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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30309	A call to back-sliding Israel and may be as a necessary word of caution and admonition to the inhabitants of East and West-Jarsey, Pennsilvania, &c. as a remembrancer to them to call to mind their former state, and whence they are fallen. With some short account of my leaving a second time that party of them called Quakers, which have condemned G. Keith, and all that own him, or his testimony for the crucified Jesus, our alone advocate in heaven. By Elias Burling.	Burling, Elias.	1694 (1694)	Wing B5740A; ESTC R214912	9,170	22

A CALL TO Back-sliding Israel And may be as a Necessary Word of Caution and Admonition to the Inhabitants of East and West-Jarsey Pennsilvania c. as a Remembrancer to them to call to mind their former state and whence they are fallen With some short Account of my leaving a second time that Party of them called Quakers which have Condemned G. Keith and all that own him or his Testimony for the crucified Jesus our alone Advocate in Heaven By Elias Burling Printed and Sold by William Bradford at the Sign of the Bible in New-York 1694. A Call to Back-sliding Israel and may be as a necessary Word of Caution to many of the Inhabitants of Burlington c. HEar O Israel This short Message and Testimony is to you who have long made Profession of the holy Truth yet have not known or witnessed the pure purging Power of it throughly to cleanse wash and sanctifie and to set you free from sin and the power and servitude of it but have taken up a false Rest and are sate down at ease in Zion in a Profession of Truth with a Name to live whilst dead dead as â—o Holiness dead as to the Life Power of Truth and divine Knowledge of the Mystery of Christ Enemies to the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ that should throughly crucifie you to the World and the World to you which raiseth up the Soul into the Life of Holiness this you are Enemies unto in your Minds by reason of wicked Works so hold the Truth in Unrighteousness and are crucifying that afresh to your selves which should slay and crucifie you to the World and the Evils of it but what will ye do in the end thereof Though now for a Time you may live over trample upon thâ—â— innocent Life yet in the end it will be too hâ—avy for you if ye will not bow and bend to it and be willing to fall upon it and be bâ—oken by it it will at last fall heavy upon you and will grind you to Powder and this I have long seen and fore-seen in the Ligâ—t of the Lord to be your state many of you the efore hear and fear all ye Disobedient Rebellious Ones who have long professed me in words saith the Lord yet in woâ—ks have denyed me who honour me not nor is my Nâ—mâ— feared sanctified in the midâ—t of you but my holy Spirit is hath been long grieved by you for you are a Rebellious House saâ—th the Loâ—d theâ—efoâ—e I delight not in you nor are your Offerings pleasant or acceptable in my sight as in days and years past when they were as a sweet smell unto me whilst you retained your love and sincerity to my Name Tâ—uth and held fast your Integrity and my holy fear was before you and whilst yet kept and abode in it it kept and preserved you out of many of the Evils of the World which you aâ—e since again run unto and into this must you câ—me again even to your first Love and â—o Repent and do your first Works if ever ye come into my favour again and be owned and received of me and that I again receive an Offering at your hands with Acceptance Hear therefore O Israel what the Lord by his Spirit may signifie unto you Though very long hath the Lord boâ—n with a people in this day even as he bore long with Israel of Old forty Years was he grieved tempted with that Generation who after that He by a mighty hand and an out stretched Arm had saved them out of the Land of Aegypt and had led them through the Red Sea and brought them safe upon the Banks of Deliverance where they sang his Praise yet he afterwards destroyed them that believed not whiâ—h things are written for our Admonition that we grieve not the Lord in rebelling against his good Spirit as they did of which we had need to take heed least we also come to fall in this Wilderness through the same Example of Unbelief for the Lord hath born long with a People and Generation in this our Day and for whom he hath also done much who have long pâ—ofessed him in words