth nor they that sought for their gain from their quarter nor they that preached for hire nor they that were called of men master but persecuted them that spoke it forth and denied it when it was spoken And here again I charge it upon the teachers and professors of this generation that they deny the scripture and are guilty of that themselves whereof they falsly accuse us for they say None must be perfect upon the earth when as the scriture declares of such as were perfect upon the earth and they say None must be free from sin when as the scripture declares of such as were free from sin were the servants of righteousness ●hey say Christ hath not enlightned every one the scripture saith he is the light of the world and hath enlightned every one c. can they now who live in the same persecuting nature walk in the same steps as they did which persecuted them who spoke forth the scripture as the teachers and people do own the scriptures in truth their professing of the scripture is as theirs was which made a great profession of it in the outward appearance but put him to death who had the life and was the substance of it They then as the teachers of the world do now denyed the spirit and life which gave forth the scriptures And the Ordinances of Jesus Christ we own and witness preaching praying baptism communion singing and whatsoever was ordained for his saints to practice in

Isai●h Ezekiel and Micah to be true Prophets for i● you did believe that 〈◊〉 spoke from the mouth of the Lord the word of the Lord and understood 〈◊〉 they spoke then would you not uphold them which act those things which 〈◊〉 declared against for that which was abomination to the Lord then is abo●●tion to him now and that spirit which declared against these things then 〈◊〉 uphold them now And here the Teachers and people are tryed not to have the same spi●i● 〈◊〉 was in the holy Prophets of the Lord but the spirit of the false Prophets 〈◊〉 by it that which they acted which the true Prophets cryed against and 〈◊〉 by upholding that which the Lord sent his servants to declare against you 〈◊〉 against the Lord ye Magistrates and People And you are not ashamed to 〈◊〉 such Ministers of Christ which walke in the same steps and act those things 〈◊〉 they did which Christ cryed woe against are called of men Masters and 〈◊〉 the chiefe places in the Assemblies and stand praying in the Synagogues and 〈◊〉 in long robes and love greetings in the Markets as they did here you 〈◊〉 such as Christ cryed wo against and deny that Christ spoke the truth what 〈◊〉 the minde of his Father or understood it not for if you did believe that he 〈◊〉 the will of his Father then would ye not uphold these tha● act the same 〈…〉 which he cryed wo against And he charges not that which he once cryed 〈◊〉 the same spirit where it is witnessed cries against the same things And here 〈◊〉 the Teachers of the world are tryed not to have the spirit of Christ but the 〈◊〉 of the Scribes and Pharisees who act that which they acted which he cryed 〈◊〉 ●●gainst And herein Magistrates and People strive against the Lord God by ●●●holding that which Christ cryed wo against and such who are Ministers 〈◊〉 Christ and walk in his Doctrine and in the same steps which he and his Apostles walked in witnessing for that which they witnessed for and against that which they witnessed against them you call deceivers and false Prophets and 〈◊〉 them for vagabonds and wandering beggars and idle and careless persons and that they have left their families and carelesly wander up and down And herein you Magistrates and people strive against the Lord by persecuting and slandering and falsly accusing and condemning such as the Scripture justifies and the servants of the Lord which spoke forth the Scripture do witness of to be true What would you have called Christ who had no where to lay his head he was no vagabond nor idle nor careless Person And what would you have called the Apostles and Ministers of Christ who had left their Families and Callings and went up and down and had no certain dwelling place but went from City to City and cared not for the world not what to eat nor what to drink nor wherewith to be cloathed this they did and yet were no vagabonds nor idle nor careless persons but abode in the Doctrine of Christ they were hated by your generation as we are now by you And they were called pestilent fellows and movers of sedition and hereticks and men of ●●●nious judgements And they said They were troublers of their Cities as you do ●o● 〈◊〉 false Prophets and Decivers I do declare this generation to be the same 〈◊〉 persecuted the Prophets Christ and his Apostles as it doth persecute us 〈◊〉 the same power we stand as they did and by the same power we are 〈◊〉 and acted as they were And to the power by which we stand and are 〈◊〉 shall all the powers of men and of the earth bow and be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 all you Magistrates and people consider of your blindness and ignorance 〈…〉 absolutely justifie and uphold such as the Scripture declares and witnesses 〈◊〉 and do condemn and persecute such as the Scripture justifies