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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77969	Truth (the strongest of all) witnessed forth in the spirit of truth, against all deceit: and pleading in righteousnesse its owne cause, to the understanding of the simple, against a very great number of lyes, slanders, perverting of the Scriptures, contradictions and false damnable doctrines, held forth by the Independants. And in particular by one John Bunion, (one of Gogs Army) in two severall bookes put forth by him, against the despised scattered people called Quakers. And is a reply unto his second book, called A vindication, &c. wherein what was wanting in his former of fulfilling wickednesse is now appeared; by his adding sin unto sin, against God and against his owne soule. And this is to cleer the truth from above 100 of John Bunions foule dirty lyes and slanders: by a friend of the truth as it is in Christ Jesus; and not as it is in mens carnall apprehensions, Edward Burrough.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1657 (1657)	Wing B6051; Thomason E910_3; ESTC R207500	55,009	70

dealt justly with thee in the sight of God and all that know him and when the booke of thy conscience is opened thou shalt also confesse to this thing when thou standest condemned with them with whom thou art now joyned against us who have the testimony that we are of God and worshippers of the Father in the spirit and truth and my words were spoken by the spirit of the Lord and that in thy conscience shall witnesse them in the day of the Lord though now thou Opprobriously say * here are flung into the wind And whereas thou seemesto be greatly offended that I should say parte of the first booke is a Corrupted grain of Babylons treasure c. But have not I spoken the truth herein also when I say I have numbred up part of your work and this is the sum thereof that part which I have numbred viz. your lyes and false reproaches against the Quakers is a corrupted grain yea and of Babylons treasure too I am not ashamed of my words though thou would defend your worke by saying Your discourse was of the Birth Righteousnesse death blood c. And of the second coming of the son of Mary c. To which I say these things and the knowledge of them by the spirit of God is not counted by me Corrupted nor of Babylon though now I answer as in my last the words I own but thy voice I deny and knowes it to be the voice of the stranger and for this saying ha I not nor never shall have any burthen upon my Conscien●e though thou would say it but 't is cleared in the sight of God even though I say all that thou speakest I deny or thy speaking of any thing of the Kingdome of God with thy lying spirit And whereas thou art offended that I should say you are described to be the flock of Ishmaell and of the seed of Cain whose line reacheth to the murdering Preists c. And thou saist I am very sensorious and utterest many words without knowledge c. Reply Yea your words doth describe your nature for by your voice I know you to be none of Christs sheepe and accordingly I judge in just judgement and in true knowledge and doe not falfly sensure nor utter words void of knowledge and my words shall be witnessed by you in the day of the Lord Envy is of Cains nature and seed and in that you are and lyars are of Ishmaels stock and you are guilty of that let the sober Reader try and you are among the murdering Preists party and close joyned to them in doctrin and practise especially in writing against us Now no wrong have I done you that thou needest to be troubled and seekes to cover your selves by thy faire words in thy answer as if you were righteous but all will not hide you your works make you manifest to be no lesse then what I have said of you Then farther thou art hot against me in that I say you are found enemies to Christ revealed in his Saints and this thou hast noted it in the Margent for false but thou dost not well to be angry it is true what I have spoken thy own words doe prove it in saying there was nothing in thee to be taken notice of this was a denying of Christ within and such as deny him are found enemies to him within So the lye is thy own who hast denyed truth let the wise Reader judge and thy many words in a pretending answer will not cover you from the guilt of what I have charged upon you and not falsly and what I have said hitherto is true and not false though thou fainingly say thou marvels I should be so over-seen as to utter so many false things in so little a space nay my understanding was open when I wrote forth that book at which thou art so tormented that it hath caused thee some months travellin anguish to cleare thy selfe and yet cannot be at rest and thou art over-seen who resists the reproofe of thy wickednesse Then thou goes about to justify thy brother Burtons words who wickedly laid it down as thou immpudently goest to justify it who joyned in his accusation and slanders Quakers with Ranters and this would thou justify we are one against my just answer which denyed them in the fourth page of my first where I said between Quakers and Ranters there is no more union c. then betwixt light and darknesse good evil and that answer stands untouched by thee and is true and in justifying John Burtons wicked slander thou art more wicked in comparing the Principles and saist it will appeare they agree in one c. But what a wicked course hast thou taken to clear him by adding thy own wickednesse let all consider that reads for doe not I desire in plainnesse in my first in these words if thou dare lay * the Charge only upon the Quakers write in plainesse and bring testimony of thy accusation and thou may receive a farther answer but not a word in plain answer to this is returned though soberly desired neither time nor place nor witnesses evidenced to clear your selves of your first slanders which had been more honest then to have slandered afresh passing over your first but it seemes you cannot cleare your selves in honesty and so fulfill your wickednesse by adding to your lyes and slanders as thou impudently doth in thy comparing the principles of the Ranters with the Quakers And to save thy brother from shame guilt thou art fallen thy self into the