some of them forty or near fifty years but what Fruit is there brought forth by too to many of them though he hath waited long year after year seeking and expecting Fruit of whom he now grows weary and the Day of his long-suffering and forbearance is come near unto an end and that he will say Cut it down why cumbereth it the Ground And this will be the lot portion of many unless they speedily Repent Its Fruit that he expects and looks for and he will not be longer put off or satisfied without Fruits that may honour him for barely a Profession of tâ—e holy Truth without a holy Life will stand no Soul of us in any stead at all in the great Day of Account but he will have an Improvement made by us of his own and what he hath committed to our Trust and he that hath not improved his Gift but hath been idle sloathful and negligent in his Lords business in his Day and Time this Gift or Talent will at last be call'd for by the Giveâ— of it and taken from him and the Portion of that Servant will be in utter Darkness forever He that hath an Ear to hear let him hear this Word The Lord is taking away thy Diadem the Crown is falling from thy head thy flourishing Beauty is passing away quickl the heavenly Sun which thou rejoyced in for a time now with-draws its shining the Daâ—kness is now thickening upon thee in stead of spiritual Mirth and Gladness a Day of Sorrow Mourning and Lamentation in stâ—ad of a Girdle a Rent instead of well set Hair Baldness and instead of a sweet Smell behold a stink and thy Name shall be for a perpetual Shame and Reproach amongst the H athen beâ—ause ye have not sanctified the Nâ—me of the holy One but have greatly polluted it in this Land therefore I will make ye a Scorn a By-word a Hissing to Nations and Women shall rule over thee strangers shall come up and eat your Bread and shall possess your Habitations and the Lord will call in others to the heavenly Banquet the Supper of the Lamb and who are more worthy than ye they shall enter into the Maâ—riage Chamber pertake of the heavenly Dainties and they shall come from the East and from the West and shall enter in shall sit down with Abraham Isaac Jacob in the Kingdom of God and Ye who have accounted your selves the Children of it shall be thâ—ust out for your Disobedience for there are flâ—st at shall be last and last that shall be first and as ye were in times past when little in your own Eyes and in a bowed sence befoâ—e the Loâ—d you were thâ—n reproach d scoâ—ned mocked and derided of the World and such as knew not God for your

Plainness your Châ—istian Modesty your Seriousness Sobriety Gravity and Moderation your Self denyal holy and harmless Conversations and serious Deportment and good Behaviour and Testimony aâ—â—iâ—st the World and the Eviâ—s and Fashions of it which your Mindâ— werâ— faâ— drawn out of in that Day and because ye could not fashion your selves after the former Lusts whilst in your Ignorance nor walk as other Gentiles that knew not God in the vanity of â—heir Minds for thâ—t câ—â—sâ— how werâ— ye hated reproached and reâ—iled foâ— the Truths sake while ye thus stood the Cross but now on the contrary since the Offence of the Câ—oss is ceased with many to my grief and many moâ—e I now speak even with sorrow of heart and not to upbraid you may it not now be said and that truely That ye are now become a Scorn to Fools and a Reproach justly among the Heathen for your evil doing and for your disagreeable Practices to what the innocent harmless Quakers use to be found in witness your Persecution by Imprisoning Fining and taking away Goods from your innocent Neighbours Brethren who for Conscience sake could not conform to you And now that your Evil Vn-Câ—ristian and Vn-Quaker-like Deeds and Corruptions both in Principle Practice are brought to light and which cannot now longer be hid but they must come forth to publick view and tâ—eir Covering who have not the Truth purely for their Covering is stripping ofâ— them and their Nakedness and the Shame of it must and will appear to the view of all And now instead of looking at the hand of the Lo d in it and humbling of themselves under it and owning it to be just upon them for their Hypocrisie and great Unfaithfulness instead of this lay all the blame upon others excusing â—â—emselves blaming and accusing of others wiâ—h it and say It s this Man or the other hath done it and brought this Dishonour and Reproach to Truth and it s not wâ— but