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A71239	The son of perdition revealed by the brightness and light of the Son of God in his saints, and the preachers of his light within and their doctrines & principles (concerning the mysteries of God & the weighty things of salvation) vindicated and cleared ... / by the light of the Son of God in his servants Geo. Whitehead & Edw. Burroughs.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.; Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1661 (1661)	Wing W1962; ESTC R21454	71,956	92

THE Son of Perdition REVEALED By the brightness and light of the Son of God in his Saints And the Preachers of his Light within and their Doctrines Principles concerning the mysteries of God the weighty things of Salvation Vindicated and Cleared from the Reproache● Slanders Calumnies cast upon them by the spirit of Satan and Antichrist which hath largely appeared in one Joseph Wright who esteems himself one appointed by the Flock of Christ for a Defence of the Truth of the Gospel as is apparent in his Book intituled A Testimony for the Son of man and against the Son of perdition c. which he hath given forth against them that preach the Light within But herein his Pride Insolency and Impudency are Reproved and his bundle of Errors Blasphemies Confusions and Slanders in his book against the Light and the Children of it Discovered And the eternal Truth in its own clearnesse touching many weighty Principles of the True Religion made manifest for the satisfaction of the people and of all that are doubtful By the Light of the Son of God in his Servants Geo. Whitehead Edw. Burroughs LONDON Printed for Thomas Simmons at the sign of the Bull and Mouth near Aldersgate 1661. A Table of the Chief Heads of the following Discourse 1 COncerning the Light within Christs coming in the flesh and dying for all men 2 Concerning the Nature and State of Christ of the soul of man and of the Saints partaking of the Divine Nature 3 Concerning the Resurrection from the dead 4 Concerning that Light in the Consciences of people which the Preachers of the Light within appeal to and the subject of their Exhortations by which men are converted and edified 5 Concerning Ordinances 6 Concerning Quaking and Trembling 7 Concerning the sufficiency of the Light and the Annointing within to teach all that do believe 8 Concerning meeting together and silent waiting upon the Lord with somewhat about Back-sliders and the spirit that acts them 9 Concerning Humility and Vnity 10 Concerning destroying the Whore discovering secrets and sufferings c. 11 Concerning the Word of God and the Scriptures and the Word and the Writings truly distinguished 12 Concerning the Infallible Teacher and that it is the Spirit of God that gave forth the Scriptures and not the Scriptures The Epistle to the Reader FOR as much as it hath pleased the God of Truth and Righteousness most gloriously to appear in these last dayes in the hearts of his people according to his promises of old who hath said That he would exalt his Mountain upon the top of all Mountains and his House should be established and his Kingdome should be set up spiritually in the Hearts of the Children of men and he hath promised to dwell in men and to walk in them and write his Law in their Hearts and put his Spirit within them and they should be his People and he would be their God and he alone would be their Teacher and Comforter and his Day-star should arise in their Hearts and the Light of his Glorious Gospel should shine in their Consciences These things hath the Lord promised and he is a fulfilling of them in these our dayes in and amongst his People Blessed be his Name for ever for he hath opened the eyes of the blind and caused them to see and Light is risen out of obscurity and darkness is passing away and the Light of the Day even of the Day of God is approached nigh unto his People and Life and Immortality hath he brought to Light in his People by the Light of his Glorious Gospel which shines in their Hearts and they are become the Temple of the Holy One and his Habitation is with them and his Promises are fulfilled and fulfilling abundantly this Day our Eyes have seen our Ears have heard and we have tasted of the VVord of Life which is revealed in us and these things we cannot but bear witness of and testifie concerning them unto all the world that they may partake with us of that heavenly virtue and be satisfied therewith for evermore through faith in Christ Jesus and receiving of him to dwell in them that they may not be reprobates for all in whom Christ is not are reprobates as it is written in the Scriptures of Truth But notwithstanding though the Lord hath promised these things and is now fulfilling of them amongst us to his Glory and Honour yet that adversary the Devil and Satan doth not cease to make opposition against this good work of the Lord if it were possible to prevent and stop the purpose of the Almighty in his proceedings of fulfilling his promises unto his people and it is not unknown through these parts of the world how many and divers kinds of oppositions the Devil hath made through his Children against the VVork of God What woful Persecution of these late rears hath been brought forth upon the Innocent people in whom the Lord is fulfilling his Promises What cruelty exercised What reproaches and slanders uttered And what obstructions and oppositions hath been made of these late years against an Innocent people t is hard to be exprest every City and Town and Country must bear witness of that cruel Persecution and hard dealing that hath been exercised upon the Innocent people and for no other end but for Truth and Righteousnesse fake and from no other cause but from the enmity of the seed of Wickednesse in the ungodly world for the end to oppose and stop the work of the Lord and these things are so God and Angels and Saints do bear witnesse And also the opposition hath been great against the work of the Lord not onely by outward open opposition and persecution through prophane and cruel men but also by the Professors of Religion of our age even of such as have cryed the Temple of the Lord the Temple of the Lord are we and such as have professed Ordinances Churches and Fellowships and that have thought themselves to be men of Wisdome and Conscience even such as these have lift up their hands against the Lords Work and have consulted and imagined mischief against the Lords interprize for as the prophane World have persecuted by cruel reproaches and abuses Imprisonments and unjust dealing as aforesaid so also have the professors and wise men of this Generation Preached and Prayed and written Books and published their principal Reasons and Arguments against the Way of the Lord and all this in the opposition to the Work of the Lord an evidence hereof is manifested by Joseph Wright in his Testimony for the Son of Man so called in which Book he hath fully opposed and gain sayed the Truth of the Gospel and the People bearing witness thereunto amongst whom the Work of the Lord is blessed and prosperous yet hath he partly out of Ignorance and partly out of malice set himself in opposition against the work of the Lord and against his Truth and people as aforesaid And his