and witnesses and do put them out of your synagogues and villages search the Prophets 〈◊〉 Christs and the Apostles writings in them you may read your example and example In Jer. ●0 You may read how Pashur the chief Governor when he had heard what 〈◊〉 ●ad said smote him and put him in the Prison and in the stocks and dealt 〈◊〉 with him Now Jeremiah is our example who had the word of the Lo●d and 〈◊〉 sometime in the streets and in the gate of the Lords house and feared no 〈◊〉 but Prophesied against the Priests and false Prophets which used their tongue 〈◊〉 had not the word from the Lord but was given to lightness and covetuousness And 〈◊〉 who smote him and put him in the Prison is your example whose measure of 〈◊〉 you fulfil in doing as he did and by your oppressions is the sufferings and 〈◊〉 of Ieremiah fulfilled in us who is made a derision daily and a scorn to the 〈◊〉 since we spake in the name of the Lord as Ieremiah was in that generation of 〈◊〉 who is your example Also in Amos 7 you may read how Amaziah the Kings 〈◊〉 sent to the King of Israel and they conspired against him and Amazia●forbad 〈◊〉 to prophesie any more at Bethel for it is the Kings Chappel and the Kings Court 〈◊〉 said he the land is not able to bear his words Now herein Amaziah the Priest and 〈◊〉 in the King who were both Persecutors is your example who takes counsel 〈◊〉 the innocent and thrusts out of your Countries and Cities and Towns and makes 〈◊〉 against the servants of the Lord and forbids us to speak any more in your Courts or 〈◊〉 and beats and persecutes us and doth say The Land is not able to bare such 〈◊〉 as are spoken and written by us And Amos who was no Prophet nor Prophets 〈◊〉 but a poor laboring man is our example who was innocent and spake the word of the Lord against the Songs of the Temples in the Chappel and in the Kings Court and 〈◊〉 example doth witness to our practice as the example of the wicked in their wicked●●●● do witness your practice whom you succeed in oppression And also you may read through the Scriptures how the children of God who were called of him were hated and persecuted by the seed of evil doers They slew the Prophets and persecuted them that were sent unto them David was a scorn and a reproach and a ●issing to his enemies and Iob was mocked of his friends and counted a mad 〈◊〉 and many of the servants of the Lord suffered cruel deaths under the hands of the Oppressor and they that were sufferers and were mocked and scorned and persecuted o● our example and the mockers and persecutors are your example Christ and the Apostles in their time were sufferers and you may read how Herod and Pilate and the Officers and chief Priests caused Christ to suffer unjustly by Imprisonments and Scoargings and ●uffe●ings and Revilings though no evil could be justly laid to his charge and be is our example in the like things and as they did unto him so you do unto us a● being of the same seed and this he said and Herod and the cruel Officers 〈◊〉 Priests are your example of whose ●eed you are brought forth fulfilling their 〈◊〉 of wickedness and cruelty in this your day and time and oppressing the just with 〈◊〉 bonds of iniquity And you may read how the Apostles was persecuted through whole Book of Acts and put out of their Towns and stoned some unto death and 〈◊〉 forbid to speak any more in the name of Iesus and was thought to be men not 〈◊〉 live upon the ●arth was called pestilent fellows movers of Sedition and 〈…〉 world upside down and these was our example who had left their Callings Countries 〈◊〉 Relations and gave themselves to be spent for the Lords sake and declared against 〈◊〉 false Ministery which preached for hire and gifts and rewards and against 〈◊〉 had the form of godliness but not the power and went into the Idol Temples and 〈◊〉 against them and against their outward traditional worships In these things 〈◊〉 many more we follow them as an example even as you follow the wicked in their 〈◊〉 and oppression Nero and Festus and Caesar and such like who were 〈◊〉 God as you are and brought forth the same works as you do being of the same 〈◊〉 and following their example so that now as ever He who is born of the 〈…〉 him that is born after the Spirit And the wisdom of this world is enmit● 〈◊〉 God and cannot receive the things of Gods Kingdom therefore repent when 〈◊〉 read your example of wickedness then read your example in the cursed end of wrath 〈◊〉 the Lord God which came upon the persecuters of old as it will upon you The vengeance of God you cannot flie his fierce wrath will come upon you and 〈◊〉 and howling and lamentation and misery will be your portion O tremble to think 〈◊〉 your ignorance to what purpose have you made a profession of the Scriptures whos● 〈◊〉 those things and those men which it plainly declares against and condemns these 〈◊〉 and those men which it plainly witnesseth of Repent and take warning 〈◊〉 before the Decree of the Lord of Hosts be sealed against you for I have 〈…〉 conscience in letting you see your own ignorance and blindness ye Magistrates and 〈◊〉 And thus you are left without excuse whether you will hear or forbear FINIS