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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30522	The everlasting gospel of repentance and remission of sins ... by ... Edward Burrough.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1660 (1660)	Wing B6001; ESTC R14681	25,766	33

now call them Lay-persons and say they are not fitting to preach for they are not Learned nor Ordained say you and calling them Mechannicks and private Preachers and say they must not now be admitted to preach the Gospel and in this you deny the Scriptures and the Example of the Saints in former Ages and so neither know the Scriptures nor the Spirit that gave them forth though you say you own the Scriptures yet if the same things come to passe which they declare of you deny them in this Age and cry against such as Hereticks who witness the fulfilling of them which shews you are of Antichrist and that you quench the Spirit in Sons and Daughters which God hath promised in the New Covenant that he would give and pour forth upon Sons and Daughters and they shall prophesie And are not we to look for these things now VVhat must not God's Promises be fulfilled must not an Herds-man now preach if the Word of the Lord come unto him and must not Plow-men now speak of the things of God if they have experience of them and must not Fisher-men and Tent-makers bear witness to the Name of Christ if they have received of his Spirit And will you deny the Scriptures which saith As every one hath received the Spirit and the Gift so let him administer the same one to another 1 Pet. 4. or do you say None must have the Gift of the Spirit but such as are brought up at Schools and Colledges or will you limit the Holy One to such and such men and wayes Oh you are blind and ignorant who would quench the Spirit of God that it should not speak in these dayes and thus you are denyers of the Scriptures but God hath given of his Spirit and spoken in our hearts and we must prophesie and speak as the Spirit of God giveth utterance as the Saints of old did Act. 2. 4. Now for your way of making Ministers at Schools and Colledges and so quallifying them with Knowledge in the seven Sciences as it is said and ordaining them in that manner and way as among Papists and Protestants hath been practised for Ages this way of making Ministers and sending of them forth was never known among the Apostles for they were not thus made and ordained and sent to preach nor was this way of making and sending forth Ministers till the Spirit and Power of God was lost and forsaken by the Apostate Christians and the Scriptures make no mention of such wayes nor give no Example for such things and we cannot own any Religion nor any practice thereof but what we have Example for from the Saints of old before us and we believe that it is generally of Antichrist to invent and introduce such and such Practices for Religion towards God and for the worship of him for which there is no Example in all the Christian Churches in the Apostles dayes and we believe that way of making Ministers and sending of them forth which is not approvable by the Scriptures nor according to them is of Antichrist and not of God neither can we own such Ministers nor their Ministry who are not ordained of God and according to the Scriptures nor can we deny private Preachers nor their Ministry as you call them if they have received the Spirit of Christ though they be not so learned outwardly nor ordained according to what some may call the right way but who are Ministers made and sent of God and have the Authority of his Spirit such we own and cannot deny and such the Lord will bless with his Presence to the confounding of all their Enemies Concerning Settlement in a happy Government Object There hath been great Divisions and Distractions in these Nations for divers years and in the midst of them the great cry hath been by many for Settlement and Peace and for a quiet and happy Government Answ. These things hath the Lord suffered to come to pass in the world even great Contentions Divisions and Distractions and much Changes of Government in these Kingdoms And the appearing cause of these things hath been from the lust that hath warred in the Members for from thence doth Wars and Strife arise and many have been Ambitions Vain-glorious Self-seeking and Covetous of the Honours and Pleasures of this VVorld the lust and desire of these things hath possessed the minds of men and induced them to envy and wrath one against another and hath filled them with heart-burnings and cruelty of mind to the killing and destroying of one another by Wars and Bloodsheds and by Plots and Contrivances have sought how to extinguish one another from the Earth that themselves might be exalted and thus from the desires that have warred in mens minds have Wars arisen against the persons of men and among them and this is the appearing cause of the Wars and Distractions that have been in these Nations though the hidden cause which hath not so appeared hath been in God and because of the wickedness of men both high and low and because of their Oppressions and Abominations which have been many and great in the World Therefore hath the God of Heaven been provoked in just Judgement towards Rulers and People to suffer men to destroy one another and to execute Bloudsheds and Destructions one upon another and he hath brought it to pass in giving up men to the fulfilling of their cruel intents which hath been hatched in their evil minds every man against his Neighbour and even because they have been departed out of his Counsel and followed their own wicked wayes and Justice and Mercy and Truth have been wanting amongst men in these Nations so that this is the principal cause wherefore the Lord God hath brought about and suffered these Wars Distractions Confusions and Discords in these latter dayes and out of the justness of Gods Judgments because of the wickedness of men have these things been And now these Distractions and Confusions and Discords amongst men can never wholly and truly cease to be till Iniquity and Transgression be repented of and turned from which is the very cause wherefore God hath done and suffered these things as I have said and so men must cease from Oppression from Cruelty and from all Unrighteousness and must turn to the Lord and become cleansed from their sins ere ever the Judgements of the Lord be removed and these Distractions Wars and Confusions cease to be in these Lands and till men become meek and humble and till they cease to seek Revenge one of another and till they cease all Oppression and Covetousness Injustice and Unmercifulness and till they forsake their worldly Honour and high Titles which puffs them up in Arrogancy and Ambition and even till every man forsake his particular Iniquity till all these things be Distractions will not cease nor shall Settlement and Peace and happy Government ever be This is certainly so for except the Cause be removed the Effect can never