Answ. As for discerning of Spirits I do say it is the gift of God that God giveth unto his People and there is such a gift in the true Church as discerning of Spirits and secrets and this same gift God hath given some at this day but that we discern not the mystery of Christ Jesus nor of God manifest in the flesh this is J. W. his accustomed language to wit of lyes and falshood which I sum up to the rest of his Lyes and as for our being guided by the Spirit of Antichrist and deceiving others thereby this is spoken in his haste if not in his malice and because he gives no proof for it I passe it with the Answer of a plain denial And as for mistake of persons or things which he imputes to us suppose it be true which he saith yet this proves us not to be dissemblers and deceived as he concludes of us for was not the Apostle Paul who had the gift of discerning sometimes mistaken as particularly in the case of the High-Priest and afterwards said he wist not that it was Gods High-Priest now J. W. would have charged Paul by the same rule he charges us that he was ignorant of the mysteries of Christ and led by the Spirit of Antichrist and a deceiver and dissembler and deceitfull dealer and that he had not the Spirit of discerning but was proud in heart Why because he mistook a Person but such false judgement J. W. spends in his haste and malice Now I come to the fifth Particular about sufferings and J. VV. saith It is not sufferings onely which makes a Martyr but the cause for which the sufferings are and he bids leave off boasting in our sufferings for Romish Priests though great Adversaries to the Truth yet for sufferings they exceed us and we suffer many times as evil doers and there is a Spirit in us that waits but for an opportunity to make others to suffer and he speaks of one that hath been threatned to be thrust out of doors by head and shoulders and sayes you will be as free to execute punishment whensoever you obtain Power to enable you to do it c. page 190 191. Answ. 1. As for sufferings we do confesse that we are and have been a suffering people under cruel persecutions even to death and banishment out of the Dominions where some of us have lived and such our sufferings have been for the Name of the Lord and for good Conscience sake this the Lord himself from Heaven bears witness of daily and then what need we care for all J. VV. saith with his lying Spirit to the contrary and some of our Friends have been Martyrs not because of their sufferings onely but for the cause for which they have suffered which is the direct cause of God and of a good Conscience and J. VV. is never able to prove the contrary though we do not boast of our sufferings as he falsly saith nor do we look upon our selves to be the People of God because we suffer but we know we are the people of God and therefore we suffer and herein is Christs words fulfilled upon us who said as they have done unto me so shall they do unto you and they shall speak all manner of evil on you for my Names sake and he that suffers as a Christian it is a Testimony to him that he is of God and that his Persecutors are of the Devil 2. As for the Romish Priests who have deeply suffered though I will not say for Truth and Righteousness sake yet their sufferings are a shame to your Generation who cannot suffer for that which you call the Truth as they do for that which you call falshood and do not they here shame you who can suffer death for their Religion but you Baptists that was lately tryed by Imprisonment though at first many of you refused to swear as out of point of Conscience yet afterwards the generall part of you did deny your own Principles and did swear contrary to the command of Christ and to what once your selves professed and for which you were imprisoned and thus you proved deceitful Persons and Hypocrites and such as would neither keep Conscience to God nor Faith to men and J. VV. himself came feebly off in this point as some well knowes and so indeed he had need to plead that suffering is no good sign seeing he and his Brethren could not suffer no not so much as the Romish Priests to their shame be it told who were many of you in great confusion about that very thing of Swearing some of you holding against it and some writing for it and suffering a while for refusing and at last did swear and so made your selves a scorn to your Enemies and proved your selves to be in confusion and treacherous to your own Principles and Consciences 3. In that he chargeth that we suffer many times as evil doers and not for the sake of Christ and Truth we charge him to prove this in his next or else silence shall be taken that he acknowledgeth himself to be a Lyar and Slanderer and as for our waiting an opportunity to make others to suffer this is onely his envious surmise and for some threatning others as he saith and cursing them having no better weapons this I account like the rest of his stories not worth answering though t is possible J. VV. judgeth of us by himself as if we wanted Power to execute what our wills could do this I verily believe is the state of him and his Brethren for we have Power enough according to the will of God and out of his will desires no more Power though J. VV. wickedly suggests as if we would be cruel like himself but this is but his imaginations and not worth heeding for God hath made us long-suffering and patient towards all men CHAP. XI Concerning the word of God and the Scriptures and the word and writings truly distinguished NOw I passe over to his fifth Chapter as finding little to oppose between the 192. page and the 205. excepting half a score of Lyes which I leave till J. W. and I meet which I hope may be in a good season and his fifth Chapter contains Concerning the Scriptures and the word of God and he charges us that we deny the Doctrine of the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the word of God and uses reproachful language concerning it and speaks of one laying the Bible upon the ground and setting his feet upon it and we delight to abuse the Scriptures and are filled with rage against the Word of God and that we foam out disdain against the Scriptures and then takes in hand to prove the Scriptures to be the VVord of God c. page 205. Answ. 1. Here is a grievous charge laid down and managed in manner as aforesaid for it is utterly false that we use any reproachful language concerning the holy Scriptures neither ever have