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A77966	Truth defended. Or, Certain accusations answered, cast upon us who are called Quakers; by the teachers of the world, and the people of this generation. With a cleare discovery, who are the false prophets, and when they came in. And who they are that deny Christ, and that preach another gospel. And who deny the scriptures, churches, ministers, and magistrates, whereby the magistrates and people of this nation may see they justifie that which the scripture condemns, and condemne that which the holy men of God justified. / By a servant of the Lord, whose name in the flesh is, Edward Burrough.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.; Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669.	1654 (1654)	Wing B6049; Thomason E808_3; ESTC R207519	16,445	23

tradition from the Scripture without us And we deny all such who have taken up these things in their owne wills by conforming the outward man to the outward letter and have not entered in at the doore True Preaching we owne and doe witnesse it which is the Crosse of Christ and in the power of God and it is foolishnesse to the World and its wisedome now as ever it was and we deny all speaking of imaginations from Scripture which is in the wisedome of the World and which stands in the will of man limitted to a set time or day or place Prayer by the spirit and in the spirit we owne and witnesse whi●h is not limitted to a time and place And we deny all the worlds formall customary Preaching and Praying for a pretence Baptisme we owne and witnesse wich is with one spirit into one body into the death of Christ And we deny all Baptismes which are imagined and immitated by conforming the outward man to the outward letter which is but a likenesse of the true Baptisme Communion we live in which is in the light by the spirit which will endure Eternally And we deny the Worlds imitation which is in word and declaration and visible carnall things which will passe away Singing which is with the spirit and with understanding of the Redeemed of the Lord we owne and Witnesse but the Worlds singing in Rime and Meeter proud men singing That they are not pufe in minde and prophane men singing That the Law of God is deare to them this singing we deny for it must be turned into howling the Lord hath said it And here againe I charge it upon the Teachers of the World That they deny the substance and power of what Christ commands his saints to practice by upholding their owne imitations and so deceiving the simple but where the substance is witnessed the figure is indeed and the false imitations are discovered and denyed And mans free-will we doe deny for the will of man shall never enter to God but leades out from God into the lust and into the Flesh and keeps in the power of the Devill And man hath free will unto that which is evill but not to that which is good and all who follow Christ the light of the World must deny their owne wills and take up the crosse of Christ which is to the will and walke in the light contrary to the will in the straite way which leades unto life which is out of the will of man in the will of God which the will of man doth resist and oppose And I charge it upon the Teachers and professors who doe not witnesse the dayly Crosse of Christ that they live in their owne free-will and holds it up and are led by it into pride and covetousnesse and the lusts of the Flesh which stand in the will And here they are guilty of that themselves whereof they falsely accuse us living in their owne free-will and walke not in the dayly Crosse of Christ And selfe-righteousnesse we have denyed and have seen it in the same light which Isayah did to be as filthy raggs and we declare against it and against them which live in it for selfe must not be saved it is accursed from God it is wholly unrighteous and makes the best of actions so and is and must be cast out from God Christ Jesus made manifest and revealed in us is our righteousnesse and selfe is judged and condemned by him who is made unto us righteousnesse nei●her doe we teach people to labour in their owne strength to obtaine life but doe direct people to the light of Christ within them which walking in will be strength to them to leade them to life the light which is of Christ to which we direct all to waite in to be taught by it will leade out of selfe-righteousnesse and from under the power of selfe to witnesse the power of God to leade and to act and to witnesse Christ Jesus revealed the righteousnesse of God And the Church which is in God which is the body of Christ whereof Christ is head we witnesse and are members of it gathered and joyned by the Eternall spirit and not by tradition in the wisedome of man And we deny all the VVorlds Churches whereof they were made members by by visible things without and were gathered by tradition whereof the serpent is head and not Christ and which is the body of Anti-Christ some of whom commit Idolatry in an Idols Temple And the Ministry of this Church we deny for it stands in the will of man and the Ministers of it are such as all the servants of the Lord