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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Again thou sayest, thou deniest those that say, That light which every one hath as he comes into the world, is Conscience; though some call it Christ, falsely. 1Answ. Friend, What wilt thou have it called? Christ. No. If not Conscience, then call it Nature it self; for all have not the spirit.
Again thou saiest, thou deniest those that say, That light which every ono hath as he coms into the world, is Conscience; though some call it Christ, falsly. 1Answ. Friend, What wilt thou have it called? Christ. No. If not Conscience, then call it Nature it self; for all have not the spirit.
- 1Jude 19.
But another great argument thou bringest in page 15, is, The light of Christ ⟨p. 20⟩doth convince of sin. Now do you call conscience the light of Christ? that will convince of sin, Joh. 8.9. And they being convinced by their own consciences, &c. If thou doest call the Law the light of Christ, that also will convince of, or make known sin; For by the Law is the knowledge of sin, Rom. 3.20. If thou do•st call even Nature it self, the light of Christ; That also doth show, that sins are a shame, even those sins which some leap over, 1 Cor. 11.14. and Ruffian-like they will wear long hair, which nature it self forbiddeth, and is commended for the same by the Apostle. The Spirit of Christ also will convince of sin. What, because these several things will convince of in, therefore will they needs be the Spirit of Christ? Or do they altogether make but one Spirit of Christ? Doest thou profess thy self to walk in the light, and art no able to know these things? Or if thou doest know them, art thou so unfaithful, as not to tell poor people of them, who are some of them at their wits end, by reason they are not enlightened into these things