G. K. and those in the Sepâ—â—aâ—â—on who â—ave bâ—okâ—â—Vnity with their Bâ—etâ—reâ— â—ut will not â—wâ— that they hâ—ve done any thing that hath juâ—â—lâ— bâ—ought the Dislâ— our but wipe their Mouthes and say Tâ—â—y have doâ—e no Evil. Yet this I must tell a ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ am certainly perswaded of it That had yâ—u buâ— conâ—inuâ—d fâ—ithful and retained your fiâ—â—t purity and love to God and his Truth as ye weâ—e once in this â—hen had not happened nor should G. Keith or any other â—â—en suffered thus to lay open exâ—osed you to the world which you have all along much endeavoured to â—ide your Evils and Filâ—hyness from but now that which hath been long hid and kept secret is made manifest and brought to light for as Christ said There is nothing hid that shall not be revealed nor covered that shall not be uncovered and that which hath been spoken in secret shall be proclaimed upon the House top and since you have lost that which once made you a good savour in your Neighbourhoods and Families aâ—d that reached the Witness of Truth in many hearts having lost this you will be leâ—t as destitute as naked and as bear as ever People was left without timely and sincere Repentance Friends as touching my last Paper which I fent with the other of B. D's to your Monthly Meeting in which was some things hard to he rightly understood by you especially since I am agâ—in with drawn from you being warned of God so to do and that I may keep Truth cleaâ— and my Testimony thereunto however censured and looked upon by you the great thing with me is and hath been â—o appâ—ove my hâ—art to God and to speak the Truth uprighâ—ly without partiality oâ— respect to any Mans Person and whilst I am kept there I heed it little who commâ—nds oâ— who discommends me for not he who commendeth himself or whom another commâ—nds but whom the Lord commends that is approved I say that I may be the more Intelligible and prevent and take off what in me lies those evil and hard Constructions which very â—ptly and readily you may put upon whâ—â— I there writ as concerning Pâ—â—â—â—ng and Exposing as hath been of late both by onâ— side and the other which I shall explain and give you my sence thus That I have and câ—n honestly and safely testifie against such mâ—â—â—â—r of Exposing as hath been of late by b th as that which ought not to be amongst â—â—â—â—hren who are to dwell together in Unity yâ—â— if the Lord will make use of or permit an â—â—â—â—ument to lay open expose a People for their Uâ—faithfulness and fâ—r their treaâ—â—â—ous dâ—â—ling with him who shall then withâ—â—â—d the Lorâ— in what he doth who doth whatsoever he will and though men cannot see it so yet whatsoever the Lord doth is well and he is and will be gâ—oâ—ified oâ—er all and if he be not glorified in mens Salvation he will be glorified in their Destrâ—ction as he was upon hard hearted Pâ—aroaâ— and his â—eople when he wâ—â—ught that mighty â—eliverance for Israel for the Scripture saith coâ—â—â—ning Pharoah For â—â—s sâ—me purpose have I raised thee up that I may show my Power in thee and that my Name might be declared throâ—ghout all the Earth Thus you may see in one sence we mâ—y safely condemn such manner of exposing dividing â—ending and tearing Member from Member as that which ought not to be among Brethren as the Apostle mentions in one of his Epistles Tâ—ese things my Brethren ought not so to be so say I Brâ—thren ought not to differ fâ—ll out and be at strife but all ra her dwell together in Love and Amity being all of the same Mind and â—f the same Judgment and this is very aimable and a comely thing for Brethren thus to dwell together in Unity but if that a People who have professed themselves to be in the greâ—test Unity of any People besides and all to believe the same things professing the one Faith one Lord Jesus Christ and one Hope of their Calling if this People or a part of them shall be found in Error certain men from among themselves shall arise and sha l teach and assert things contrary to sound Dâ—ctrine and shall continue and persist to maintain such corrupt and erroneous Principles and Doctrines o the infecting and corrupting of one another so far as to the Denying of our only Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and if for this their great Degeneracy and contemning of the Word and Testimony of Jesus God shall immediaâ—ely concern raise up some from amongst themselves to correct reprove reprehend and sharply to testifie against the same in the zeal anâ— fervency of their Spirits and also to with draw from their Fellowship and Communion and whether it be not right and justifiable in the sight of God so to do I leave to the Wise in heart to judge Thus you may plainly see I have and can freely condemn the Printing Exposing Seperating