witnessed against the Churches the Ministry and the Ministers are contrary to God but the Ministry which is to the seed which is out of the will of man we owne and witnesse which ministers life unto life and death unto death and divides the word aright judgement to the fat and to the strong and feeds the hungry and looseth the bands of wickednesse and breaks not the bruised reed nor quenches the smoaking flax this Ministry we deny not but are friends unto it and who are Ministers here we have union withall but proud men and such as are called of men Master are cast out of this Ministry and are Ministers to the body of Anti-Christ and know not the Ministery of the Ministry of Jesus Christ as this to the spirit in prison Magistrates and Magistracy we deny not but doe give respect unto for conscience sake for who beares the sword of justice who use their power to be a terror to the wicked and for the prayse of them that doe well are Ministers of God and we desire that there were more Magistracy here and that the Magistrate would more use his power to be a terror to lyers to swearers to drunkards to raylers to false accusers and to proud men and oppressors this we are friends unto but to such as act by their owne wills in corrupt Lawes and doe thereby violence to the Innocent and strengthens the hands of evill doers we cannot be subject but choose rather then to transgresse the Law of God which is written in our hearts by submitting to such mens wills and Lawes to suffer by the corrupt wills of men under corrupt Lawes And thus I have answered those false accusations which are cast upon us and doe declare it be the same spirit in the Teachers and people of this generation which accuseth us as it was in the Scribes and Pharisees which accused Christ and his Disciples And this the Scripture witnesseth unto as they did unto him so would they doe unto us A further Answer to that Accusation of being false Prophets and Deceivers JEsus Christ Prophesied and said That in the last dayes should many false Prophets arise and should deceive many if it were possible the very Elect. Now the Teachers and people of this generation doe say That we who by the world are called

Christ And here againe I charge all the Teachers and people in the presence of the Lord God who doe deny Christ to be the light in every one which reproves for sin and who are called of men Masters and stand Praying in the Synagogues and goe in long robes and who uphold such things and who take not up the dayly Crosse of Christ but live at liberty in their wills and desires that they are Anti-Christs and that their spirit is not the spirit of the true Christ which dyed at Jerusalem but the spirit of a false Christ and so they are guilty of that themselves whereof they falsely accuse us and the same Christ doe we witnes which the saints of old witnessed whose blood cleansed them from all sin and in whose power they had power over sin death and hell And here again I charge the Teachers and people who say that the saints must not be cleansed from sin nor cease to commit sin while they are on the Earth that the Christ which they possesse is not the Christ which dyed at Jerusalem but a spirit contrary and not the Christ which the saints witnessed and all the people are blinde which cannot see these things Did the true Christ once say He was the light of the World of every man that comes into the World and is that his spirit in the Teachers and Professors now which saith Every man hath not the light of Christ in them Was that the true Christ which said Except you take up my Crosse dayly you cannot be my Disciple and is that his spirit in the Teachers and people that hath its liberty and live in pride in lust and in vanity and their own vvills Was that the true Christ which cryed woe against them that were called of men Master and that had the chiefe place in the Assemblyes and stood praying in the Synagogues c. and is that his spirit in the Teachers and people which act and uphold those things Was that the true Christ which the saints witnessed by whose blood they were cleansed from sin and had power over sin and is that his spirit in the Teachers and people which saith the saints must not be cleansed from sin nor cease to commit sin while they are on Earth Oh blinde and ignorant people who cannot discerne between the true Christ and Anti-christ which is contrary to Christ and which leades now to act and speak contrary to what the true Christ once acted and spoake And no other Gospel do we Preach but that which the Apostle Preached which they received not from nor by man but by the revelation of Jesus Christ which was contrary to man and which suffered by man for the Preaching of it who Preached to the spirit in prison to redeeme the captives and by which the fleshly man was judged in the flesh that man might live according to God in spirit And this Gospel we witnes to have received not from man but by the revelation of Iesus Christ which is contrary to man for which we are persecuted and suffer by man neither doe we speake to the wisedome and reason but we preach to the spirits in prison that the fleshly man