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A42521 The children of Abrahams faith who are blessed, being found in Abraham's practise of burying their dead in their own purchased burying places, are not to be reproved: but therein are justified in the sight of God, and the practice of holy men in former ages. Gawler, Francis. 1663 (1663) Wing G395A; ESTC R215532 5,654 12

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THE CHILDREN OF Abrahams Faith Who are Blessed Being found in Abraham's practise OF Burying their Dead In their own purchased BURYING-PLACES Are not to be Reproved But therein are justified in the sight of God and the practice of Holy Men in former Ages Printed in the Year 1663. HOly men of God both acted and spake as they were moved of the holy Ghost in all ages whose testimonies stand as an outward Witness of the inward and spiritual Life of righteousnesse that was in them which in all ages was opposed by the contrary spirit of the World which the children of disobedience are led by and this is the ground of difference they being led by a Spirit opposite to God and his children of obedience and as the spirit of the World in them that are led by it acts them differently from the Children of God so doth the Spirit of Truth act its children contrary to the children of the World and their practice stood in all ages as living Witnesses against them and that Spirit they were led by and is written for our learning and edification on whom the ends of the World are come which is to know an end of that spirit's leadings in us which leads from God into the World that lieth in wickedness and its fashions and customs which are heathenish sensual and devillish and thus being taught by the Spirit of God our actions stand Witnesses against the vain conversation and traditions of the World and condemns and judges that Spirit now as ever it did in the days of old whereby they became sufferers in that day as for the same Testimony we are become sufferers in this day But blessed are they that suffer for righteousnesse sake who keep the Word of God's patience in this his day they are and shall be kept by the power of the Word of Life til all that which riseth up against them be brought down under them that God alone may be exalted over all and they in him treading upon the high places of the Earth and all its vain shews of holinesse which are but the inventions and traditions of those who are erred from the Spirit of Truth and from the practise of the holy men of God who were separated from the World by the Life of righteousnesse which they lived and so dyed the death of the righteous which was a death to all that which separated from the Lord and so being dead to sin were alive to righteousnesse which Life immortal stands a Witnesse in all ages against the idolatry and superstition of the present times they lived in bearing a true testimony against them in life and death and the mortal body or tabernacle being dissolved or laid down the living Spirit in their Brethren leads them to inter or bury their bodies apart in their own burying-places as was the practice of the holy-men of God in former ages bearing a testimony against the idolatry and superstition of hallowed ground and Popish Consecrations and vain traditions which the living Spirit of the party deceased whilst in the body stood a Witnesse for God against and now being out of the body yet in the union with his brethren in the body cannot fulfil and satisfie the wil of the contrary spirit and therefore it is disturbed and tormented about the dead body and exceedingly rageth in many places and as the Devil did strive with Michael about the body of Moses who was a faithful servant of God in his life and the God of his life would not suffer the wicked spirit to satisfie his wil with his body being dead and the Angel brought not a railing accusation against him but said The Lord rebuke thee So you may see what Spirit it is that is to be rebuked by the Lord that spirit that strives against his Servants and beats rages and strikes them and sometimes takes away the dead body from them for a time til the Lord rebukes them and then they have let it go to be laid in its own place of burial which when it was alive might purchase or contribute to for that end to be laid in being dead You may see the children of Heath were not so unreasonable to Abraham as to hinder him to bury his dead after he had bought their Land for that purpose and is it not a shame to be called Christians and to be in practise more unreasonable then Heathen Is it not high time to separate from such a generation both in life and death and finding such unreasonable dealing while we are in the body it must needs be a grief to us if we were necessitated for want of a place to leave our dead bodies to their courtesie and if there were nothing else it were sufficient to cause us to provide for our selves and not stand to the mercy of that spirit whose cruel hatred hath slain the body being alive we cannot expect should decently bury it being dead for we have had experience of the contrary And therefore as we have denied that Spirit that would slay the body because of its Religion so also have we denyed the Worship that spirit leads into and the place which that Spirit hath consecrated and set apart to worship in and that Way that Worship and that place we cannot uphold for the Lord is against it and them that uphold it that Worship I say and Worshippers that would kil● persecute or spoyle the goods of those that cannot for Conscience sake worship with them and against them their Spirit their Worship and their place we are gathered forth by the Spirit of the Lord to stand faithful Witnesses against and in patience and long-suffering through the love of God are made willing to endure what he shall permit the evil spirit to act against us for the tryal of our Faith and the glory of his power that hath kept us hitherto and is able to keep us to the end in which I and the rest of his Flock all lying down in his Will are safe into which safety the desire of my soul is that all who seek after righteousnesse may come M. W. London this 4 th of the 6 th Month 1663. From him who hath tasted of the good fruit of the Land of the living and would that all might eat and live in him who is eterlife in This is written for the satisfaction of such as are unsatisfied touching the burying of the people in scorn called QUAKERS in their own burying-places the which read with moderation as followeth FIrst you may read that Abraham and Jacob did buy two parcels of ground that it might be their own possessions for the burying of their dead Gen. 23. 16 17. Josh 24. 32 33. Now that Abraham and Jacob and the rest of the holy men of God were led and directed by the Spirit of God I hope none dare deny therefore why should it be a strange thing to any that the Quakers so called have purchased parcels of ground for the burying of