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spirit_n	body_n	receive_v	soul_n	8,262	5	5.4143	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30539	Satans designs defeated ...	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1659 (1659)	Wing B6022; ESTC R14163	16,232	20

is in the Saints for the Comforter the spirit of truth is one in it self and the same Though it comforteth the Saints and reproveth the world and the wicked for their sins And men are reconciled to God by Christ for he was in God reconciling to himself and none are reconciled but who walk in the light and followes it for who walkes in the light the blood of Christ cleanseth them from all sin and they are reconciled and none else And the word of God is in the heart as the Scripture saith Deut. 30. Rom. 10. and that is the word of prophesie and that word is sufficient to lead out of all sin unto God if men believe in Jesus and receiveth him and the spirit of truth leadeth into all truth all that follow it That Christ as man is not in heaven yea that he hath ceased to be man and consequently to be Mediator and when I told them he should come in the Clouds in like manner as he ascended and that at his coming the Elements melteth one of their Teachers told me that the clouds were scattered and the Elements melted in him Ans. Christ Jesus is ascended into Heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father yea he is ascended far above all heavens as saith the Scripture but that is utterly false whereas thou saist we say he ceased to be man that is thy lie and so I passe it And we believe according to the Scriptures that he shall come in the Clouds in like manner as he Ascended and at his coming the Elements shall melt And it is not error for a man to say the Clouds were scattered and the Elements melted in him for Clouds are darkness and covers the face of the Sun many times as thou mayest behold in the Firmament But darkness is yet over thy heart and the Elements are not melted away And therefore thou art in thy imaginations putting light for darkness and darkness for light and calling evil good and good evil That the bodies of men shall never rise again after death and that the day of Iudgement is come already and that now the Saints do Iudge the world Ans. We do believe the Resurrection according to the Scriptures for if onely in this life we have hope we were of all men most miserable And we believe that the dead shall arise again after death and every one shall receive according to the deeds done in the body they that have done evil shall arise to Eternal condemnation and they that have done good unto Eternal salvation in the day of Judgement And the Lord cometh with and in ten thousand of his Saints to judge the world and the Saints upon earth do receive the spirit of judgement and do judge the world even all things for the spiritual man judgeth all things even in this present age if thou canst receive it thou mayest They are utterly against water Baptisme and Administering of the Lords Supper with bread and wine Because they say they have the substance of all within Ans. As for Baptisme and the Supper of the Lord we do own it and it is practised of us in the life and power of God but as for your Baptisme that is to say sprinkling of infants calling it the Baptisme into the faith and that they are made members of the Church thereby and that it is a seal of regeneration as you say in your Common-Prayer book and Directory that we do utterly deny and doth say it is no Ordinance of God neither was ever commanded by him or practiced by his Saints but is an Institution of the Whore of Rome And England received it by a Popish Institution and your practice of it is idolatry and not any part of the true worship of God And as for your breaking bread and drinking wine in that manner and form as it is practiced in the Church of England among the unconverted and unregenerated that we utterly deny also to be of God or to be ever commanded of him or practiced by his Saints and this is neither Heresie nor error in us but true bearing witness against your Idolatrous wayes and practices with which the Nations are deceived whom the Whore causeth to drink her cup even all people hath drunk her cup and she hath drunk the blood of them that would not And she hath long sate upon Nations Peoples and multitudes but now she is made bare and discovered and all you her false Ministers And whereas the Author doth say these are some of the strange and horrid opinions which they have audatiously invented c. Answ. It is no strange thing that truth be called Heresie and error and that it be branded with a name of strange and horrid opinions and such like but we do acknowledge that in that way that is called Heresie do we worship the true and living God and wo will be unto them that put light for darkness and darkness for light but when these particular things and their answers are truely read and weighed then let spiritual men judge for this Author must not be judge in his own case whose judgement is corrupted and his wayes abomination And it hath been the work of that generation of those called Ministers I mean for this seven years to cry out to the Magistrates and to send one Paper after another of this nature to them but what hath it advantaged them for hath not the Lord turned their wisdom backward And even the way which they have thought to destroy the heritage of the Lord the Lord hereby hath made his heritage more glorious and so they have striven against the Lord and altogether in vain and their doings shall they eat the fruit of and receive the reward of their own work And whereas the Author further saith such as hath saving work in their souls and that knowes God and Christ c. can not but bless God for keeping them from the great blackness and darkness that hath invaded the souls of these deluded wretches Answ. They that know the saving work in their souls and that knowes God and Christ in truth and righteousness and that calleth upon him with an upright heart we are one with them and they with us And they alone that walkes in the light that Christ hath enlighted them withall are kept from the darkness that doth invade the deluded and as for thy envious reflection as poor deluded wretches and such like these words are to thy self for they have no entrance into our dwellings the Lord hath saved us by his right hand we bear them as his reproaches for righteousness sake And whereas thou sayest it is very sad that after so much Preaching of the Gospel so many should take those things for new lights which are but Antiquated errors c. Ans. It is very sad indeed that the Ministers of this Nation should have so fair a Profession upon them and should put the Nation to so much charge

