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truth_n	spirit_n	true_a	worshipper_n	5,073	5	12.1898	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30552	To the rulers and to such as are in authority a true and faithful testimony concerning religion, and the establishment thereof, and how it may be established in persons and in nations / by Edward Burrough.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1659 (1659)	Wing B6040A; ESTC R36305	8,238	12

not learned in Religion nor yet established therein whereby their Ministry is proved not to be Christs Ministry for the Apostles did setle people and the Churches in Religion which theirs hath done no such thing therefore it is that the powers of the Earth are called to that they may force by violence and by violent Laws that by that means a worship and Religion may be setled as they say and their Ministry hath not drawn people by love and therefore would they have people forced and compelled to be of such or such Religion but this is not Christs way nor the way that his Apostles and true Churches were in for the spirit of the Father led each one of them to be Religious and that same spirit setled and established them in it and not external Laws nor powers of the Earth but that was Antichrists way and the beasts and the false Prophets way for when they had killed the Saints and slain true Religion then the beast and false prophets they established a Religion or worship by outward Lawes and it s written that he caused and compelled all both small and great bond and free to worship the beast and his image and here was a setled people in a Religion and worship by an outward compelling power And thus it was then and is now the same false Churches and false Religions are setled by an outward Authority and it was Nebuchadnezzar and his wicked Princes that setled a Religion or worship by an outward power by an earthly authority but that was not the worship of true Religion but was the worship of Antichrist and so it hath been for ages that worship that is setled and that Religion which is established by an outward external power and the Lawes of men is but the worship of Antichrist and not the true Religion nor the worship of the living God which is in spirit and in truth but it must all be overthrown and brought to nought both that Religion and worship that is out of the spirit and that power that upholds it and now the Lord God is risen to confound the thoughts of mens hearts and he alone will setle and establish Religion by his own power and by his own Law and through his own Ministry and as people comes to that of God in them to feel the Spirit and power of the Lord God to change them hereby will every one particularly be setled in Religion and by no other way nor means and this I know from the Lord But how should people be setled in Religion for peoples and Nations have been and are as waters which hath been driven with the winds this way or the other way and the great Whore sits upon the waters and the beast hath carried her and born her up false worships and Churches and an outward power and she hath ruled and made all Nations drunk with her cup of fornication and the true Religion hath been lost for many ages and the Sects and false Churches hath been set up and established upon the waters and as for true Religion it cannot be established while Nations are waters under the Whores Dominion and so the many Sects which hath been the many horns upon the beast and one hath risen after another and one diverse from another and they have been striving one with another and persecuting one another and one subduing one another and each one of them hath cryed for help from the beast and from the powers of the Earth to be defended from the power and malice one of another least one should prevail against another and get the better one of another and so that Sect that could get authority from the powers of the earth and have them of its side that Sect hath thriven and hath been setled more then another which hath not gotten the powers of the earth to defend it and so as the powers of the Earth hath been changeable so hath Religion been changeable and what Sect the Rulers hath been on that have they highest tollerated and most defended against all other but all this hath not been the true establishment of true Religon But now some may suppose and query whither I speak this as if I would have Religion not at all setled and as if I were against the establishing of Religion and so thereby may be accused as if I were an enemy to all Religion and would not have Religion established c. To all this I answer I am a friend to true Religion and seekes the establishing of it in the right way and by the Ministery of righteousness by turning peoples minds to the spirit and to receive the anointing that they may be all taught of God and true worshippers of him in spirit and truth and may be setled in the true Religion and this true Religion would I have established in the world and in the Nations and would have all people therein established by the Ministry of righteousness thereunto ordained But I am against the establishing of Sects and the setling of one Sect above another by the powers of the earth and I would not have one set up and another thrown down by the Laws of men for that brings forth nothing but tyranny and oppression and strife and wickedness in a Nation and among people though thus it hath been for many ages false Sects and false Churches hath been established by the powers of the Earth and external Laws and that Sect which the King or Queen or Ruler hath been of that hath been set up and tollerated above the rest and the rest despised and persecuted and set at nought for when and where a Prince or a Ruler is of the Papists Religion then that Religion is the most established and setled in that goverment and if at any time a Ruler change to be of the Protestant Sect or one come to govern that is of that Religion then that Sect was the most established and upheld thus it is through Nations and in England particularly within these late years when King Henry the eighth turned from the Papists to be a Protestant then that Sect was established and all other thrown down and persecuted and when Queen Mary rose to govern which was a Papist then she established that Sect and false Church by Laws and the rest were limited and thrown down then when the next Queen arose being a Protestant she established that Sect again by outward Laws and cast all others down and thus it hath been for many ages throughout all Nations of what Sect and Religion the Governor and Ruler hath been that Sect was onely established and all the rest persecuted as I have said and so the saying is fulfilled Nations hath been waters and peoples and multitudes waters and as a King and governour hath changed his Religion and of what Sect as he hath been so hath the Religion of the whole Nation or country changed and such a Sect onely established against all others but

