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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30559	Two general epistles, or, The breathings of love uttered from the pure life, to the wholeflock of God in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and all other places whersoever this shall come, greeting : being a wholesome exhortation ... / given forth by by that faithful servant of God, who, though he hath lately laid down the earthly body, yet he lives with his Maker forever, Edvvard Burrough.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1663 (1663)	Wing B6052; ESTC R6045	15,871	24

TWO General Epistles OR The BREATHINGS of LOVE uttered from the pure Life to the whole Flock of God in England Scotland and Ireland and all other places whersoever this shall come Greeting Being a Wholesome EXHORTATION tending to the Gathering Uniting and Establishing of all the Faithful every-where into that which is Eternal Given forth by that faithful Servant of God who though he hath lately laid down the Earthly Body yet he lives with his Maker for ever EDVVARD BURROUGH LONDON Printed for R. Wilson 1663. The first General Epistle c. FOrasmuch as in these our days the God of Truth hath made manifest his Name and Truth in the hearts of his People and hath gathered the minds of thousands into it to worship him in the Spirit and in the Truth in which he is accepted and of this Truth which is but one and there is not another are we made Witnesses and Ministers of and have the Testimony in our selves that we are of God and are a good savour unto him in them that believe and in them that perish and we have the Testimony That he that is of God heareth us and we know the whole world lies in wickedness and who are in the Truth in the Light and in the Life have fellowship one with another in Holiness and Righteousness in that which comprehends the world and condemns all the works thereof which are evil and this Truth Worship and Fellowship stands in Christ Jesus the second Adam whose Kingdom and Rule is not of this world but from Heaven who according to his Promise in his Counsel hath made known his Power to the raising up a Righteous Branch a Royal Priesthood and Peculiar People zealous of his Name to shew forth his Praise and Glory in Justness and Righteousness in Love Mercy and Peace and works of Purity having our Conversation in Heaven and since that day of the manifestation of this Truth of the Gospel of Peace and Salvation which is the same now as was in the beginning which is in Christ Jesus the Light of the world who is the same yesterday to day and for ever and changeth not I say since that very day hath the Lord prospered his Truth to the renewing of many into his Image and Likeness and to the turning of many from darkness to Light and from Satan's power to God by the mouth of his Ministers and through great sufferings and tribulations oppressions afflictions and labours hath the Lord honoured his Name and his Truth in Nations and given it a praise among all that fear him and hath honoured it and exalted it in the sight of the Heathen to the confounding of the wise and mighty and to the bringing out of the captivity of darkness sin and death wherein in times past all have walked while strangers from the Life of God so that thousands who have received the Truth are established in it and cannot be moved nor shaken but are built upon the sure Foundation their Faith standing in the Power of God with whom the Arm and Presence of the Lord God is defending and preserving continually and unto such the Truth is precious and the Way of the Lord his Name and Honour is dear yea more than life or liberty or any other thing which passeth away who for the Truths sake as it is in Christ Jesus do daily give up themselves to suffering and to reproach for well-doing and not for evil and love not life unto death that the Lord God and his Name and Truth may be honoured so that in that Truth which is received and learned of the Father daily do we walk in all purity and holiness of life answering the Mercy and Love of the Lord in the exercise of a pure Conscience both towards God and man in patience long-suffering and wisdom towards all to the putting to silence of gainsayers rendring love and mercy towards our Persecutors and are set in our hearts to fulfill the Will of God in all things And now whereas that the Scripture may be fulfilled some may and have denied the Truth which once was received and loved to the making shipwrack of Faith and of a good Conscience abusing the Mercy and Grace of God which to them appeared and follow the counsel of their own hearts and not of the Lord having lost the feeling of the Spirit of the Father and are and may be separated from us in the self-separation through an evil heart of unbelief that it may be made manifest they are not of us though they arise from among us and may by disorderly walking contrary to the Truth cause the Truth to be evil spoken of giving occasion thereby to the Enemies of God to blaspheme his Name and Truth in the Earth and may be a stumbling to the weak and an offence to the Way of the Lord before the simple thorow their Disorders and Confusions raising the rage of the Wicked against the Lambs of Christ being not led in the Wisdom of God but in Confusions taking liberty to their own hearts desire fulfilling the will thereof without the Fear of God above the Cross of Christ in the Nature uncrucified and speaking high words in the presumption and not in the Light and Power of God and acting in the vanity of the mind in the pretence of Truth and the moving of the Spirit such things as Truth and the Children of it who are guided with the Spirit cannot justifie but is judged and denied and cast out from among the Children of Light who walk in the Truth and do try the spirits whether they be of God Therefore in the Fear of the Lord God this is written to go abroad among Friends and others to inform and shew unto all that the Truth and we that are in it Ministers of it do stand clear from all such who act and speak out of the Truth and contrary to it in the disorder and confusion and not in the Fear and Counsel of God and with the Truth such are judged and denied and fellowship with them we have not nor their works do approve though such once owned us and were convinced of the Truth and received the Seed of the Kingdom into the unprofitable ground yet being separated from us and gone out from the Truth are not subject to it and its Government but are unruly and disorderly We and the Truth do such deny and the spirit that rules them being not the Spirit of Christ Jesus and such have done evil against their own souls and against God and are troublers of the righteous Seed and have and do dishonour the Lord and his Truth in the sight of the Heathen causing the right Way to be reviled and reproached and evil spoken of through the offence by them to the making sad the hearts of some whom God hath not made sad and even more especially in that they pretend to the Truth in their words and works and professes to be in it yet secretly condemning and

