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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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but contrariwise, if you would be looked upon to be holy, which (we know, and believe, that) as yet many of you are not. Let, at the least some appearance of moderation be manifest among you. After many words that are flung into the wind by thee my adversary, in the 1. and 2. page of thy book, thou couldst not be contented therewith, as being too few to vent thy self wi hall; but thou breakest out in page 3. with a false testimony of John Burton, and his fellow, saying,* They have joined themselves with the broken army of Magog.—And have showed themselves in the defence of the Dragon against the Lamb, in the day of war betwixt them. When alas poor soul we do know, and are bold to declare, in the name of the Lord Jesus the son of Mary, that our God hath owned us, with others of his servants in his own work against the Devil, devices, and false doctrine; as instruments, both for the comforting and establishing of his own, and also for the convincing and converting of some of them, who afore-time were not converted. And friend, why doest thou say, that we join with Magog in the defence of the Dragon against the Lamb, when thou seest the whole drift both of my Brothers Epistle, and also of my Writing, is to exalt and advance the first born of Mary, the Lord of glory, and to hold on his side, notwithstanding there are so many tempests go through the world: and the rather, because we know that it is he, and he alone, that did bear our sins in his own body on the tree, 1 Pet. 2.24. for it is he that hath taken away the sins of the world. Now I say therefore, do not thou thus accuse the Brethren, for speaking good of the Name of Jesus, least thou be troubled at thy end for thus spending thy beginning, in taking part with the Devil to accuse God's children.
but contrariwise, if you would be looked upon to be holy, which (we know, and believe, that) as yet many of you are not. Let, at the least some appearance of moderation be manifest among you. After many words that are flung into the wind by thee my adversary, in the 1. and 2. page of thy book, thou couldst not be contented therewith, as being too few to vent thy self wi hall; but thou breakest out in page 3. with a false testimony of John Burton, and his fellow, saying,* They have joined themselvs with the broken army of Magog.—And have shewed themselvs in the defence of the Dragon against the Lamb, in the day of war betwixt them. When alas poor soul we do know, and are bold to declare, in the name of the Lord Jesus the son of Mary, that our God hath owned us, with others of his servants in his own work against the Divel, devices, and false doctrine; as instruments, both for the comforting and establishing of his own, and also for the convincing and converting of some of them, who afore-time were not converted. And friend, why doest thou say, that we join with Magog in the defence of the Dragon against the Lamb, when thou seest the whole drift both of my Brothers Epistle, and also of my Writing, is to exalt and advance the first born of Mary, the Lord of glory, and to hold on his side, notwithstanding there are so many tempests go through the world: and the rather, because we know that it is he, and he alone, that did bear our sins in his own body on the tree,