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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29112	The cause of the innocent pleaded, his accusers pretended charge confvted, their unparallel'd actings, ungospel-like dealings, and unrighteous proceedings against their pastor, declared, or, Truth breaking forth, through the mist of clouds and slanders published by Samuel Bradley ...	Bradley, Samuel.	1664 (1664)	Wing B4126; ESTC R37453	47,126	59

THE Cause of the Innocent PLEADED His Accusers pretended Charge CONFVTED Their unparallel'd Actings ungospel-like Dealings and unrighteous Proceedings against their Pastor DECLARED OR Truth breaking forth through the Mist of Clouds and Slanders Published by Samuel Bradley who is Afflicted Rejected Despised Reproached yet a Friend to Zion though troubled on every side yet not Distressed Perplexed but not in Despair Persecuted but not Forsaken cast down but not Destroyed Jer. 20.10 For I have heard the defaming of many fear on every side Report say they and we will report it Isa 30.8 9. Now go write it before them in a Table and note it in a Book that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever That this is a Rebellious People lying Children Children that will not hear the Law of the Lord. Prov. 18.17 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him LONDON Printed for the Author 1664. To all who inquire the way to Zion with their faces thitherward we send greeting saluting all such as love our Lord Jesus in sincerity THat which hath been the ingaging cause to move us to this work of publick view is that Controversie which hath for some months been between the Author herein mentioned and some persons dissenting from him whose actings have been not becoming the Gospel of our Lord Jesus It is the joy of our Souls the Reports and Scandals that have been cast upon the Author herein mentioned is through Grace made to appear to be no more but Reports and Scandals which tends to his Crown of Rejoycing Mat. 5.11 A Catalogue of the Proceedings of these people for whom this Servant of God hath laboured in the Gospel you have in this ensuing Discourse First To the Reader if thou wilt be found who ever thou art to do that which may please God and not prejudice thy own peace then look upon the Matters and Controversies in Sion with Spiritual Eyes that so thou mayest discern it lest thou like the Spider turn all into poyson therefore for thy help remember these three things First Remember God is alwayes and at all times in all places present let this stir thee up to a serious consideration of this insuing Discourse Secondly Remember the judgement due to them which put evil construction upon good things which call evil good and good evil which put light for darkness and darkness for light and sweet for bitter and bitter for sweet Thirdly Remember the great account that every man and woman must give for every mercy received and for every evil thought every idle word every sinful action which is done or acted by the Sons of men at the great day of the Lord's appearance Secondly As touching the Author herein mentioned it being our portion to have most intimate communion with him in the time of his exilement we are emboldned to speak so far as we have seen or so far as the Lord hath given us light and knowledge in the things of God and in his wayes we have seen nothing in his Life and Conversation but as doth become the Gospel though in times past he was caught in Satans snare and God did suffer him to fall under sin not to his Condemnation but for his Humiliation for God will lose none of his Jewels for whom he loveth he loveth to the end And God did manifest a powerful repentance in his Soul and made sin the object of his loathing and as is made manifest by John Glyde and Benjamin Minzes in their Epistles written in the Authors behalf in his Book intituled The Afflicted and Retired Mans Meditations concerning the Excellency of the Spirit where they writ very eminently in the Vindication of the Author aforesaid telling us They were Spectators of the work of Repentance wrought in his Soul In the aforesaid Epistle is declared That his whole conversation is as it becomes the Gospel to the which we do refer the Reader The manifestation thereof is so great that all the sins he hath committed and all the Devils in Hell all the men upon Earth professors and prophane are never able to verifie to the contrary This we write not to applaud the Creature but rather to promote the honour of the Creator because God hath born a testimony to the truth of it as they themselves have confessed witness their Letter of Recommendation wherein they say The Lord hath made him instrumental to draw them out of the Pit of Darkness and to bring them into the Glorious Liberty of the Sons of God This is his Crown of Rejoycing though they since have made it a time of reproaching for want of a Spirit of love and a sound mind Thirdly We are not only Spectators of his Holy Conversation but also of his sore Affliction and great oppression which he hath undergone by them for whom he hath travelled in the Gospel it being a work the Lord hath cast into our hands to stand up for his support under his oppression inflicted upon him by God for good ends best known to himself but instrumental by them on whom the travel of his Soul hath been spent the thoughts of these things doth cause us for to tremble to consider the ungospel-like dealings which they have made use of to throw down their Pastor and Brother in Christ from that Center where the Lord did place him A brief Catalogue take as followeth in these short Particulars First They say aside the Rules of Christ and make use of their own Secondly They reproach him before they reprove him contrary to the Rule of Christ or of his Apostle Paul Thirdly They charged him with sin but never proved it Fourthly They Condemned him without any Tryal Fifthly They say they cast him out but never set a day apart to seek the Lords assistance in matters of so weighty concernment and broke their promise which they made to one of us to forbear their proceedings till the next Meeting Sixthly They send Copies of his Accusation to the Churches and by no means he that was concerned therein must see it And that which is matter of great lamentation is that one of these persons whose name is unto the pretended Charge said to N. C. a few dayes before the Breach That he did judge S. B. had as much of the Spirit of God as any man in England And yet proceeded as aforesaid In this ensuing Discourse by the Author himself you may see their work made manifest and then you may determine whether it hath the Impression of God yea or nay if you weigh it in the Ballance of the Sanctuary Can any person prove and say to this Author herein mentioned all this time which report and reproaches have been spread abroad concerning him This thou hast done If there had been any miscarriage in him where is the Spiritual-minded man who according to the Rule of the Apostle given in Gal. 6.1 that ever came to restore him with the Spirit