worse and the laiter end is worse than the beginning and this Truth doth not change which is the begotten of the Father but is the same for ever So in it all be faithful and fruitful to the Father in your places and callings shewing forth in all wisdom and pure conversation among your enemies to the putting them to silence when they speak evil of you and be Examples of Holiness one to another that the Lord God may dwell among you and may never have cause to withhold his Presence from you which is Life and Peace and Rest for ever and believe not every spirit but dwell in that which discerns spirits and if any say Lo here or Lo there is Christ go not after them without you for you have not been so taught but know the Christ of God the Lamb of God within you and follow him and obey his Voice and be established all of you on this sure Foundation whom God hath laid no man can lay any other and if you build thereon and thereby you shall never suffer loss but your work shall abide the fire and in the Father's house your bread you shall receive and never shall hunger nor thirst but the Life will be refreshed and encreased daily and your Lamp will alwayes shine and you shall never be darkned nor stumble for that which stumbles is out of the Truth and the ground stands to receive the seed of Satan who is a devourer of the simplicity and the betrayer from the Truth Therefore I charge you all in the presence of the living God that you hold fast the Faith and Hope which you have received through the Gospel that you may never be moved from the Grace of God and from the Love that hath abounded in you but may be found watching in the door with your Light shining when the Bridegroom cometh and behold he cometh quickly and his Reward is with him blessed are they that tarry for him This is the Testimony of my Love unto all the Seed of God who am as a deceiver and yet true as not known and yet well known unto the Lord. E. B. THE Second GENERAL EPISTLE to all the SAINTS whom God hath called TO all the Children of Light every-where who fear and love the Lord who are begotten of God and unto whom he is known in the Spirit and in the Truth this is a Testimony of the Father's Love unto you Grace Mercy and Peace from him that liveth for ever The God of Light and Life be multiplied in you all that you may daily be renewed in strength and girded with Truth and armed with the whole Armour of God and may be kept by his Power until the day of Salvation to walk in the Government and subjection to Jesus Christ witnessing the Power and Presence of God in you and amongst you giving you power to fulfil his Will in all things and that in all Righteousness and out of all Evil you may be led and preserved unto the end and in the end to shew forth the praises of God in this Generation as a People called of him and redeemed by him for his Glories sake even so Amen and Amen Dearly Beloved be not ignorant but this know This is the Message which came unto you which is true and faithful and everlasting That the true God is Light and in him is no darkness at all and this is the Message of Peace and Reconciliation and of Glad-tydings unto all that have sought the Lord which we received of him and you have heard and there is not another to be declared and all that have received it are gathered up to God and are in Covenant with him and one with another and are in that which reconcileth and joyneth unto Christ Jesus the Husband and second Adam who is the Lord from Heaven the Prince of Peace the Saviour and the Deliverer who is made manifest in Power and condemneth the Transgressor and slaveth the Enmity and raiseth the Life out of Death and this is he who kills and makes alive even the God who is Light who brings down one and sets up another who makes War against the Mighty and gives Peace to the Poor and besides him there is none he searcheth mans heart and tryeth the reins and knoweth the thoughts and every creature is manifest in his sight who gives to every one according to his doings and this is he who standeth in the Congregation of the Righteous even in the midst of us and sitteth Judge among the gods unto him must all the gods of the Earth bow and the inhabitants of the Earth must tremble before him and unto him every tongue shall confess and the light in every man shall answer when he ariseth to Judgement who is a swift Witness to condemn or justifie all the children of men upon the face of the Earth This is the God of Truth whom we worship and who will be worshipped in spirit and in truth who is the God of Abraham and his seed for ever and with him there is no change nor shadow of turning and he hath made known his Name and his Power and his wonderful works in this his day and hath caused his Voice to be heard in the Earth and the dead have heard and now live And his Name is exalted on high amongst all that fear him and obey his Voice and he hath given his Son a Covenant of Light who lighteth every man that cometh into the world with the true Light of Life or Condemnation that all who receive him may come to the knowledge of the Father whom to know is life eternal And this is the Christ the Saviour in whom we have believed and which we preach who is the Way the Truth and the Life the Foundation of God which cannot be moved The Word of God is his Name and there is no other Name given for Salvation This is she that was dead and is aliue and lives for evermore and there is no other to be looked for if any preach any other let him be accursed and if any bring any other Message let them not be received And all you who have believed in this Christ Jesus who is the Light of the World and who have received the knowledge of this God who is Light himself and that searcheth your hearts I exhort you and warn you all in his presence that lives for ever to wait upon him and to fear before him and to walk with him for ever in uprightness of heart which is of great price in his sight and forget not his righteous Judgements which he hath made known lest you wax fat through mercies and rebel against him and become disobedient and gainsaying and so be destroyed from being a People but be stayed upon the Lord and let your hearts be established with Grace and be not tossed nor shaken with any wind of the Doctrines of men which is not from the Life of God nor reaches to the life in