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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77938	Ansvvers to severall queries put forth to the despised people called Quakers, by Philip Bennett, who cals himself a minister of Christ, but is found a deceiver; answered by them to whom they were directed. Also, ansvvers to severall other subtil queries put forth by one Iohn Reeve, who lives in the City of London, who cals himself the last messenger and witnesse unto the true God, but is found a false witnesse, and a lyar, and a perverter of the right way of God. / Answered by Edward Burrough, and Francis Howgill, who are witnesses unto the truth against this subtil serpent-like generation.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.; Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669.	1654 (1654)	Wing B5984; Thomason E813_4; ESTC R207330	24,422	20

mysteries are as in thy book and thy queries where thou puts Elect and reprobate together and as for tryall of spirits we give liberty and exhort all that may try and we direct them to that to try by which is is infallible and eternall whereby they may see and comprehend thee and all who have not the Spirit But that they should try who hath nothing to try with let all such be silent for ever for none understands the Spirit but the Spirit with which we see thee and all who stands in their imaginations ignorant of therefore stop thy mouth in the dust and be silent 9 Quer. Doth not they that speak to a people that declares against all appearances which are contrary to his way discover himself unto a true discerning Spirit not to be of the Lord unlesse they can demonstrate a spirituall Commission that he hath received from heaven by voice of words through the glorious mouth of the Lord so that no mortall man can disprove him though few for want of understanding receive him Ans. The way that leads to the Father is but one which is Christ and he that declares from him made manifest in him declares against all Sects and Opinions and that which thou cals appearances and the way is one and the Tru●h one where there is no rent nor division and he that dwels in the life hath discerning and he that witnesses the annointing discernes he is able to judge and discern and in that thou art seen who would sit on the throne but thou must come down and lick the dust dust is the serpents meat and they who had their Commission from God and hath their Commission from God now they were made manifest to every mans conscience in the sight of God and this we witnesse this the Scripture witnesseth and he that believes hath the witnesse in himself and the father bears witnesse and they witnesse the voice of the Lord which is spirituall speaking to them and they declare from that which is spirituall to the consciences of gainsayers and this is witnessed but thy voice of words is carnal and is denyed and who art thou made manifest unto that which is mortal cannot discern and disprove thee but that which is immortal can and they who are guided by the immortall denies thee and will receive none of thy testimony because it is not the same which the holy men of God witnessed and doth now witnesse which voice shakes the wildernesse and rents the rocks and makes the earth to reel to and fro but to thee this is a mystery and sealed 10 Quer. Again he that speaketh of an invisible spirituall God or Christ living in the consciences or spirit of men thou sayeth he questions the truth of all the Scripture records concerning the life death and resurrection and aseension of the blessed body of Christ into the throne of his immortall glory and doth he not que●●ion whether the consciences of the Saints being sprinkled with the blood of Jesus which died without the g●●es of Jerusalem are purified from the pollution of the flesh and Spirit doth he not question the resurrection of the souls and bodies out of the eat●h at the last day Ans. Here again thou hast made thy sha●e and thy ignorance manifest and knows not so much as the Letter of he Scripture Paul in Apostle of Jesus Ch●ist notby the will of man and Minister of the everlasting God he witnessed the Son of God revealed in him and he ●●i● kn●w ye 〈…〉 Christ ●s in you or else you are rep●●●ates and ●h●i●t is no● divided and he tha● is joyned to the Lord is ●●e Spirit and 〈◊〉 my Father are one ●●d w●●●e Christ dwells the Father dwells and if thou have ●● e●● to hear ●hou may h●●● and if the ●●●e Spirit be not in you that raised Christ 〈…〉 he ●●●d you are 〈…〉 and he that declared these things speak of a spi●i●ua●l Christ and an invi 〈…〉 God and who ●●all ascend up to heaven the word is nigh in thy mo●t●● and 〈◊〉 heart and this is the same Christ that suffered without the ga●e at Jerusalem and no other wh●●h Paul travelled till he was born in them if thou have an ear th●u may hear and the Apost●● did not question the Scripture records for they spoke it and recorded it and th●y witnessed the life of Christ and his death and resu●rection and a●c●nsion and witnessed him ascended above thrones and dominions and to sit at the right hand of the Father and witnesse the same Christ made manifest in us and his resurrection not because Paul said so we have seen it and are witnesses of it the same that ever was the same that did ascend the same did ascend this is a riddle unto thee and seven seals is upon it and thou that queries shall never see them opened and they who had Christ in them and the Father the Son supping with them they had their conscience sprinkled and none else for his bloud thou knows not and so I say unto thee thou art not sprinkled nor thy conscience purified from dead works and they who know Christ in them and no more after the flesh come to know his resurrection he is the resurrection he is the first and the last who knows him risen and have seen him witnesse the first day and the last what speaks thou of a last day that never came to the beginning and so thy soul lies in death and in chains and in utter darknesse and therefore lay thy hand upon thy mouth and see where thou ●●t and the Spirit that gave forth the Scriptures thou cannot witnesse 11 Quer. If after death there is no bodily resurrection for the spirits of men to possesse an immortall glory to eternity or to suffer an eternall devill like shame according to their deeds whether good or evill Is it not one of the vainest things in the world to discourse of God righteousnesse unlesse it be for earthly gain amongst men Ans. There is a resurrection both of the just and of the unjust the just into everlasting life and the unjust into everlasting shame and contempt and every one shall receive according to his works whether they be good or evill but this a mystery hid for none knowes it but through death but what knowes thou who art yet alive in sin what shall be in the resurrection which is after death which whoever comes to know the resurrection knowes the e●d of all things therefore it is not taking their words nor thy own imaginations that is faith nor if thou know Christ no nearer than Jerusalem nor no nearer than above the starres thou knowes not where but through thy dark imaginations this is not to Christ risen from the dead see therefore what hast thou seen in thy self But thou art dead whiles thou lives in that nature and at the resurrection contempt and shame will be thy portion and turn in thy minde to that which

