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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69596	An apology or defence for the requisite refuting of the shamefull, disgracefull writings and horrible libell against the book of true repentance and of true resignation which Gregory Rickter, Primate of Goerlits, hath spread abroad against it in open print answered in the year of Christ 1624, 10 Aprill / by Jacob Behme, also called Teutonicus Philosophus ; Englished by John Sparrow.; Schutz-Rede wieder Gregorium Richter. English	Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Sparrow, John, 1615-1665?	1661 (1661)	Wing B3415; ESTC R14771	30,310	42

shall see visions Joel 2. 28. also at that time I will pour out my Spirit upon servants and hand-mayds why will you hinder the Spirit of the Lord 47. If you see any of them then you say he is the Devill and put reproachfull blasphemous names upon him and cry out Men should baneish him from City and Country pray shew in your banishing your Christian Heart 48. Are you Christs Shepheard where is your Love wherewith Christ hath loved us and wherewith we should also Love one another John 13. Doth the Scripture bid you drive out and hunt any into Misery without hearing of any Cause what doth it say to you If thou seest that thy Brother is a Heathen then go to him and admonish him in private if he yeeldeth to thee then hast thou wonne thy Brother if not then take one or two with thee if he yeeldeth not then shew it to the Congregation if he hear not the Congregation then account him as a Heathen and Publican Matth 18. 15. Not hunt him out and reproach and condemn him unheard as you have done to me 49. You have set your self in a Judgement that doth not belong to you read I pray the Epistles of Saint Paul to Titus and Timothy How a Bishop ought to be and then you will find that you have not a right Bishops Heart 50. Why do you reprove my Book Morning Rednesse or Aurora seeing you do not understand it also it is not written for the Pulpit or that it should come among the People I have written it for my selfe for a Memoriall to me with such words as at that time I could understand what is that to THEE why have you published it and leant it to other People None had known of it if you had not mentioned and divulged it in the Pulpit and lent it abroad 51. Thou supposest thou wilt stop and hinder these writings and yet thou thy self art he that furtherest them None would have known any things of me and of MY writittings if THOU thy self hadst not proclaimed them and lent them out 52. Afterward the Learned enquired for them they have all had none so ill thoughts of them as you have Men may indeed find as Learned People among them as you are surely it is not you alone that have studied also a Man may find more fear of God in many of them who read these writings and account them Good then in you which you demonstrate by this Libell and by your whole Life 53. But all the works of God must serve him God hath used you for an Instrument of this Publication of them which God hath given me to know therefore have I patiently a long time born upon me your unjust reproachings and disgracings wherein yet no true word hath been elfe I would have answered you long agoe 54. You liken my Book of Repentance to the Heresie of Arrius and say that the Eastern Countryes for the sake of that are punished with horrible darknesse and if men do not wholly root out my writings and hunt me therewith out of the Countrey then it would go just so with us also 55. Tell me I pray whether also Lying and Sinne be from the Devill or no shew me the Opinion of Arrius in my little Prayer-Book there is indeed more Devotion and divine power in the words of that little book then is yet at this time come into your heart which a Man may observe by your injurious persecution in that you would wholly root out the Authour for his divine Gifts sake had you the power I should not live one jot longer 56. Christ said Be ye Mercifull as your Heavenly Father is Mercifull forgive and you shall be forgiven Luke 6. 36. Also Blessed are the Mercifull for they shall obtain Mercy Also Blessed are the Peaceable for they shall be called the Children of God Matth 5. 7. 9. Where is your Mercifullness and peacefull Heart do but once put away the Serpents poyson from it and Sease from reproaching and forcing untruth upon me that I may acknowledge you that you are a Christian in the Meeknesse of Christ 57. Hearken Herr Primarius Lord Primate do you know wherefore God took from the Eastern Countreys the Candlestick as he threatens in the Revelations It was for the sake of the Contention Pride and State of the Learned in that they were only Mouth Christians and sought only their Belly God and earthly Lucifer and covered the Antichrist with Christ Purple Mantle and contended about Opinihns they forsork the Holy Spirit in Power and set themselves in Christs stead they were but contenders and disputes and their Aime was only at honour and respect 58. These things the Eastern Countreys looked upon and saw that in such Contention Gods Love was not and in that respect they began to doubt concerning the Faith and seeing the Learned did but contend and one part acknowledged Christ and the other part denied him and run on to meer IMAGES and Opinions wherein none saw conformity to the other then the Potentates thought with themselves who knoweth how it is with the Priests contention whether there be any thing in IT or no 59. Then came forth Mahumet and taught the ONE only God without Trinity to whom the people fell away when they saw that therein there was no strife in respect of the TRINITY for they had enough of strife 60. Also God permitted it to be so because in their Contention they did only blaspheme CHRIST then he took the Candlestick away and so they became Mahumetans and began to warre and dispute with bloud and Sword and drave out the Titulary and Mouth-Christians and God suffered it that they might no more contend about Christs honour seeing Christ honour is only Humility and Love 61. Behold and consider well how are you the Learned at present marked or characterized howiis it concerning Christs Kingdome among you see and compare the Times of Arrianisme and the strife of the Learned in respect of the Religion of your Times and your Contention which you have had along time 62. Shew me the true Christ in Love and meeknesse in all your Books of controversie or Contention are they not meer libellous papers and reproachfull slanders and evill affections wherein every one cryeth out Heresie Here is Christ there is Christ behold he is in the Wildernesse in the Chamber in the Field Also in the Supper in the Baptisme and in Confession and the other say No he is not there it is only a Remembrance and send forth such blasphemies reproaches and disgracings about Christs Cup Office and Person as was done in the time of Arrius 63. Therefore you are now your own Prophet and threaten darknesse to your selfe it may very well befall you and unlesse you be altogether blind you may see it before your eyes yet you had rather contend and reproach Gods children yes wholly thrust from you CHRIST in his Members then repent