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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30552	To the rulers and to such as are in authority a true and faithful testimony concerning religion, and the establishment thereof, and how it may be established in persons and in nations / by Edward Burrough.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1659 (1659)	Wing B6040A; ESTC R36305	8,238	12

TO THE RULERS And to such as are in AUTHORITY A True and faithful testimony concerning Religion and the establishment thereof and how it may be established in persons and in Nations By EDWARD BVRROVGH LONDON Printed for Thomas Simmons at the Bull and Mouth near Aldersgate 1659. THere hath been a great cry of late years among the Priests and many others for the settlement of Religion and this they have sought after from the powers of the Earth and the cry hath been to Parliaments and Rulers by the priests and professors for many years settle us Religion settle us Religion Now to this I answer all this cry and this desire hath been by these Priests and professors to have Parliaments to make Lawes to establish one sect and throw down and limit all others that is the chief thing that hath been eyed in the request and not simply to have true Religion established if we come to shew what true Religion is in it self But people of divers sects have been requiring and desireing every one to have their own sect established and set up and all others thrown down and not to have a place nor to be tolerated so that their cry hath not risen from the ground of true love to true religion but their desire hath chiefly risen and sprung from selfe love to their own sect and from malice and envy against others that were not of their way and this hath been the end of their craving the settlement of Religion and not simply for true religions sake Now religion in it selfe is this the fulfilling of the Law and the Prophets loving God with all their hearts and the neighbour as selfe and doing to all men as they would have men to doe to them and not otherwise doing or speaking towards any then they would that others should speak of or doe to them and a walking towards God in all things as they have received of his Grace answering to the Lord in all things as his spirit leads them and moves them this is true religion towards God and towards man and to have the conscience alwaies kept void of offence that no offence lie upon it in the sight of God nor in the sight of man and this is true religion in it selfe in short declared to wit the leading of the spirit of God into all truth to doe the truth and speak the truth in all things and this Religion is accepted in the sight of God and to be kept unspotted in the world from all its pollutions But now tell me can this religion be setled or any Nation or people or any person in it by any external power or outward authority of men or can the Laws of Kings or Parliaments settle such Religion or make people truly religious or establish a Nation or people in this Religion I say no nor any thing save only the teaching and leading of the holy spirit of God being received from the Father it s that onely that makes men religious and settles a people and Nation therein Oh ye fools and blind Priests and professors that are doting on setling religion among unconverted people by out ward Lawes and earthly powers of men I say no this must not be for the Lawes of men can but settle a sect or some sects and limit other sects but true Religion can never be setled by that meanes for before any be setled in Religion they must first be changed and created a new in Christ Jesus and borne againe of the seed incorruptable and they must first be changed from death to life and from Statans power to God this must first be witnessed before a man or a nation can be religious setled in true Religion he must put off the body of sin and be circumcised in heart and he must have a new Nature planted in him and he planted into Christ a new and living vine before he can love God with all his heart and his neighbour as himselfe and before he can have his conscience kept void of offence and be without stain towards God and towards man and it is onely the word of God and his power in the heart that works this it is only the operation of Gods spirit in and upon a creature that works him unto this it is not the Lawes made by man that doth it nor externall powers of the Earth that can work it therefore true Religion cannot be setled thereby nor a nation or a people in it but only that which changes him and makes him religious that is it onely that must settle religion and Nations and peoples therein and as every one is turned to that of God in him and thereby to feel the power and word and spirit that doth change him and renew him as I have said by this means cometh a man and Nations to be religious and to be setled therein and by no other waies nor meanes and this is done through the preaching of the everlasting Gospell and through the Ministry of Christ which turneth the mindes of people from darknesse to light and from Satans power to God whereby they are changed and made religious and also setled therein and established thereby and it is not by outward Lawes and powers as I have said But what are peoples and the Nations yet to settle in religion and is religion unsetled yet that you are craving Lawes made by men to settle religion what have you preached for this many years what have your preaching been all in vaine and have you done no good this many years by your preaching that Religion is yet to settle Oh blind and ignorant men this is a shame unto you how manie thousands of thousand pounds have the Priests had out of this Nation for teaching religion preaching to people yet the nation remains unsetled in religion and they are beging to the powers of the Earth to constrain compel a settlement of Religion and this shames them and shews that they are they that Paul speakes of and that the people of this nation are them that are ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth though you have been long learning you are unsetled and are not come to the knowledge of the truth but had these Priests been such that were sent of the Lord through their ministry would the nations long since have been setled in Religion for they have been teachers long enough and put the Nation to charge great enough that people might have known ere this day the holy annointing to dwell in them and to teach them and to settle them in Religion but it is manifest that they have ran and not been sent but left peoples and nations unsetled as the waters notwithstanding all their preaching and ministry for so many years yet it seemes there wants still a settlement in Religion and seeing their preaching hath had no effect to doe it but their Ministry hath been all in vain and people are