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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30541	Some false principles and errors discovered and refuted in a short answer to a catechism book, which is said to contain the principles of religion, put forth by a namelesse authour, but is supposed to be the work of one Samuel Eaton ... but upon true examination he is found to be teaching the traditions of men for the commandments of Christ ... / by E.B.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1659 (1659)	Wing B6023A; ESTC R36303	12,581	15

end to the sanctification of the seventh c. Ans. Here again thou hast uttered that which thou knowes not for all daies are alike unto God and one sanctified as much as an other and no respect of daies with him but all are holy and pure and good and when the sanctification of any thing is put to an end as as thou saist the sanctification of the seventh day is then the thing is no more good nor holy but become evil and unclean if it be no more sanctified nor holy and in this principle thou hast erred also as for the seventh day it was commanded of God to the Jews to be kept and observed holy to the Lord and all manner of labour to all Creatures were forbiden which thing was a signe and a shadow of a good thing to come the end of which ordinance was Christs the substance of all things and the end of daies and that there was any anulling of that command to the Jews and a command to keep and observe the first day of the week in stead of the other by any outward command this we read not in all the Scriptures and what ground thou hast more then thy imaginations I know not to assert the changing of dayes and to teach the observation of the first day as the Sabbath instead of the seventh day seeing thou hast nothing in the Scriptures to raise such a principle from and so would make exception of daies and respect of times which the Apostles did not after the holy spirit was come for daies and times all are a like to God and who are come to Christ the true rest of the immortal Soul are in the end of daies and out of the respect of times in the substance which endures for ever and in the Gospel ministrations there is no command or injunction by Christ or by his Apostles given to us for the observing any one day more then another And thou saist when it is said swear not at all the meaning is not vainly and unnecessarily Ans. Christ hath not spoken doubtfully but plainly and he hath not left his words to thee to give thy fals meaning upon so thou takest too much upon thee and intrudest into things thou hast not seen and all swearing which is contrarie to the command of Christ is unnecessarie and vain though by such false consequences and perverting of Scriptures thou thy generation hast made the people to err and led the blind by the way for where the Scriptures as they are in themselves doth not made for your turn then it means not thus but otherwise and this is the consequence and it must be interpreted say you and so you pervert the Scriptures to your own destruction and to the undoing of manie others for you that lead the people cause them to err And where is thou speakst of outward seals of the Covenant which is Baptism saist thou which appertaines to grown persons converted and also to children c. Acts 2. 39. Ans. The seal of the covenant of God is the Spirit even the Spirit of promise which sealeth and confirmeth unto God and not any outward thing for the Covenant of God is inward and spiritual and not outward and carnal and the seal and testimonie of it is the spirit of life and no tradition of man and as for Baptism in that way and manner administred and practised as in the Church of England it is wholie an invention of man and not after any Institution and commandement of God and sprinkling of infants which is said to be Baptism is so far from being a seal of the Covenant of God that it is a mark of the whore of Rome and was by her first of all ordained and begun to be practised in her Church and your false Minsters have received it from her and it is a seal and sign that you and you Ministrie and Church is of the whore of Rome and not of the true Church of Christ for the Apostles nor the true Church of Christ never ordained nor practised such a thing amongst them and in the true Church as sprinkling of infants and calling it the Baptism in the faith of Christ and the seal of the Covenant there was no such practice and dostrine amongst them but it is come up since the true Church fled into the wildernesse and since the beast received power over kindreds and Nations and it is an institution of the great whore that hath sat upon the waters for many generations and she hath made Nations drink her cup of fornication and the original of this practice and principle is received out of the whores Cup and not by any commandement of Christ or axample of his Church and Apostles and I cannot but charge thee that thou teaches for doctrine the traditions of men and holds forth for principles of Religion to be believed and learned the institutions of the great whore of whose cup thou hast drunk and would also give it to others that they may drink it also and to accomplish which evil end thou hast perverted the Scriptures Acts 2. 39. for the Scripture hath no such thing intended in it as to the baptising of infants for which end thou hast falsely cited it for though the promise is to as many as the Lord our God shall call yet what is this to the sprinkling of infants which thou asserts as a principle of Religion and would seem to enforce it by vertue of the Scripture mentioned but thou hast abused the Scripture and shewed thy selfe to be disagreeing to the holie Ministers and Apostles of Christ and to be agreeing with the false Church of Rome and this is answer sufficient to thee And thou saist The outward covenant of God is conditionall and the profession of the faith entitles both such as make it and their infants unto it to wit the covenant Ans. The Covenant of God is not outward but spiritual as I have said and it is also free even the free gift of God and the promise and Covenant is freely manifested without the performing any thing by the creature to obtain it from God for it stands not upon condition but upon free love and mercie and many makes a profession of faith which hath not right nor title to the inheritance of Salvation nor to Gods sure covenant neither can anie upon earth much lesse Infants void o● understanding have any assurance or title in the Covenant of life eternal but who are regenerated and born of the elect seed for the unchanged and degenerated in that state hath no title nor right in the Covenant but Abrahams seed which is heir of the promise which is born of God and not from below to that is the Covenant so thou hast spoken things thou knowest not and hast manifested thy false principles which thou walkest in and would cause others to receive them also Then thou speakest of bread and wine which saist thou are the outward signes in the Lords

