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A30519 A discovery of divine mysteries wherein is unfoulded secret things of the kingdom of God, being a testimony ... : all which are published for the edification of such as desire to know the truth / by a servant of truth, Edward Burroughs. Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662. 1661 (1661) Wing B5999; ESTC R20971 24,161 40

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God nor rightly exercise the Conscience in Unity and Peace but while a Nation or Kingdom or People walk by the Rule of Traditions Prescriptions Commandments of Men Example of others or the like they erre in Judgment in Faith Doctrine and Worship and are all divided and in Contentions about these matters because their Rule of Conscience and Judgment is doubtful and alterable and not infallible and therefore they have no perfect assurance of God's acceptation to them in their Faith and Religion nor perfect Peace and Unity in their Faith and Worship But as the Rule of their Consciences in their Duty towards God is divers some makes one thing and some another their Rule so are they divers and divided in what they hold profess and practise and are but of great Babylon in their Religion And because that something besides the Spirit of God exerciseth the Conscience therefore is it that here are so many wayes and Sects of Religion and kinds of Worship in Christendom and among Christians while the Spirit of Christ only is not the Rule of Iudgement and Exercise of Conscience to God and Man for the only perfect Rule of Conscience in the exercise to God is the Spirit of Christ and not any other thing And now whosoever shall persecute the Exercise of Conscience when guided by the Spirit of Christ such persecute Christ Iesus And this is Persecution for the Name of Christ when Sufferings are inflicted as Reproaches Imprisonment or whatsoever for the exercise of Conscience towards God by his Spirit but and if any are persecuted for Religion-sake only so if that in such their Exercise of Religion they are not guided by the Spirit of Christ yet that suffering is a kind of Persecution also If I say the suffering be only for and because of their Religion-sake and they walk justly and righteously as men so that as is signified about the middle of this Chapter though some may profess good Conscience and cry for Liberty thereof in their false Sect and Religion not taught them by the Spirit of Christ yet the Civil Magistrate ought not to punish and use violence to such for their Religion but if they do they persecute and the Lord will lay it to their charge But yet this is safe for all first to obtain true Liberty of Conscience to Godwards and to receive the Spirit of Christ to be taught only by it in the Exercise of Conscience and Religion that they may not erre in Conscience and Iudgement in Spiritual matters nor suffer wrongfully under pretence of Righteousnesse-sake when as it is not truly so CHAP. IV. Concerning the Diversity of Judgements in RELIGION TO all ye that are of divers Judgments and Opinions in and concerning Spiritual matters who are divided about matters of Faith Doctrine Worship and Church-Government some of you holding one thing and some another different and contrary to that being diversly divided in mind and heart concerning the matters that are one in themselves and to which you all assent as to the things in themselves and yet are different and contrary-minded about the self-same things To you all I am moved to write that so ye may be informed perfectly first What the Cause is of your Divisions and why it is thus amongst you And secondly Of the bad Effects and Fruits such Divisions have brought forth And lastly the means and way of Reconciliation that ye may come into Love and Peace and Unity with God and one with another in all things pertaining to his Kingdom First The Cause of your Divisions and of the Diversities of Judgements and Opinions that are amongst you concerning the things and matters of God's Kingdom is Because you want the Spirit of God to guide you and it is not the Rule of your Knowledge and Iudgment and you wanting the Spirit of God in which is Unity among Saints therefore is it you are so divided and divers and different and contrary one to another in these things it is because ye want the Spirit of God I say which only teacheth the true Knowledge of God and gives an Understanding in all his Wayes and Matters It is the Spirit of God that teacheth true Faith true Doctrine and true Worship and all things about Church Ministry and Religion and if that you had the Spirit of God in you and were taught and guided by it it would teach you into one Faith and one Truth and into the true Worship and into the true Church-Government and you would be in unity and peace And if you all had the Spirit of God that gave forth the Scriptures and by which Spirit the Saints of God were guided in dayes past it would teach you into Unity and to be of one mind one heart and one soul in all the matters pertaining to God's Kingdom in Faith Worship Doctrine and all things else if you had the Spirit of God I say and were taught by it then you would have Unity with God and one with another in all his wayes and there would have been no Division nor Contention amongst you about Spiritual matters but because you want that therefore you have strife and division amongst you even throughout all Christendom Here 's a Nation and a Kingdom holding such a Faith and Worship and there 's another People holding Faith and Worship contrary to that and here 's one Sect of people and there 's another different in Faith Iudgment and Opinion and this is a shame to whole Christendom that all should profess Christ Iesus and Faith in him and Salvation by him and his Doctrine and Worship and yet be in strife and division and in great contentions concerning the same some holding and practizing one manner of Faith Worship and Doctrine and others holding contrary and different and this shews that ye are all fallen from the Life of Christianity as it was held in the Apostles dayes amongst the true Churches for they were of one heart mind soul and spirit as it is written they were of one Faith of one Worship of one Doctrine and hand one Way of Church-Government and this continued amongst the Churches of Christ till there were some that had erred from the Spirit of God in their own Consciences and then they also erred in Faith in Doctrine and in all other things relating to God And these were the Apostate Christians that had erred from the Spirit and divided themselves from the true Church and differed in Iudgment amongst themselves and this was because they had erred from the Spirit of God which would have kept them in unity with God and one with another for the Spirit is the Bond of Peace and the Seal of the Covenant of Love among the Saints So now all ye who are divided in your Knowledge and Iudgement and are in contention one with another about the matters pertaining to God's Kingdom you are the Apostate Christians and you are without the Spirit of Christ The first Apostate Christians erred