after Covetousness and the love of this World they have gone though there hath been a great profession of Worship and Religion in thee much Preaching and Praying Sabbath-keeping and professed Church-fellowship Ministry and Ordinances and a Sect here of one sort and there another that have cryed Lord Lord and have made a shew of Worships and Duties towards him yet notwithstanding Hypocrisie False-heartedness Covetousness Double-mindedness and the spirit of Pride and Ambition and vain Glory have possessed the hearts of both Teachers and People in all the false Sects and divers kinds of Religion though they have had a shew as if they were the Lords People and a pretence of Worship and conformity of Church-fellowship c. yet their hearts have not been right before the Lord but of these it may be said even they have professed God with their mouths and with their lips honoured him and in the very time their hearts have gone after Covetousness and been far departed from the Lord and though they have cryed The Temple of the Lord and we are the Church of Christ and Members of him and have Gospel and Ministry and Ordinances yet these people have walked in Pride and Arrogancy and Covetousness and their hearts have been Corrupted in the sight of the Most High and all their Religion hath been but as the fig-leaves by which they have sought to cover themselves but it cannot be For behold ye Professors and People of Ireland God hath beheld your Hypocrisies and the Deceitfulness of your hearts and your nakedness doth appear for though you have professed much of the Spirit and Spiritual Things yet you have walked in the Flesh and brought forth the fruits thereof and your garments of feigned Prayers and Practices and your profession of Church and Ordinances will not cover nor hide you from the Wrath of the Lamb Oh People of Ireland many of you have been corrupted in your hearts and polluted in your minds and from the highest of you to the lowest you are sound Transgressors against God even from the Professor to the Porphane the Lord hath found no good fruit amongst you well-pleasing to him but four grapes and bitter fruit have you brought forth even fruit of a bad tast and loathsom smel unto the Lord and now the Lord hath found you out in your wickedness and the cry of your Iniquities call for Vengeance for of you it may be said Ah Nation laden with Iniquity ah sinful People a seed of Evil-doers corrupted from the crown of the heal to the soal of the foot these things are so and they cannot be hid But now the Lords purpose is to deal with thee because of thy sins seeing he is provoked against this People by their Iniquities who have been disobedient to the living God Therefore will he renew his Judgments of old and withdraw his Mercies and he will plead with the People in his Justice his Judgments are at the door and he will punish the stout-hearted and proud and arrogant till they learn meekness and humility he will correct the Transgressors with his Rod of heavy Wrath till they turn to him by Repentance and all that will not bow and kiss the Son and cease from evil and learn to do well they shall be broken and cut off and perish in his anger and he will never heal them even the Feller will come upon thy People O Nation who will hew down thy Cedars and cut up thy strong Oaks the Fanner is coming upon thee to sift thee to preserve the good Grain and to separate the Chaff into the fire thy Strength will be made weak and thy Crown will be toden down and thy Beauty shall be marred and all thy Glory and Might shall fade like a flower in that day when the Lord of Hosts pleadeth with thee and when he rewards thee for thy Wickedness Then Wo unto thee and unto all the Wicked and workers of Iniquity and he will cause them to remember what they have done thy Sins O Nation shall be set in order before thee and thy Persecution of the Lords Servants shall be charged to thy account and the Rod of Affliction shall reach close unto thee because thereof and as thy Rulers have done to others so shall it be done to them into Captivity shall they go and the Spoyler shall come upon the Land for Iust is the Lord and his Iudgments altogether equal and though he be long-suffering and of great forbearance yet he forgets not to plead with his Enemies and to plague the Ungodly nor to shew mercy to them that trust in him And doubtles there is a Cup of Wrath prepared for the Wicked to drink and it seemeth to be near even a day of great Wrath Tribulation upon Sinners and Transgressors who have rejected the Lord and despised his Reproofs and would not receive the Message of the Light of the World that they might be healed Wherefore Repeat Repent all sorts of People all Sinners and Transgressors tremble before the Lord ye stout-hearted and rebellious Children Wo unto ye unjust Rulers and Judges that have exercised unjust Judgment in the Land that have judged for Gifts and Rewards and that have turned aside just Judgement Mercy and Truth and that have persecuted the Innocent without just cause Wo unto you that have been Oppressors of the Poor and Needy ye that have not judged for the Lord as ye ought to have done but have been ambitious and vain-glorious and puffed up in the flesh by high Titles and Places of Honour ye that have exalted your selves above your Brethren and sought Honour of Men and loved the Honour of this World more than the Honour of God Wo unto you for the day of the Lords Judgment is at hand and an account of your Stewardship must you give Ye that should have judged in Mercy and Truth and Equity but have perverted just Judgment and made the Innocent Offenders and have not been a praise to them that do well nor a terror to evil-doers as ye ought to have been Wo unto you and to the Oppressing and Falshearted Lawyers and that Train who have been greedy of Gain and served your own Ends and sought Riches to your selves and the Cause of the Poor hath not been freely pleaded by you Wo unto all ye that have made a Trade of doing Judgment and Justice and have been exercised in the Laws for your own Ends and not singly for the Lord Tremble ye sons of Wickedness ye that have exercised the Power of Antichrist and the Beast for the Judgments of the Lord are at hand to be executed upon you Wo unto you Great and Rich men ye covetous and earthly Worldlings ye that have made your selves rich by Oppression and grinding the faces of the Poor that have got Gain by hard dealing and added Land to Land and Field to Field and that have over-reached the Ignorant and oppressed the Widows and Fatherless and that have exercised Cruelty and