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A vindication of the book called, Some Gospel-truths opened; according to the Scriptures, and…
A vindication of the book called, Some Gospel-truths opened; according to the Scriptures, and the opposition made against it by Edward Borough, a professed Quaker, (but proved an enemy to the truth) examined and confuted by the word of God. And also, the things that were then laid down, and declared to the world by me, are a second-time born witness to, according to truth: with the answer of Edward Borough to the queries then laid down in my book reproved. And also, a plain answer to his queries, given in simplicity of soul; and is now also presented to the world, or who else may read, or hear them; to the end (if God will) that truth may be discovered thereby. / by John Bunyan ...A vindication of the book called, Some Gospel-truths opened; according to the Scriptures, and the opposition made against it by Edward Borrough, a professed Quaker, (but proved an enemie to the truth) examined and confuted by the word of God. And also, the things that were then laid down, and declared to the world by me, are a second-time born witness to, according to truth: with the answer of Edward Burrough to the quæries then laid down in my book reproved. And also, a plain answer to his quæries, given in simplicitie of soul; and is now also presented to the world, or who else may read, or hear them; to the end (if God will) that truth may be discovered thereby. / by John Bunyan ...
London: printed by Matthias Cowley, 1657
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And 4. to show how poor souls should know, whether they had the Spirit of Christ or not within them? or whether the spirit of the Devil had exalted himself above the Spirit of Christ, by transforming himself into an Angel of light.
And 4. to shew how poore soules should know, whether they had the Spirit of Christ or not within them? or whether the spirit of the Divell had exalted himselfe above the Spirit of Christ, by transforming himselfe into an Angell of light.
Farther, thou thinkest I contradict my self, because I admonish poor souls to beg of God to convince them by his holy Spirit; and thou sayest, This is my confusion. When alas, confusion is of, and from thy self, who wouldest make a defiled conscience; the Law and the Spirit of Christ to be all one, as I shall further clear to the reader by and by.
Farther, thou thinkest I contradict my selfe, because I admonish poor souls to beg of God to convince them by his holy Spirit; and thou saiest, This is my confusion. When alas, confusion is of, and from thy selfe, who wouldest make a defiled conscience; the Law and the Spirit of Christ to be all one, as I shall further clear to the reader by and by.
But I tell thee friend, there are many who have not the Spirit of Christ, and yet are convinced of sin by their own consciences. John. 8.9. He doth not say, by the light of Christ in their Consciences, that is a saying of your own, without warrant from the Word of God, but by their own Consciences. Mark that: Now I knowing, that a man may be convinced, and yet not by the Spirit of Christ (for he may be without that) but by nature itself.