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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77966	Truth defended. Or, Certain accusations answered, cast upon us who are called Quakers; by the teachers of the world, and the people of this generation. With a cleare discovery, who are the false prophets, and when they came in. And who they are that deny Christ, and that preach another gospel. And who deny the scriptures, churches, ministers, and magistrates, whereby the magistrates and people of this nation may see they justifie that which the scripture condemns, and condemne that which the holy men of God justified. / By a servant of the Lord, whose name in the flesh is, Edward Burrough.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.; Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669.	1654 (1654)	Wing B6049; Thomason E808_3; ESTC R207519	16,445	23

Christ And here againe I charge all the Teachers and people in the presence of the Lord God who doe deny Christ to be the light in every one which reproves for sin and who are called of men Masters and stand Praying in the Synagogues and goe in long robes and who uphold such things and who take not up the dayly Crosse of Christ but live at liberty in their wills and desires that they are Anti-Christs and that their spirit is not the spirit of the true Christ which dyed at Jerusalem but the spirit of a false Christ and so they are guilty of that themselves whereof they falsely accuse us and the same Christ doe we witnes which the saints of old witnessed whose blood cleansed them from all sin and in whose power they had power over sin death and hell And here again I charge the Teachers and people who say that the saints must not be cleansed from sin nor cease to commit sin while they are on the Earth that the Christ which they possesse is not the Christ which dyed at Jerusalem but a spirit contrary and not the Christ which the saints witnessed and all the people are blinde which cannot see these things Did the true Christ once say He was the light of the World of every man that comes into the World and is that his spirit in the Teachers and Professors now which saith Every man hath not the light of Christ in them Was that the true Christ which said Except you take up my Crosse dayly you cannot be my Disciple and is that his spirit in the Teachers and people that hath its liberty and live in pride in lust and in vanity and their own vvills Was that the true Christ which cryed woe against them that were called of men Master and that had the chiefe place in the Assemblyes and stood praying in the Synagogues c. and is that his spirit in the Teachers and people which act and uphold those things Was that the true Christ which the saints witnessed by whose blood they were cleansed from sin and had power over sin and is that his spirit in the Teachers and people which saith the saints must not be cleansed from sin nor cease to commit sin while they are on Earth Oh blinde and ignorant people who cannot discerne between the true Christ and Anti-christ which is contrary to Christ and which leades now to act and speak contrary to what the true Christ once acted and spoake And no other Gospel do we Preach but that which the Apostle Preached which they received not from nor by man but by the revelation of Jesus Christ which was contrary to man and which suffered by man for the Preaching of it who Preached to the spirit in prison to redeeme the captives and by which the fleshly man was judged in the flesh that man might live according to God in spirit And this Gospel we witnes to have received not from man but by the revelation of Iesus Christ which is contrary to man for which we are persecuted and suffer by man neither doe we speake to the wisedome and reason but we preach to the spirits in prison that the fleshly man may be judged in the flesh that man may live according to God in the spirit this will many witnes with us that by the preaching of our Gospel liberty is brought to the captives and the fleshly man is judged and the spirit which was in prison is set free And here again I charge the teachers of this generation that their Gospel which they Preach is not the Gospel which the saints preached but another Gospel and they are guilty of that themselves whereof they falsely accuse us for they have received their Gospel from man and by man from the Printers and Stationers and are made Ministers of it by the will of man at Schooles and Vniversities and their Preaching is in the will of man a limited time and place neither doe they suffer by man but are set up with man and seed the wisedome and reason of man and the fleshly man is not judged nor the captives redeemed by their Gospel which they Preach here they are accursed which Preach another Gospel according to the Scripture And ye are a blinde and ignorant people which cannot see these things Did they that Preached the true Gospel receive it contrary to the will of man and can it now be received by the will of man Did they which Preached it suffer for it by man and can they now who Preach it be set up by man who lives in the same persecuting nature Did the true Gospel once judge the fleshly man and leade to live according to God in the spirit and do●h it now give liberty to the fleshly man to live after the Flesh in the lusts of it as the Teachers and professors of this generation doe who profes the Gospel but are discovered not to be come to the Law And the Scriptures we own to be a true Declaration of the life which they lived in which spoke them forth and by the same spirit from which they were spoken which we have received doe we set to our Seales that they are true and the Scripture is ours who walke in the life of it proud men spoke it not forth nor they that sought for their gaine from their quarter nor they that Preached for hire nor they that were called of men Master but persecuted them that spoke it forth and denyed it And here againe I charge it upon the Teachers and professors of this generation that they deny the Scripture and are guilty of that themselves whereof they falsely accuse us For they say None must be perfect upon the Earth when as the Scripture declares of such as were perfect And they say None must be free from sinne when as the Scripture declares of such as were free from sinne and were the servants of righteousnesse They say Christ hath not enlightened every one The Scripture saith He is the light of the World and hath lightened every one c. Can they now who live in the same persecuting nature and walke in the same steps as they did which persecuted them who spoke forth the Scripture as the Teachers and people doe owne the Scriptures in truth Their professing of the Scripture is as theirs was which made a great profession of it in the outward appearance but put him to death who had the life and was the substance of it They then as the Teachers of the world doe now denyed the spirit and life which gave forth the Scriptures And the Ordinances of Jesus Christ we owne and witnesse Preaching Praying Baptisme Communion Singing and whatsoever was ordained for his Saints to practice in life and power we witnesse these things in the Eternall substance having passed through the Earthly figures which was but to stand for its time by the Eternall have we been led by the command of it within us and not by