TO THE RULERS And to such as are in AUTHORITY A True and faithful testimony concerning Religion and the establishment thereof and how it may be established in persons and in Nations By EDWARD BVRROVGH LONDON Printed for Thomas Simmons at the Bull and Mouth near Aldersgate 1659. THere hath been a great cry of late years among the Priests and many others for the settlement of Religion and this they have sought after from the powers of the Earth and the cry hath been to Parliaments and Rulers by the priests and professors for many years settle us Religion settle us Religion Now to this I answer all this cry and this desire hath been by these Priests and professors to have Parliaments to make Lawes to establish one sect and throw down and limit all others that is the chief thing that hath been eyed in the request and not simply to have true Religion established if we come to shew what true Religion is in it self But people of divers sects have been requiring and desireing every one to have their own sect established and set up and all others thrown down and not to have a place nor to be tolerated so that their cry hath not risen from the ground of true love to true religion but their desire hath chiefly risen and sprung from selfe love to their own sect and from malice and envy against others that were not of their way and this hath been the end of their craving the settlement of Religion and not simply for true religions sake Now religion in it selfe is this the fulfilling of the Law and the Prophets loving God with all their hearts and the neighbour as selfe and doing to all men as they would have men to doe to them and not otherwise doing or speaking towards any then they would that others should speak of or doe to them and a walking towards God in all things as they have received of his Grace answering to the Lord in all things as his spirit leads them and moves them this is true religion towards God and towards man and to have the conscience alwaies kept void of offence that no offence lie upon it in the sight of God nor in the sight of man and this is true religion in it selfe in short declared to wit the leading of the spirit of God into all truth to doe the truth and speak the truth in all things and this Religion is accepted in the sight of God and to be kept unspotted in the world from all its pollutions But now tell me can this religion be setled or any Nation or people or any person in it by any external power or outward authority of men or can the Laws of Kings or Parliaments settle such Religion or make people truly religious or establish a Nation or people in this Religion I say no nor any thing save only the teaching and leading of the holy spirit of God being received from the Father it s that onely that makes men religious and settles a people and Nation therein Oh ye fools and blind Priests and professors that are doting on setling religion among unconverted people by out ward Lawes and earthly powers of men I say no this must not be for the Lawes of men can but settle a sect or some sects and limit other sects but true Religion can never be setled by that meanes for before any be setled in Religion they must first be changed and created a new in Christ Jesus and borne againe of the seed incorruptable and they must first be changed from death to life and from Statans power to God this must first be witnessed before a man or a nation can be religious setled in true Religion he must put off the body of sin and be circumcised in heart and he must have a new Nature planted in him and he planted into Christ a new and living vine before he can love God with all his heart and his neighbour as himselfe and before he can have his conscience kept void of offence and be without stain towards God and towards man and it is onely the word of God and his power in the heart that works this it is only the operation of Gods spirit in and upon a creature that works him unto this it is not the Lawes made by man that doth it nor externall powers of the Earth that can work it therefore true Religion cannot be setled thereby nor a nation or a people in it but only that which changes him and makes him religious that is it onely that must settle religion and Nations and peoples therein and as every one is turned to that of God in him and thereby to feel the power and word and spirit that doth change him and renew him as I have said by this means cometh a man and Nations to be religious and to be setled therein and by no other waies nor meanes and this is done through the preaching of the everlasting Gospell and through the Ministry of Christ which turneth the mindes of people from darknesse to light and from Satans power to God whereby they are changed and made religious and also setled therein and established thereby and it is not by outward Lawes and powers as I have said But what are peoples and the Nations yet to settle in religion and is religion unsetled yet that you are craving Lawes made by men to settle religion what have you preached for this many years what have your preaching been all in vaine and have you done no good this many years by your preaching that Religion is yet to settle Oh blind and ignorant men this is a shame unto you how manie thousands of thousand pounds have the Priests had out of this Nation for teaching religion preaching to people yet the nation remains unsetled in religion and they are beging to the powers of the Earth to constrain compel a settlement of Religion and this shames them and shews that they are they that Paul speakes of and that the people of this nation are them that are ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth though you have been long learning you are unsetled and are not come to the knowledge of the truth but had these Priests been such that were sent of the Lord through their ministry would the nations long since have been setled in Religion for they have been teachers long enough and put the Nation to charge great enough that people might have known ere this day the holy annointing to dwell in them and to teach them and to settle them in Religion but it is manifest that they have ran and not been sent but left peoples and nations unsetled as the waters notwithstanding all their preaching and ministry for so many years yet it seemes there wants still a settlement in Religion and seeing their preaching hath had no effect to doe it but their Ministry hath been all in vain and people are