will find in the day of the Lord when he comes to Judge righteously and to give every man according to his works and not according to what he may make a shew of and profess in words though all you false daubers with untempered morter heale up the hurt of the Daughter of Sion deceitfully and cry peace peace by a false applying the Promises and words of Christ when God speakes no peace and even you and your false daubed wall will be Whirle-wind of the Lord beat down and destroy utterly and this I assert contrary to thy false doctrine and principles that none are Justified but who hath Christ in them and really partakes of holiness and righteousness and are really cleansed from sin and are born of the spirit of God and is heire of the promise of eternall life And further thou saist Iustification admitteth not of any degree and if a person be Iustified from any one sin he is Iustified from all sin as well from sins to be committed as those that are already commited and who is once a Iustified person is not unjustified upon new sin committed c. Ans. Grace and faith and truth and Christ himself admitteth of degrees or measures which are one and there are severall measures of life of light of grace and faith of sanctification and of Justification also for according as every man hath received Christ so hath he received Sanctification and Justification and no otherwise for Christ is made wisdome and Sanctification and Salvation and every one feels his Sanctification and his Justification according to the measure of the gift of Christ given to him so that there are severall measures of Justification and also a man may be Justified from one sin or some sin and not from all sin for according to every mans Sanctification so is the witness of his Justification to him and no more and if thou knowest any thing by experience thou knowest this and no man is Justified from the evill which he is to commit for that faith gives licence to sin if any committing sin shall beleeve that that sin is long since forgiven and he is Justified from it and if he shall beleeve he is Justified though he commit sin even long before he commits his sin this will be a cause to run into sin and is a gap opened by thee unto all unrighteousnesse Why if people can believe they are justified from the sins which they have yet to commit what should restrain them from running with pleasure into all unrighteousness if new sins alwaies committed do not make persons unjustified then may the sinners rejoice in their sins and take their pleasure in ungodliness this doctrine of thine is pleasant to the wicked and it is the way and principle of liberty in all sin rather then the principles to lead from sin and so thou hast shewed whose work thou art doing by strengthning the wicked in his way so that he cannot turne from sin rather then drawing him from sin and this is the Devils work And thou saist such as are justified are regenerated and sanctified and a little before thou said to be justified is not to be cleansed nor is it to partake of real righteousnesse and persons are justified from sins which they have to commit And these are contradictions and proceed out of darknesse and not from the light and thy folly and ignorance may be read by all men for who are regenerated and sanctified are cleansed and partakes of real righteousnesse and thou further saist that sanctification is a real change from sin to the purity of the Image of God and I say none are sanctified but they are justified so none are justified but who are changed into the Image of God this the trut● saith and wherein thou hast said contrary thou hast spoken contrary to the truth and the truth will judge thee Again thou saist sanctification is not perfect in this life the new man the spirit or law of the mind is that grace or imperfect sanctification c. Ans. Then Christ is not perfect in this life for he is made of God unto us sanctification 1 Cor. 1. 30. but we say Christ is perfect and therefore sanctification is perfect and the new man is the Image of God and is created in righteousnesse and in true holinesse but thou saist the new man is imperfect consider of thy principles when they are compared with the scriptures and see the error and wickednesse of them and the spirit and Law in the mind is the spirit of God and the Law of God in which the Apostles served God and so doth all the Saints but thou saist the spirit and Law in the mind is imperfect and this is error in the highest degree to say or signifie that the new man the Image of God that is in righteousnesse and true holinesse and the Spirit of God and the Law of God is imperfect sanctification and grace is the salvation and is Gods sufficiencie and that thou saist is imperfect also and thus thy principles of thy religion which thou walkest in thy selfe and would teach to others are abominable corrupted principles of error and contrary to the spirit of truth and to the scriptures also and no marvel that thy name is concealed for thy work deserves not a good mans name to it much more might be said to lay open further thy folly but this is sufficient to men of understanding and contrary to thee I do assert that the new man the Image of God the Spirit and Law of God in the mind is perfect grace and perfect sanctification and thou hast said the contrary and now whether thy principles of Religion or mine be the more true and whether fals let all sober men judg with the light in their conscience And thou saist the old man the flesh the body of sin the body of death is the sin that remaines in sanctified persons Ans. Who are sanctified are ●reed from the body of sin and death and hath put it off and the Law of the Spirit of life hath freed them from the flesh and from the old man for if the old man the fl●sh the body of sin and death be in the sanctified person● then there is none sanctified at all and what are they sanctified freed and cleansed from if the old man the fl●sh the body of sin and death be yee remaining in them thou speakest like an unlearned man and one that knowes not the sanctified estate but art erring in thy mind and judgment and in thy words also for we have put off the old man and are Crucified to the flesh and made free from the body of sin and death and this is our sanctification and who are remaining in these things are not sanctified but in the degeneration and hath no part yet in the kingdom of God nor in Christ Jesus but are without him in the world And thou saist the sanctification of the first day hath put an