may be judged in the flesh that man may live according to God in the spirit this will many witnes with us that by the preaching of our Gospel liberty is brought to the captives and the fleshly man is judged and the spirit which was in prison is set free And here again I charge the teachers of this generation that their Gospel which they Preach is not the Gospel which the saints preached but another Gospel and they are guilty of that themselves whereof they falsely accuse us for they have received their Gospel from man and by man from the Printers and Stationers and are made Ministers of it by the will of man at Schooles and Vniversities and their Preaching is in the will of man a limited time and place neither doe they suffer by man but are set up with man and seed the wisedome and reason of man and the fleshly man is not judged nor the captives redeemed by their Gospel which they Preach here they are accursed which Preach another Gospel according to the Scripture And ye are a blinde and ignorant people which cannot see these things Did they that Preached the true Gospel receive it contrary to the will of man and can it now be received by the will of man Did they which Preached it suffer for it by man and can they now who Preach it be set up by man who lives in the same persecuting nature Did the true Gospel once judge the fleshly man and leade to live according to God in the spirit and do●h it now give liberty to the fleshly man to live after the Flesh in the lusts of it as the Teachers and professors of this generation doe who profes the Gospel but are discovered not to be come to the Law And the Scriptures we own to be a true Declaration of the life which they lived in which spoke them forth and by the same spirit from which they were spoken which we have received doe we set to our Seales that they are true and the Scripture is ours who walke in the life of it proud men spoke it not forth nor they that sought for their gaine from their quarter nor they that Preached for hire nor they that were called of men Master but persecuted them that spoke it forth and denyed it And here againe I charge it upon the Teachers and professors of this generation that they deny the Scripture and are guilty of that themselves whereof they falsely accuse us For they say None must be perfect upon the Earth when as the Scripture declares of such as were perfect And they say None must be free from sinne when as the Scripture declares of such as were free from sinne and were the servants of righteousnesse They say Christ hath not enlightened every one The Scripture saith He is the light of the World and hath lightened every one c. Can they now who live in the same persecuting nature and walke in the same steps as they did which persecuted them who spoke forth the Scripture as the Teachers and people doe owne the Scriptures in truth Their professing of the Scripture is as theirs was which made a great profession of it in the outward appearance but put him to death who had the life and was the substance of it They then as the Teachers of the world doe now denyed the spirit and life which gave forth the Scriptures And the Ordinances of Jesus Christ we owne and witnesse Preaching Praying Baptisme Communion Singing and whatsoever was ordained for his Saints to practice in life and power we witnesse these things in the Eternall substance having passed through the Earthly figures which was but to stand for its time by the Eternall have we been led by the command of it within us and not by

Balaam who loved the wages of unrighteousnesse they themselves are the servants of corruption ungodly men turning the grace of God into laciviousnesse and defile the flesh these are murmurers complainers walking after their owne lusts and their mouthes speaking great swelling words having mens persons in admiration because of advantage there be they who seperate themselves sensuall having not the spirit And here againe I charge it upon the Teachers of this age that they are of that generation vvhich came into the world then for they have brought in and doe uphold damnable Heresies telling people that sprinkling Infants with Water is the Baptisme into the Faith and that singing Davids experiences in Rime and Meeter is singing to the glory of God and that a house of stone is the Temple and Church of God these are damnable Heresies and they doe through covetousnesse make merchandise of the people if they can get more money at another place thither they will goe and thus people are their merchandise they walke after the Flesh in the lusts of uncleannesse they walke in pride and in lust and som● of ●hem will be drunke and lye and sweare and talke ●n●●●●ly and they despise the Saints Government and D 〈…〉 for they walke in the wayes of the world in the customes and traditions of men and follow their owne wills And whom the spirit of God governes and hath dominion over followes Christ for their example whose Government and Dominion they are under But they live in pride lust and vanity and according to the Flesh and herein they despise government and dominion and speake evill of this dignity and of the