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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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Secondly, they will own the doctrine of Christ within. This is truth, that Christ is within his Saints: But this doctrine they will take to fight against the doctrine of Christ without, Ascended from his Disciples into heaven, by whom salvation was obtained, neither is there salvation in any other, Act. 4.12.
3. They will own the Resurrection of the Saints, but their meaning is only thus much, That the Saints are raised from the state of nature to a state of grace, and herewith they will sight against this truth; Namely, the resurrection of the bodies of Saints out of their graves, into which they were laid, some thousands, some hundreds of Years before. And if they do say, they do own the Resurrection of the Saints out of their graves, they do mean out of the grave of sin only, and nothing else.
3. They will own the Resurrection of the Saints, but their meaning is onely thus much, That the Saints are raised from the state of nature to a state of grace, and herewith they will sight against this truth; Namely, the resurrection of the bodies of Saints out of their graves, into which they were laid, some thousands, some hundreds of Years before. And if they do say, they do own the Resurrection of the Saints out of their graves, they do mean out of the grave of sin onely, and nothing else.
14. They will say, they do own the second coming of Christ to judg the world; but search them to the bottom, and you will find them only to own him in his coming in Spirit, within, in opposition to the glorious coming of the Lord Jesus, the son of Mary, from heaven in the clouds, with all his mighty Angels, to raise the dead, and bring them to judgment, according to the Scripture. And so for the the Intercession of Christ, and the truth of the Gospel, they only own them to be within; in opposition to the glorious intercession, and mediation of the man Christ Jesus in his own person without, now in the presence of his Father, between us and him, pleading and making intercession for his children. These things, together with ma more, I might mention, but now I forbear, knowing that none sha be lost, nor altogether carried away by them, nor any Heretics, but the sons of perdition. Now that they might the better make their doctrine take place in the hearers, they endeavour to make a fair show in the flesh, that thereby they might now, as did their fathers in time past, compel and