acts and speaks and seeks to exalt Christ and him to bear rule that all opinions may be by him thrown down and that by him people may be brought out of a confused age into the land of r●st and peace and righteousnesse to serve the true Spiritual God in the Spirit and by the Spirit of his own Son and further thou sayes some there are takes upon them to speak of a God and of a Christ in the invisible heavens above the starres but are uncapable to demonstrate how Christ by his spirituall Word lives in mens hearts and how he reigneth visibly in glory with his Elect Angels I answer there are not some but many which lives in and speaks forth their own imaginations upon God and Christ and one of them thou art thy spirit is tryed God who is a Spirit dwels in the Spirit of his Son even in the high and holy place and with him also who is of a contrite Spirit and trembleth at his Word but this by thy vulterous eye is not seen neither can any demonstrate how Christ dwels in the heart but he who witnesseth it through death and where he reigns his glory is with him and his Elect Angels this I witnesse but to thy carnall eye it is invisible and by thy carnall wisdome he can never be known Christ and his spirituall word is not to be divided though thy sensuall spirit would divide them but by the flaming sword thou that speaks art divided from both and shalt know neither but to thy condemnation and further thou sayest others there are which speaks of an eternall Spirit or Christ onely in the consciences of men as if there were no Creator ●● Christ at all visibly reigning upon his Throne of immortall glory I answer They who talke of an eternal Spirit or Christ in the conscience by hear say o●●● other mens words without as thou dost and doth not in life and power witnesse it from the Father within made manifest such are denyed by them who witnesse the eternall Spirit dwelling with the contrite heart which Spirit is the Creator which dwels also in the high and holy place and reigns upon his Throne for ever and who do in power witnesse this sees and judges all y●ur carnall imaginations and conceptions of the living God in your carnall minds where he dwels shall no unclean thing enter but is without to be troden in the wine-presse of his wrath for ever and ever and by him shall thy carnall conceptions be consumed even by the breath of his mouth for he is eternall and his Throne is eternall and by the carnall eye shall never be seen and further thou sayest there are who through unbelief that ever any living creature had a beginning they affirm there is no God or Christ at all but perishing nature of this sort are innumerable witnesse the lives and conversations of people every where I answer All who do witnesse the eternall Spirit made manifest to rule and guide all such doth deny and declare aagainst for nothing was without beginning but the eternall Word which was the beginning of all things and which will be the end of all things even the destruction of the wicked and the salvation of them that believe who are born of the immortall seed and redeemed out of the perishing nature into the image of God and such do set to seal there is a God who will reward every one according to his works and beares witnesse against them who in their lives and conversations denies God as all do who do not witnesse the eternall Spirit of Christ ruling in the consciences but talkes of a God in imagination at a distance and such are innumerable and saith in their heart there is no God and such are the fools the Scripture speaks of and whereas thou beseeches to consider of these ensuing particulars I answer They are considered and by them thy ignorance is made manifest and thy folly disclosed and thy blasphemy who cals thy self the last witnesse 1 Quer. In thy first particular thou queries Whether these men were sort forth by the eternall Spirit to preach which in the least cannot demonstrate what the onely true God is in himself and how he is a distinct being from all living creatures and how he reigns in the Elect by a created Word voice of spirituall motion onely Answ. Those men were not sent forth by the eternall Spirit to preach who have not received it and such knowes not God what he is no● where he is but in their imaginations imagines him to be like a creature by being i● a creature by place or habitation God is a Spirit and he is not distinct from living creatures for in him living creatures lives moves and hath their beings and he is not far from them nor distinct from them as he spake who was sent by the eternall Spirit to preach he reigns in the Elect not by a created word voice or a created spirituall motion for the Word which lives in the Elect from which voice and motion proceeds is not created but is uncreated even as God is uncreated for God is that Word and here thy ignorance appears by calling the Word which lives in the Elect a created Word or voice or motions and here be a witnesse against thy self that thou speaks from darknesse and not from light which darknesse cannot comprehend the shining of the light and this discovers thee more to be a false witnesse and not the true witnesse of God and therefore thy portion must be portion of false witnesses read what it is 2. Quer. In thy second particular thou queries Is not this an infallible demonstration to men that a man is sent forth by the eternall Spirit if he have received a gift from the holy Ghost to demonstrate what the true Creator was in his own distinct Essences Nature and glory from all eternity in time and to all eternity and wherein Elect men and Angels differ in their natures and glory distinct from their Creator in their Persons Answ. He that hath not received a gift from the holy Ghost in some measure is not sent forth by the eternall Spirit or God of all truth this is infallible and such knowes not what the Creator is but by imagination and carnall conceptions of him and such in the Light of Christ is seen and by it judged and among such thou art to that in thy conscience I speak which will witnesse me he that hath received the holy Ghost turnes people from the power of Satan to the power of God and knowes the Creator and the dwelling of him in the heart for as the Scripture saith the word is nigh but let all flesh be silent he who is in time knowes not him which was before time and shall be when time shall be no more he who knows the Creator which inhabiteth eternity is redeemed out of time into the Habitation of the Almighty but this to thy dark minde and spirit