mysteries of God revealed in his saints which they know not nor understand not calling it error they are presumptuous and selfe-willed they have presumed to call themselves Ministers of Christ and all the Townes where they live must serve and be subject to their wills And they are adulterated from God after honour and riches and the vanities of the World and they cannot cease from sinne themselves for they say None must cease from it while they are on the Earth and herein they beguile many soules for till sin be ceased from the soule it is beguiled they have a heart exercised with covetous practises and they follow the way of Balaam and goe for gifts and rewards and love the wages of unrighteousnesse they take money of poore people for sprinkling Infants and for burying the dead which are covetous practises they take money for Henns and Eggs and for Smoake passing up the Chimney which are unrighteous wages and thus they have forsaken the right way the way of God and of all the saints which spoke forth the Scripture and in these things they are servants of corruption and are ●dgodly men and turne the grace of God which shines in their consciences which shewes them their ungodly wayes into laciviousnesse and through their lust they defile the Flesh and many of them will murmure and complaine for want of wages even to spend upon their lusts and they speake great swelling words speaking of the Fame of Christ of his Life and Death and Resurrection but cannot witnesse by the spirit of Christ within them what they speake of him and they have mens persons in admiration because of advantage some of them had the Bishops in admiration and some the King in admiration and now they have others who beare rule in admiration and thus they deceitfully have twined to admire mens persons onely because of advantage many of them have seperated themselves none who are not of their judgement must joyne with them in their worship but neither they nor their seperates have the spirit of the living God but doe deny an infallible spirit and they are sensuall in their wisedome and wayes and practises and these have deceived many even whole Nations And here you see plainely when the deceivers and false Prophets came in they were come and comming in in the Apostles dayes and then was the Prophesie of Christ fulfilling and fulfilled and the Apostles suffered under Tyrants and were put to cruell deaths and then they came in more fully for since the Apostles dayes hath been a great Apostacy and many Formes of worship and wayes of Religion have been imitated from the letter through imaginations and but one generation of Teachers though one above another in the comprehension and sensuall wisedome and at enmity one against another though all in one birth and nature But they are all discovered by the light Prayses from all that know God unto him for ever Since the Apostles dayes hath darknesse been spread over all though the Lord had some which he preserved for himselfe in the middest of Apostacy and darkenesse who the false Prophets are which Christ Prophesied of to every honest heart and single eye may be known Christ said By their fruits should they be knowne And the fruits of the Teachers of the world are plainely made appeare to be the fruits of deceivers and not of the Ministers of Christ none have gathered Grapes nor Figgs from them And thus I have cleared my conscience in the presence of God concerning the false slander and accusation which the Teachers and people of the World doe cast upon us and to that in every ones conscience it is made appeare who they are to whom this accusation justly belongs Woe unto all you who strive against the Lord and justifie that which the holy men of God which spoke forth the Scripture in the Scripture declared against and which condemne that which the holy men of God in the Scripture justified and witnessed for you who live in pride in covetousnesse in double-dealing and in hypocrysie and in the lusts of the Flesh you strive against the Lord God and against the light of God which is in your consciences which shewes you these things to be sinne you resist the drawings of the Father which would draw you by the light to follow the sound Woe and desolation is to come upon all you who will not be taught by the light of Christ which he hath lightened you withall which light all the holy men of God were taught by who gave forth the Scriptures but doe set up Teachers without you such as all the holy men of God the Prophets Christ and his Apostles declared against Oh blinded stiffe-necked people which are not ashamed to call such Ministers of Christ and of the Gospel and by your corrupt wills and Laws to defend them which seeke for their gaine from their Quarter and which feed themselves with the Fat and cloathe themselves with the Wooll and which Preach for hire and divine for money and prepare Warre against them that put not into their mouthes here you justifie such as the Prophets of the Lord were sent to cry against and deny Isayah Ezechiel and Micha to be true Prophets for if you did beleeve that they spoke from the mouth of the Lord the word of the Lord