Quakers are those false Prophets and Deceivers which Christ Prophefied of Of this their false accusation have they drunkards lyars swearers and all the ungodly people in every profession to witnesse them But their accusation and their witnesses we doe deny though they preach it among the people for doctrine And now in answer to this false accusation and slander I am moved to write a little and shall to that principle of God in every mans conscience cleare my conscience and declare what I know from God concerning those false Prophets who they are when they came in and how they may be knowne and shall leave it to every honest heart to consider of The Apostles and Ministers of Jesus Christ saw the same false Prophets which Christ Prophesied of to be come and comming in in their dayes Iohn said by that they knew it was the last time For said he Even now are there many Anti-Christs and false Prophets gone out into the World such vvere they who confessed not Christ to be come in the Flesh and they were of the world and spoke of the world and the world heard them Now here I charge it upon the Teachers of the world that they are of that generetion which went out into the world then for as they then confessed not Christ to be come in the Flesh so these uphold those things vvhich vvere under the Law vvhich vvas before Christ came in the Flesh outwardly and so confesse him not to be come in the Flesh and so they are Anti-Christ They uphold an outward Temple and an outward Worship and take Tythes as the Priests under the Law did as a Type and Figure of Christ but when he vvas come and sacrificed these things which were to stand for a time were put to an end And none who witnessed Christ come and were sent by him to Preach the Gospel did uphold those things but witnessed forth the substance and denyed the figure they denyed the outward Temple and witnessed they were the Temples of God and that God dwelt in them and denyed the outward worship and witnessed the worship of God in spirit and in truth within them for they who worshipped without worshipped they knew not what as they doe now And they desired to take Tythes and lived of the Gospel and said they that Preached it should live of it but the Teachers of this generation are of the world living in its pride lusts and vanities and they who live in the same worldly nature uphold them and heare them Iohn also said Every spirit that confesseth not Christ to be come in the Flesh is Anti-christ And here I charge it upon the Teachers of the world that their spirit of pride and covetousnesse and envy and hypocrisie which rules in them is the spirit of Anti-Christ and confesseth not Christ to be come in the Flesh for where he is made manifest and come in the Flesh this spirit is destroyed For as saith the Scripture he was made manifest to destroy the workes of the Devill Paul was also a vvitnesse of the false prophets and deceivers which Christ Prophefied of in his time For he gave warning to beware of such and to turne away from such whom he saw then come and comming in but came more fully in after his dayes he said of this sort They were lovers of themselves covetous proud heady high-minded fierce men and despisers of those that were good given to filthy lucre and to pleasure and were false accusers and blasphemers and without naturall affection and unthankefull and unholy and taught filly Women who were led with divers lusts but were not able to come to the knowledge of the truth by their teaching they were men of corrupt minds and reprobate concerning Faith And here againe I charge it upon the Teachers of the vvorld that they are of that generation which came in then For they are lovers of themselves they take money of poore people to whom they are more able to give and they are proud and covetous men they goe in their Ribbons and Cuffes and gaudy attire and they Preach to them vvhere they can get most money and some takes money of them and sues them at the Law to vvhom they Preach not at all they are heady and high-minded men for poore people bow to them in the streets and call them Masters they are fierce men and despise those that are good if any speake against them of the truth they are fierce against and despise such and they are given to filthy lucre and are lovers of pleasure for vvhere they can have most money there they will abide and they live in pleasure in idlenesse and lust and vanity they are false accusers they vvill call them deceivers which are not and that blasphemy which is not and they are blasphemers and vvithout naturall affection They say the Letter is the Word and the Scripture the light vvhich is blasphemy for God is the Word and Christ is the light and they vvill suffer the rude multitude and some vvill set them upon it to haile beate and strike out of their Assemblyes vvhich is vvithout naturall affection they are unthankefull and unholy they have great summes of money from the people and are not thankefull but compell them by a Law to pay them and herein they are unholy by their actions vvhich are declared and they Teach alwayes but men and vvomen are ignorant still and none able to come to the knowledge of the truth by them and they have a Forme of godlinesse they professe the Scriptures that the children of the Lord are taught of the Lord and that Christ said Take no thought what to eate nor what to drinke nor wherewith to be cloathed But vvho vvitnesse themselves taught of God and that they need no man to teach them and that take no care vvhat to eate nor vvhat to drinke nor vvhat to put on and so vvitnesse the promise of God and abide in the Doctrine of Christ these you call deceivers and idle and carelesse persons and thus deny the power of vvhat they have professed and herein their minds are corrupt and reprobate concerning Faith for Faith is the substance and purifies the heart from these things vvhich they are guilty of And Peter and jude also vvere vvitnesses of those deceivers and false Prophets vvhich Christ prophefied of in their time for they saw such vvere come and comming in which should bring in damnable Heresies and through covetousnesse with faigned words make merchandise of the people they walke after the flesh in the lust of uncleannesse and despise Government and Dominion Presumptuous are they selfe willed they are not afraid to speake evill of Dignities 〈◊〉 they speake evill of the things that they understand not they have eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sinne begniling unstable soules an heart they have exercised with covetous practises cursed children which have forsaken the right way and are gone astray following the way of