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A86667	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	The rebukes of a reviler fallen upon his own head, in an answer to a book put forth by one Iohn Stelham, called a minister at Terlin in Essex. Wherein is shewed unto all spiritual men, that he himself is justly proved to be a contradictor of the scriptures, while he falsly accuses others thereof, that are clear, and the saying is fulfilled upon him, he is fallen into the pit, which he digged for others, for even that way which he calls heresie, do we worship the God of our fathers. By R.H.	1657		.xml	application/xml	32059	323	2	And in the end , he desires his Reader to receive in Love , what in his Book is found agreeable to the Spirit of God in Scripture truth , agreed ; so let it be , and therefore many things in his Book , which is not given forth by the Spirit of God , nor according to the Scripture truth , which the honest Reader may find upon a serious reading and search , with the Spirit of God , and according to the Scripture is to be judged and condemned , and not received ; what shall the honest Reader receive this for truth , That the Light of Christ Jesus is A Preverse Principle , and that Christ blessed Infants Baptism , with very many such like things of the like nature proceeding from the same spirit , which is proved not to be of God ▪ but of the Devil , for every tree is known by its fruit , and every spirit by its works , and words : many other things more devilish , if more devilish can be ; he charges us withal in a most unreasonable manner , that our Religion is the Fort of Babel , and that Jesuitical Plots and Designes are carried on by some of us ; and Quakerism is built upon the fourfold pillar of Papistry , with such like ; the very transcribing of his words shewes his wicked spirit by his unsavory words ; which things we do deny in the presence of the Lord , and are clear in his sight from these divilish accusations ▪ though I. S. play the Devils part , in this Epistle as well as in his whole Book : and is an accuser of the brethren , and is to be cast out and judged , with the life of God , and to give testimony against his lyes and slanders is sufficient Answer , and the next time he enterprises the like Work , we demand of him witness of his words , what these Jesuitical Flots and Designes are , we do carry on ; Which slander is so divelish could he prove what he saith ▪ his words would take away our lives ; but to raise the unclean spirits against us , though the Nations is truly supposed the purpose of his words , and not being content with what he himself can believe us in , his work reaches to raise the rage of whole Nations to execute their fury as well as his own upon us , and so his words gives ground to all the wicked that doth believe h●m ( for none else can ) to persecute the people , and way of the Lord , under the false account of being Plotters , and of having ill Designes , which things we stand witness against , and seeks the peace of all men , though he have bent his tongue for Lyes , and brazen'd his face to utter them without fear or shame , to suggest evil into mens minds that they may harm the upright , but it is known by his words what lodgeth in the heart of such a person , who thus openly and impudently doth slander just men to the taking away of life ▪ if any were so divilish to witness lyes and slanders , as he is in forging of them , and declaring of them , and that to the Protector and his Council too ; but from these things we being clear , are the more ready to bear his Lyes with Patience , and doth not pray for fire to devour him , though he be our enemy and the Lords ; but rather wishes his returning from his ungodliness , than a destruction upon him in his ungodliness ; and whereas the substance of his matter invented in his mind and brought forth into view , is a going about to prove that in twenty two particulars mentioned by him , we do contradict the Scriptures , but his ground is false from whence his whole work proceeds , for not in any particular of what is mentioned do we contradict the Scriptures , though his whole work be founded upon this thing , of our contradiction to Scripture , and while we be approved in the sight of the Lord , we reckon his s●●nders to be rather a testimony to us , that we are of God , than a discouraging of us in the wayes of God : and we do not allow that I. S. be our Interpreter , and the Expositor upon our words : for then no question but he will judge out of his prejudicial mind , false Judgement , and pervert the innocent words into contradiction of Scripture , and of our selves , but to the single mind and witness of God in every man we appeal for judgment , and doth in the sight of God commend our selves to every mans Conscience , and begs not belief of any , but knows all that be in the light of the Son of God witnesseth to us , and feels our Doctrine to be the Doctrine of Godliness , reaching to the witness of God in every one whereby we are a good savour to God in all , and though I. S. judge our doctrine to be Scripture contradictions , yet his judgement is but out of his old lying heart , which can bring forth no better than it self even false judgement , and lying words , which out of it hath plentifully abounded , in his false Rebukes ; therefore let the Reader first search into the ground from whence his work and judgement doth spring , and try if an old Lying heart , and sinful wretch ( as he confesses he is ) can bring forth good fruit ; no , we matter not what his judgement of us be , when as we know the heart is corrupt from whence it doth spring , not in the light of the spirit of God , do we in any one particular insisted upon , by him Contradict the Scriptures , though by his dark minde so he wickedly judgeth of us , even as the Pharisees , his forefathers , did judge of Christ to be a Blasphemer and a Contradictor of Moses , and the Prophets , who did fulfil them , and put them to an end , and not destroy them , nor contradict them not in the sight of his Father , though to their corrupt judgement ; and Christ tells them that they erred not knowing the Scriptures , nor the power of God , who had old lying hearts , & were sinful wretches , even such as John Stelham hath confessed himself to be , and therefore his words and judgment , and theirs is like to be all of one nature ▪ judging truth to be error , and the way of God to be Heresie and Blasphemy , this the Pharisees did of old , and even thus doth John Stelham and his Companions do at this day ; but why should any be troubled hereat , seeing herein Christs words are fulfilled upon us , who said , they shall speak all manner of evil falsly against you for my names sake ; and so hath this man done with his light scornful spirit , and fulfilled Christs words , who because he hath not known the Father , nor the Son , hath spoken evil falsly against them that follow Christ , and this were sufficient answer to his whole Book ; yet let us see what follows , and let the Reader try with all moderation , that he may be edified , and may know the true spirit from the false , and the doctrine of the Gospel from lying visions ; and may cleave to the truth , and escape the error , and let none believe hastily , things uttered without knowledge , out of I. S. deceitful heart . And for E. B. to say , That he came not to them with en●icing words , neither what he had gathered from the Scripture without him , But to declare the Word of the Lord , and not to speak his own conceivings and imaginations ( this is true and no contradiction in it , though I. S. say these cannot both be true , to say , That he neither came with what he had gathered from Scripture , nor his own imaginations ▪ for the Apostles of Christ did not preach what they had gathered from Scripture , neither their own imaginations , but preached the Word and Gospel of God which they had received from God , and not gathered from Scripture , nor in their own imaginations ; and because he saith , both these negatives cannot be true , then it is concluded , that himself preaches either what he hath gathered from Scripture , or his own imaginations , and let him chuse to say whether he will ; and in the next , he will be proved a false Prophet , and that E ▪ B. compiled a Book out of Scripture , Collections , is false , for having the same Spirit which gave forth the Scripture , which brings the Scripture to remembrance , is not compiling a Book out of Scriptures ; and I. S. is found a false accuser , and E. B. neither a self Contradictor , no● self curser , and these are true words to this generation ▪ and owned with the Spirit of God , though I. S. in his scornful spirit abuse them ▪ he that hath the Word of the Lord , from the mouth of the Lord , to declare , he is reviled ▪ and mocked .	cache/A86667.xml	txt/A86667.txt
