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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

tradition from the Scripture without us And we deny all such who have taken up these things in their owne wills by conforming the outward man to the outward letter and have not entered in at the doore True Preaching we owne and doe witnesse it which is the Crosse of Christ and in the power of God and it is foolishnesse to the World and its wisedome now as ever it was and we deny all speaking of imaginations from Scripture which is in the wisedome of the World and which stands in the will of man limitted to a set time or day or place Prayer by the spirit and in the spirit we owne and witnesse whi●h is not limitted to a time and place And we deny all the worlds formall customary Preaching and Praying for a pretence Baptisme we owne and witnesse wich is with one spirit into one body into the death of Christ And we deny all Baptismes which are imagined and immitated by conforming the outward man to the outward letter which is but a likenesse of the true Baptisme Communion we live in which is in the light by the spirit which will endure Eternally And we deny the Worlds imitation which is in word and declaration and visible carnall things which will passe away Singing which is with the spirit and with understanding of the Redeemed of the Lord we owne and Witnesse but the Worlds singing in Rime and Meeter proud men singing That they are not pufe in minde and prophane men singing That the Law of God is deare to them this singing we deny for it must be turned into howling the Lord hath said it And here againe I charge it upon the Teachers of the World That they deny the substance and power of what Christ commands his saints to practice by upholding their owne imitations and so deceiving the simple but where the substance is witnessed the figure is indeed and the false imitations are discovered and denyed And mans free-will we doe deny for the will of man shall never enter to God but leades out from God into the lust and into the Flesh and keeps in the power of the Devill And man hath free will unto that which is evill but not to that which is good and all who follow Christ the light of the World must deny their owne wills and take up the crosse of Christ which is to the will and walke in the light contrary to the will in the straite way which leades unto life which is out of the will of man in the will of God which the will of man doth resist and oppose And I charge it upon the Teachers and professors who doe not witnesse the dayly Crosse of Christ that they live in their owne free-will and holds it up and are led by it into pride and covetousnesse and the lusts of the Flesh which stand in the will And here they are guilty of that themselves whereof they falsely accuse us living in their owne free-will and walke not in the dayly Crosse of Christ And selfe-righteousnesse we have denyed and have seen it in the same light which Isayah did to be as filthy raggs and we declare against it and against them which live in it for selfe must not be saved it is accursed from God it is wholly unrighteous and makes the best of actions so and is and must be cast out from God Christ Jesus made manifest and revealed in us is our righteousnesse and selfe is judged and condemned by him who is made unto us righteousnesse nei●her doe we teach people to labour in their owne strength to obtaine life but doe direct people to the light of Christ within them which walking in will be strength to them to leade them to life the light which is of Christ to which we direct all to waite in to be taught by it will leade out of selfe-righteousnesse and from under the power of selfe to witnesse the power of God to leade and to act and to witnesse Christ Jesus revealed the righteousnesse of God And the Church which is in God which is the body of Christ whereof Christ is head we witnesse and are members of it gathered and joyned by the Eternall spirit and not by tradition in the wisedome of man And we deny all the VVorlds Churches whereof they were made members by by visible things without and were gathered by tradition whereof the serpent is head and not Christ and which is the body of Anti-Christ some of whom commit Idolatry in an Idols Temple And the Ministry of this Church we deny for it stands in the will of man and the Ministers of it are such as all the servants of the Lord witnessed against the Churches the Ministry and the Ministers are contrary to God but the Ministry which is to the seed which is out of the will of man we owne and witnesse which ministers life unto life and death unto death and divides the word aright judgement to the fat and to the strong and feeds the hungry and looseth the bands of wickednesse and breaks not the bruised reed nor quenches the smoaking flax this Ministry we deny not but are friends unto it and who are Ministers here we have union withall but proud men and such as are called of men Master are cast out of this Ministry and are Ministers to the body of Anti-Christ and know not the Ministery of the Ministry of Jesus Christ as this to the spirit in prison Magistrates and Magistracy we deny not but doe give respect unto for conscience sake for who beares the sword of justice who use their power to be a terror to the wicked and for the prayse of them that doe well are Ministers of God and we desire that there were more Magistracy here and that the Magistrate would more use his power to be a terror to lyers to swearers to drunkards to raylers to false accusers and to proud men and oppressors this we are friends unto but to such as act by their owne wills in corrupt Lawes and doe thereby violence to the Innocent and strengthens the hands of evill doers we cannot be subject but choose rather then to transgresse the Law of God which is written in our hearts by submitting to such mens wills and Lawes to suffer by the corrupt wills of men under corrupt Lawes And thus I have answered those false accusations which are cast upon us and doe declare it be the same spirit in the Teachers and people of this generation which accuseth us as it was in the Scribes and Pharisees which accused Christ and his Disciples And this the Scripture witnesseth unto as they did unto him so would they doe unto us A further Answer to that Accusation of being false Prophets and Deceivers JEsus Christ Prophesied and said That in the last dayes should many false Prophets arise and should deceive many if it were possible the very Elect. Now the Teachers and people of this generation doe say That we who by the world are called

