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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

in thy book though I have written against the book for though thou speak Christ words and the Apostles words yet thy voyce is the strangers and thy voyce I deny what ever words thou speakes and is not befooling my selfe and here I could justly end my discourse and what is said is sufficient to manifest thee and me to the honest Reader And thus far thy weapons of slanders are broken and thy refuge of lyes are layd-wast and this also is cast by as our spoyled prey of Babylons treasure and trampled upon and know that we are of God and he that is of God heareth us and to our God shall all bow and before him tremble And whereas thou seemes to be greatly offended and stumbling very much at my answers to thy Queries because thy carnall conceptions is not satisfied nor thy vaine minde gratified having as thou thinkst great occasion against me thereby which causes thy mouth to be opened in vapouring words aloft against the simplicity of the Gospel not understanding my words for the things of the Kingdome of God is a parable to thee and sealed from thee never to be known in the reason in which thou judgest But in short thus I Reply I did not purpose to answer fully to them to feede any mans wisedome with my knowledge of the things of Gods Kingdome for the Queries were not fully directed to the Quakers so that quench thy anger and according to my answer goe seeke a further answer or else be thou still unsatisfied from them who are led with a spirit of delusion for such a direction requires no full answer from me nor any of us who are in the truth and not in the delusion neither did I purpose nor doe I at any time to answer fully to such things are directed in a great part to others I am not a servant especially to them that are led with a spirit of delusion to fulfill thy will But yet the short answers that I gave which was not in the behalfe of delusion but for the truths sake I still own though thou cannot understand them but products many bad lying wicked consequences from them and my purpose was not to feed thy foolish wisedome in answering nor to satisfie thy reason to receive praise from thee or any man for so I know it must be in hearing and seeing thou must not perceive nor understand who art of the generation hardened and in parable is the Kingdome of heaven unto thee and I rejoyce the rather in being a stumbling to thee in that state wherein thou standest then that I should have gratified thee for I seek not nor receives honour from man in what I doe but is covered from the worlds knowledge and know this if thou cannot receive the Kingdome of Heaven as a little leaven thou shalt never know it But yet how wicked art thou in this also though not understanding me in what I said yet so fouly wronging me with above 30. false charges and slanders from my words which thou reaches not the knowledge of so it will be enough Reply to sum up thy lyes and send them backe to thee to seeke them out and an evidence for them and the Queries and my Answers shall stand as they are to be judged of by honest men while we are both silent in our own cause they are to be seen at large in my first Book The true faith of the Gospel contended for c. in the 26 27 28. pages And whereas further I speake at the end of my Answers of Christ within the hope of glory and said it is that mistery which long hath been hid from ages but now is made manifest and declared and though the wise of this world cannot receive it but speaks evill against it yet it is deare unto us and so much more precious because despised by such as him and such things are a testimony to us and against you viz. our enemies c. As in my 29. Page of my first may be seen and most wickedly this or part of it he calls bablings and saies he passes by it O horrible impudency what marvell that he should so belye me when as he hath called the very Scripture truth spoken forth in righteousnesse bablings and these things I leave the Reader to Judge of and all his lyes thrown upon me impudently and consider what ground this man hath from my answers to be seen in my first booke to broach out and belch out such a number of lyes and slanders in 5. sides of paper not any one of them charged against me falsly were spoken by me or ever in my thought to speake or ground given by any of my words for such productions as it is seen what lodges in the heart of such a fellow even desperate wickednesse who is without any shame or honesty who dare utter such things against the upright who hates not his enemies but while I am clear in the sight of God from all his false slanders I matter not what John Bunion say of me who is as a man given up to wickednesse who in lesse then a sheet of paper hath uttered 30. lyes or more which I may particularly manifest before he can find evidence a great wickednesse can this mans converts be good while himself is unconverted is he a minister of Christ for shame let it not be told so well I beg not vengeance against him but leaves my answers to be read who wil clear me from his lying consequences most wickedly conceived and as wickedly uttered By one of Gogs Army against a member of Jesus Now I come to reckon up his damnable Doctrines and errors which are contrary to the truth as will manifestly appeare to him that is spirituall some of them damnable without comparison John Bunian said That Christs second coming is not his coming in Spirit for his coming in Spirit is no coming He saith this or part of it is a lye made of him by me when as severall witnesses doth testifie in righteousnesse that those very words were spoken by him in Paules steeple-house in Bedford towne May 23. 1656. as is witnessed and yet this man is so impudent that he denyes what he spake or is ashamed of his words and so would cast the lye upon me who is cleere and the wickednesse lyes at his door and whereas he would prove that the second coming of Christ is not his coming in Spirit I say I will not begg him to believe it but as he believes so be it unto him and all that he saith doth not prove but that Christ promised and fullfilled to his Disciples that he would come againe to them mark againe is a second time If any man hath an ear let him hear And then he saith he will not trouble himselfe to lay this to my charge in that it was said of him Christs coming in Spirit is no coming it may be he repents of what he hath said being better considered

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