again and the Whore must be rewarded and sorrow is coming upon her and as she hath done unto the Saints so shall the Saints do unto her And in the conclusion he saith worthy Sir to this member of Parliament it will be your honour to stand in the gap to stop the violence of this hellish Torrent that is so high that it sounds from Dan to Beersheba and threatens Iudgement to our Israel c. Ans. Here is the conclusion of thy matter which is the sum of it a running to the powers of the earth for help what have you ministers lost the Lord to be your strength that you must flie for help to men to defend you from the spirit of God in his people must they make Lawes to establish you and set you up is not this the Whore that road upon the Beast and that the Beast carries is not here a description of her out of the mouth of this Author Is he crying to you to persecute the innocent it is true the seed of God is risen the Elect seed that is able to make war against the beast and against the false prophets even with the word of the Lord and is he offended that truth is risen so high And would he have some fire and Faggots again in Smith-field and some persecution and banishment acted upon the people of God is this the standing in the gap and stopping violence or would he have it done this way yea Judgements indeed are threatened to your generation for if God will not destroy you soon enough you will destroy your own selves and your own iniquity will be upon you and the wickedness of the wicked shall slay him But my Councel is not onely to that particular member but to the whole body of them that they be wise and take heed what they do for the eye of the Lord is over you and his hand can dash you in pieces and if you be oppressors of the people of God and will not relieve the oppressed the innocent and break the bonds of oppression the Lord will break you in pieces for this is the rock that hath broken all before you persecuting people for conscience sake and if you go in this way your destruction shall be the most lamentable of any that was ever yet before you do you not yet see the wickedness of this generation will you yet contend for them surely you might learn wisdome even by their folly and if you do not shut your eyes there needs no more discovery then their own present wayes and works Wherefore consider the day of Gods visitation is upon you make good use of your time least the Lord break you down and never build you up and let the Spirit of the Lord have its liberty and limit it not for if you do you shall never prosper nor never be made a blessing unto the people under your charge Remember you are warned by a lover of your souls AND Friends Great things hath the Lord done in these Nations in your dayes and that by the face of your Authority and there hath a spirit stirred in some of you in the Army which the Lord hath appeared with and yet the work of the Lord is not finished but greater things then these hath the Lord to accomplish amongst us and in this Nation and these things that have come to pass have been but as the preparing of the way for the bringing about greater things It is true many Mountains have been removed and some oppressions taken off and excellent things have been promised and doubtless by some of you really intended but alas the work hath long remained unfinished and many of your best Friends are almost weary with waiting to receive the end of their hopes and desires and many are even fainting concerning the Good Old Cause though of late it hath seemed to be revived by you yet it goes but easily forwards and even so little is its growth since your late Meeting that many are thinking themselves to be in a deceived condition by you Why They see that wicked Clergies interest more prospering then the just freedom of the people And this I say unto you in the Name of the Lord that while that interest of this false Priesthood I mean is so much favoured and defended you can never prosper nor the Nations be ever happy under you for it is one of the greatest oppressions this day in the Nation the maintaining and upholding of this Ministry by Tithes other unrighteous wages and the very Land groans under the oppression of this Church and Ministry which lyes as a heavy burthen upon both persons and estates and consciences of many good people even of your dearest Friends and though the Lord doth manifestly even from Heaven shew signal tokens of his displeasure against them and the servants of the Lord they also cease not to warn you concerning them and their own doings are sufficient Testimony of the malice of their hearts against you and all good men in the Nation yet nevertheless some of you seem to shut your eyes and as if you would see no evil in them but are crying up your godly Ministers some of you utterly despising the man as not worthy to live that doth but speak against them and thus are you blinded and perceives not where the cause lyes of your interruption to bring forth righteousness I say it is the favouring of that interest which stops the issues of good things and while you oppress peoples persons estates consciences to uphold this Ministry and Priesthood aforesaid the Lord shall never prosper you nor make the Nations happy under your charges and this you shall witness eternally Wherefore I do say unto you it is high time for you to lay aside the interest of this oppressing Clergy so much leavened and tasted of the Whore of Rome your selves do know that the spirit of the Romish Clergy was in the late Bishops which you east out for their wickedness and the very spirit of those Bishops is entred into these Priests and bears rule in their hearts and thus by succession hath the Whore of Rome leavened the Clergy of England from one generation to another with her taste and savour and there is the remainer of her murthers and cruelty in those mens breasts and at every opportunity it breaks forth as of late in this Rebellion you have full Testimony and if you do not curbe it speedily it will grow over you to your undoing Therefore clear your selves do not any longer drink the Whores cup neither be ye carriers of her to execute her wickedness upon the bodies and consciences of people for it is written the Beast hath carried the Whore and we see it hath been thus as Iohn saw it was to come to pass and so clear your selves from her Tyrannies and Oppressions and leave this false Church and ministry to themselves and if God will not uphold them by