power Christ was called a deceiver and a blasphemer and the Apostles were called Movers of Sedition Heretiques and turners of the World upside downe by them who professed in word what Christ was in substance and what the Apostles witnessed and so it is now We who are scornefully called Quakers doe live in and declare forth no other thing but the substance of what the Priests have Preached upon and the Professors have talked upon in their carnall mindes by their imaginations He is a false Prophet and a deceiver which hath not the Word from the mouth of the Lord but takes that which the Lord spoke to another and calls it his and useth his Tongue and saith The Lord saith it when the Lord never spoke to him And here are the Teachers of the World themselves guilty of that whereof they falsely accuse us for they take the Prophets words Christs and the Apostles Words to talke upon but have not received the Word from the mouth of the Lord and their Prophesie and Preaching would soon be ended if they had not the Scripture which is other mens Words and that which was spoken to others to speake their imaginations from And these are the false Prophets and Deceivers which runne and are not sent which speake to others pretending to be sent of God but walking contrary to all that ever God sent to declare his Name in former generations and so are knowne to us by their fruits having no example from the Prophets Christ nor his Apostles for their practice but doe walke in the example of the false Prophets of Israel of the Scribes and Pharisces and of the false brethren O foolish people which have eyes and see not which have hearts and doe not understand Is the Lord changed from what he was Were they false Prophets and deceivers in Isayahs time which he was sent to cry out against which sought for their gaine from their quarter and are not your Teachers false Prophets now which act the same things Were they false Prophets and deceivers in Ezekiels time which he was sent to cry against that Fed themselves with the Fat and cloathed themselves with the wooll and made a prey upon the people and are not your Teachers false Prophets and deceivers now which act the same thing Were they false Prophets in Michas time which he was sent to cry out against which Preached for hire and devined for money and cryed peace to them that put into their mouthes but prepared war against them that did not and are not your Priests false Priests and Prophets which act the same things Were they deceivers of the people in Christs time which he cryed woe against which were called of men Masters and which had the chiefe place in the Assemblyes and which stood Praying in the Synagogues and which went in long robes and which loved greetings in the Markets and are not your Teachers deceivers of the people now which are found acting the same things Were they false Teachers and false Brethren in the Apostles time which they declared against which through covetousnesse with fained words made merchandise of the people and went in the way of Balaam for gifts and rewards and Preached for filthy lucre and which Paul saw come comming in his dayes which were proud men coveteous men selfe-willed and fierce men heady high minded men having a Forme of godlinesse but denying the power which alwayes taught people but none were able to come to the knowledge of the truth under their teaching and are not your Teachers false Teachers now which are walking in the same steps To the light in all consciences I doe speake which will witnes the truth A sottish and ignorant people which cannot discerne who the false Prophets and deceivers and false Teachers are the Lord is the same as ever he was and his spirit is no whi● changed Was it once an abomination to the Lord in the false Priests and Prophets of Israel to seek for their gaine from their quarter and to Feed themselves with the Fat and cloathe themselves with the wooll and make a prey upon the people and to Preach for hire and to divine for money and are not these things and they that uphold them abomination to him now Did the spirit of the Lord in his servants declare against these things then and against them that upheld them then and must not the same spirit where it is made manifest declare against these things and against them that uphold them now Was it once an abomination in the sight of Christ in them to be called of men Master and to have the chiefe places in the Assemblyes and to stand praying in the Synagogues c. and are not these things an abomination to him now in whom they are upheld Did Christ cry woe against such things and against them that upheld them then and must not the spirit of Christ where it is made manifest cry woe against such things and against them that uphold them now were these markes of false Teachers then to make merchandise of the people and to goe in the way of Balaam for gifts and rewards and for filthy lucre and to be proud coveteous heady high-minded selfe-willed and fierce men and are not they false Teachers now which beare these markes Did the Apostles give warning to beware of such and to turne away from such then and must not the same spirit where it is made manifest give warning to beware of such and to turne away from such now We witnes to have received according to measure the spirit of the Prophets from which they spoke and the spirit of the Apostles from which they spoke which is Christ made manifest in us and happy are all they that receive our testimony For by the same spirit of Christ doe we declare against these abominations now as the holy men of God did then For God and his spirit is the same as ever was and what he once hated he hates for ever and no other Christ doe we declare forth which we witnes to be made manifest within but that Christ which dyed at Jerusalem which suffered by the Chiefe Priests and Elders of the people he was and is the true Christ which said He was the light of the world and was the light which had enlightened every one that comes into the world and which said Except a man would deny the world and take up his dayly Crosse and follow him he could not be his Disciple and which cryed woe against them which were called of men Masters and that had the chiefe places in the Assemblyes and that stood praying in the Synagogues c. and they who denyed him to be the light of the world and which took not up the Crosse and which were called of men Masters and had the chiefest places in the Assemblyes and stood praying in the Synagogues and went in long robes these were Anti-Christs and were acted by a contrary spirit then the true