snare justly may be judged to exceed him in wickednesse and thou saist with shame to thy selfe I repeat it that the * Quakers will not own Christ without them but thou brings not testimony of this asserion til then be thou reckoned and shall be plauged for a lyar which will be for ever for we own him as he is ascended far above all heavens who fills all things yea and without us too so that instead of proving the first false accusation thou adds another slander and the * second thing wherein thou compares them is unsound for though we witnesse yea thousands yet we need no man to teach us but as the anointing with in us as the Saints did 1 John yet we cry not down the ministry of God but ownes it and cryes down such by whom people cannot come to the knowledge of the truth though they be ever learning who Preaches for hire and goes for gifts and rewards and loves the wages of unrighteousnesse and this was the Apostles doctrin as it was ours and is no heresie though thou may so judge it for we say by the same spirit as the Apostles did they that are of God heareth us who are in the truth which is but one and there is not another and the Apostles which witnessed the Saints needed no man to teach them did exhort them and yet did not condemn principles by

perishes as an untimely fig and its praise is blotted out among men and it s passed away as smoak Truth is a top of thee and out-reaches thee and thy formed weapons cannot prosper and it shall stand for ever to confound thee and all its enemies and though thou wilt not subject thy mind to serve it willingly yet a slave to it must thou be and what thou dost in thy wickednesse against it the end thereof brings forth the glory of it and thy owne confounding and shame and now be wise and learned and put of thy armour for thou maist understand the more thou strives the more thou art entangled and the higher thou arises in envy the deeper is thy fall into confusion and the more thy arguments are the more increased is thy folly let experience teach thee and thy own wickednesse correct thee and thus I leave thee and if thou wilt not owne the light of Christ in thy owne conscience now to reprove thee and convince thee yet in the day of judgement thou shalt owne it and it shall witnesse the justnesse of the judgements of the Lord when for thy iniquities he pleads with thee and behold as a theife in the night when thou art not awarre he will come and then woe unto thee that art poluted FINIS ERRATA IN Page the 2. line 2. for o r to and l. the 20 r. and before the dragon in P. 4. l. 5. for helped r. belyed take notice of it in Page 5. line 17. r. and before all In Page 6. l. 16. for here r. they and line 34. for t is r. is Page 7. l. 7. for doe r doth for falfly r. salsly Page 9. l. 12 after Ranters r. they would professe they P. 11. l. 11. for rested read wreasted P. 12. l. 2. for upan t. upon and l. 9. for simplicity read simple policy and line 11. for lyed r. laid and l. 25. for maes r. mans and l 26 for fight r. sight and l. 30. for fight r. sight and l 33. for therefare r therefore P 13. l 30. for impuden ce r impudent P 19. l 24. for Ja r Jo and P 20. l last after feet r and to confound thy selfe thou saist P 21. l 36. for the world r thou P 22. l 10. for are r. art P 23. l 1. for judged r judge and l 17. before for r nay P 24. l 7. for therefore r therefrom l 31. for it r yet P 25. l. 13. after coufesses r is the light of God l 30. for witnesse r. witnesses P 27. l 16. for of read to and leave out to P 28. l 29. for why it r who yet p 30. l 16. for saith r faith l 28. for it r what P 32. l 26. for speak r. appeare l 28. for further r former P 33. l 10. for what r. that l 31. for so r see P 24. l 19. r I before have and for prover r reprover l 28. stood r. stand and l 29. for fight r fights P 36. l 30. for that r the l 34. after but omit is P 38. l 8. for you r thou P 41. l 6. for soules r soule l 9. for set r let l 27. for answered r fnared l 29. for urgeing r rageing P 42. l 12. for thee r the P 45. l 4. for yet r yes P 46. l 15. for that r the P 48. l 17. for not r no l 37. for wayes r wages P 51. l 15. before are r as P 55. l last r. damnable after is P. 58. l 29. for against r no in P. 49. l 6. for he hath r hath he not so it is in the manuscript * about 100 or more as may be proved inparticular if need require * Several lies and slanders was proved against him in that book which he cannot clear himself of mark that * Lying perverting Scripture is an evil l●fe * lyers and flanderers is of the Dragons party * I said that desolate Zion is compassed about with enemies to make her adestruction c. These are some of the words which he sayes flung into the wind * viz. That the Quakers deny Christ to be a reall man Secondly that they fancie him to be God manifest in their flesh Thirdly that they make his humane nature with the fulnesse of the Godhead to be but a tipe of God these things were charged up on us * This is a lye * That the Ranters and Quakers deny all teaching but the teaching within and yet condemnes principle by practise * In my first Booke * in my first booke I said Read the Scriptutes mark the sence betwixt before and from * viz that which you said there was nothing in any man to be taken notice of this is a denying of him within * the truth is he is in their steps and among them * viz. that the Quaker● undervalues the Lord Jesus and doth not lay him for their ●oundation * The children of God were ever counted deceivers by this generation but the way which he called delusion doe we worship the true God c. * Or in themselves * Till he could prove the light Jo. 1. 9. to be contrary to the Spirit of Christ when he prayes his I may shut my mouth * The witnesse is as good as the Judge in measure * The words seems to be are left out by him which carrie the strength of my words * In my first booke * Page 10. of my first Rom. 10. * Page the 14 of my first John 1 9. To this is two witnesses John 14. May 23. 1656 I●Bedford This is witnessed by many His own book holds this forth * Compare this doctrin with Heb. 13. 8. and his doctrine is proved to be damnable * Contrary to John● ● * Witnesse one of their brethren a Justice of peace so called who imprisoned falsly the Innocent to all their shame