Christ and set him before you as the Object of your Faith cannot have the like liberty but their Doctrine and Testimony opposed and contradicted time after time Also whereas it may look strange that I lay so deep a Charge upon some as their Denying our only Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ I say I know none that have done it in express words for in pretence they own him largely but by necessary and undeniable Consequences they have done it as can well be made appear not only by what mine Ears have heard but by many more Ear Witnesses with me which these Instances following are Evidences viz. 1st Their Preaching publickly That the Jews did not see the Worlds Saviour which naturally is to deny Jesus of Nazareth the Son of Mary Abraham and David to be he and contrary to his own words John 6. and this received by the said publick Meeting and at th same time â—he contrary plain Scripture Doctrine and Testimony denyed and opposed as also at the next Monethly Meeting 2dly The Testimony of G. Hutcheson That Christ is now in Heaven glorified in the true Nature oâ— Man was opposed by several Persons in the publick Meeting and said Meeting owned them therein 3dly In that G. H. hath been publickly opposed in testifying Tâ—at the great Mystery of Godliness 1 Tim. 3.16 was God manifest in the Flesh of Christ fâ—e one had applyed it wholly to God being maniâ—est in our Flesh to destroy sin and by one called a Novelty and said G. H's Interpretation of said Scripture was a Perversion and giâ—ing his own and a wroâ—g Construction upon it and an adding thereunto and with hands stretched out Threaâ—ened him with the Plagues in Rev. 22.18 and this in a publick Meeting and no one that I heard reproved him for it but rather justified him therein These with divers other Instances that might be given aâ—â— Proof sufficient that you are greatly ignorant of Jesus Christ whom God raised â—â—ain from the Dead and hath set him at his own Right Hand of Power having also appointed a Day in which he will judge the Woâ—ld even by the Man Christ Jesus of which he hath given assâ—rance to all men in that he raised him from the Dead and whomsoever have the true Faith believe that God raised from the dead and that he was received up into Glory That he that was dead is still in being and thâ—t he ever lives and shall come again in the Day appointed to judge all Mankind but this is denyed by them whom we are seperated from witness H. W. lately whâ—â— G H. was saying That it was his Beliâ—f Thâ—â— that same Jesus that ascended out of the â—â—ght of his Disciples into Heaven should ouâ—wâ—rdly appear again and that he should seâ— him with the Eyes of his Resurrectâ—o Body which H. Willis wondered at an with Hands lifted up said He never expected any such thing Now I have this advantage by my being last with you That whereas you have endeavoured to make me and others believe That it s not for the Doctrine or Testimony 's sake that you have denyed us but for Reviling Printing and Exposing the Faults and Weaknesses of Brethren which I also am against as well as you and â—ave and can condemn it so far That it ought not to be done against the true Brethâ—en and Israel of God but Anti-christs and all Anti-christian Practices and Principles are and ought to be born witness and testified against in the Zeal of the Lord so that this false Cover and Pretence will not longer do it being already seen through by many of the honest heaâ—ted whose Eyes are so far opened that they begin now to see you and there is no hiding of your Iniquities and Hypocrisie with this or the other pretence for the Lord is about thorowly to search his Camp and to rip off every false Cover till he haâ—h said all open naked and bare and there shall be nothing able to hide any from the face of the Lamb but the pure Power and heavenly divine Covering of the holy Spirit of the Lord therefore it concerns us all and every particular to see to it whether vve have got this Covering on yea or nay E. B. THE END

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