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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69596	An apology or defence for the requisite refuting of the shamefull, disgracefull writings and horrible libell against the book of true repentance and of true resignation which Gregory Rickter, Primate of Goerlits, hath spread abroad against it in open print answered in the year of Christ 1624, 10 Aprill / by Jacob Behme, also called Teutonicus Philosophus ; Englished by John Sparrow.; Schutz-Rede wieder Gregorium Richter. English	Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Sparrow, John, 1615-1665?	1661 (1661)	Wing B3415; ESTC R14771	30,310	42

AN APOLOGIE or DEFENCE For the requisite Refuting of the shamefull disgracefull Writings and horrible Libell against the Book Of TRUE REPENTANCE And Of TRUE RESIGNATION Which Gregory Rickter Primate Of GOERLITS Hath spread abroad against it in Open Print Answered In the Year of Christ 1624. 10. Aprill By Jacob Behme Also called Teutonicus Philosophus Englished by JOHN SPARROW LONDON Printed by M. S. for Giles Calvert at the Sign of the Black Spread Eagle at the West End of St. Pauls 1661. Christ saith Matth 5. 11 12. Blessed are you when Men despise you and persecute you and speak all manner of Evill of you for my Names Sake if they do it falsely rejoyce and be Glad you shall be well rewarded in the Kingdome of Heaven for so have they persecuted the Prophets that were before you Also Matth 11. 25 26. I thank thee O Father and Lord of Heaven and Earth that thou hast hid these things from the wife and prudent and hast revealed thou to Babes Yes Father for so it pleased thee The PREFACE To the Reader who loveth God 1. CHrist saith to Pilate My Kingdome is not of this world else would my servants fight for it John 18. 36. And to his Disciples he saith Behold I send you as Sheep amongst Wolves Mat 10. 16. To signifie that where Christ shall become manifest in a Man that Man MUST in this world be surrounded only with Enemies who without ceasing would root out and kill Christ 2. Which is the way of all true Christians for they must walk in this world among the Devills Thorns as now it is with the Name of the Author of that despised Book as also with his Person that Satan raiseth his stormy winds against the Gifts of the Holy Spirit and will not endure Christ in his Members as in this enimicitious Libell is to be seen how enraged Satan is and how abominably he slanders and reproacheth the Authour and how he sets himselfe as a Richter or Judge over Gods work and would suppresse and not it out 3. Dear Reader and Brother in Christ who lovest God though I am an Enemy from my heart to such accursed unworthy reproachfull contentious writings of controversie not accounting those divulged reproachfull writings contrary to Christian Love and Truth worthy any answer at all Yet for the Command sake and Love of my Lord Jesus Christ I would make an answer for their sakes who do not understand the Matter and have not read my little Book of True Repentance and Refignation as the way to Christ nor know my person and who only regard the respect and favour of the Primate and suppose he reproacheth me out of Christian zeal and doth it for the sake of God in respect of his Office or Ministry 4. As the most Part of them are thus lead astray to give him applause and think he doth right and that it is all true which he cryeth out on in the Pulpit seeing he makes use of Gods Name in it and thereby so cloaketh the Matter that Men can not see his fierce wrathfull Heart and appeals to his Office and Ministry then the simple people which know nothing of his dealing how maliciously he persecuteth me and dealeth quite contrary to his Office and never will examine me about it but condemneth what himself understandeth NOT therefore have I made an answer to try whether any will become seeing and go forth from reproaching the gift of God 5. And do here with testifie in the presence of God that I have answered out of no other intention then barely for the Love-sake of our Neighbour 6. And do admonish the Primate to consider better of me for he hath no Lyon to deal with but a Lamb of JESUS CHRIST or else he will find into whom he hath Pierced least the Sheep in the Spirit of Christ become a Lyon and the Sheep judge the Wolfe And this I 〈◊〉 heartily and faithfully Jacob Behme Here followeth the Title of the Libell Judicium GREGORII RICHTERI Ministri Ecclesiae Patriae Primarij Goerlicij De FANATICIS SUTORIS ENTHUSIASTICI Libris quorum Tituli sunt 1. Morgenröthe im Auffgang 2. Der weg Zu Christo. 3. Von Wahrer Busse Ad Avertendas finistras de Ministerio Goerlicensi Suspiciones Here followeth The Title of the Libell The Censure of GREGORY RICKTER Minister of The Church of GOERLITS And Primate Of that Countrey concerning the ENTHUSIASTICK SHOEMAKERS FANATICK Books The Titles whereof are 1. The Aurora 2. The Way to CHRIST 3. Of True Repentance For The Removing of the scandalous Suspitions touching the Ministry Of Goerlitz The Libell begins and sayes I. NEW manner of Speaking bringeth commonly New Errours along with it Answer 2. The Scripture saith Try all things hold that which is good 1 Thess 5. 21. Libell 3. So many Lines as there are so many Blasphemies against God are to be found in the Shoemakers Book which stinks abominably of Shoemakers Pitch and Blacking fy fy let this stink be far from us Answer 4. That little Book teacheth the way to Christ very earnestly and sincerely And that FIRST how a man should go forth from the wicked wayes of this world and enter into true Repentance and put on Christ in Faith and be new born in Christs Spirit and how he must be renewed in Mind and Thoughts and follow or imitate Christ 5. SECONDLY it teacheth of True Resignation how a Penitent Man must give up himself to God wholly and altogether and begin and finish all his works in divine Trust and Confidence and it signifieth moreover how the Devill layes Snares continually for the children of Christ that Man cannot otherwise go quite through those Snares then with prayer and true humility and how Christ himself brings them through with HIS power and preserveth them and how a Christian Man must be a Branch on the Vine Christ also eat his flesh and drink his bloud if he would be a Christian 6. And THIRDLY It teacheth very earnest penitent Prayers how the poor Soul must in Great Earnestnesse enter into Christs Merits Suffering Death and Resurrection and dayle dye away in Christs Death from the Evill Earthly will And how it must go to the Father through Christs wounds and bloud-shedding 7. And then FOURTHLY in the Dialogue or Conference between the Master and the Scholar concerning the Supersensuall Life is signified what our Eternall Fathers or Native Country is and how the Entrance into it is effected This Doctrine is the true Ground of the New Testament as Christ and the Apostles have taught us 8. But seeing the Libeller saith there are as many blasphemies against God in it as there are Lines in that Book it is manifest that he blasphemeth and reproacheth the Holy Spiri in that he calleth Repentance Prayer a blasphemy against God for the book treateth only of Repentance and of the New Birth 9. Dear Herr Richtender Kichter Sir thou Judging Judge where will you go out or