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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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Again, 5. If thou hast laid Christ, God-man for thy foundation, though thou hast the spirit of this man Christ within thee, yet thou doest not look that Justification should be wrought out for thee, by that spirit of Christ that dwelleth within thee, for thou knowest that salvation is already obtained for thee by the man Christ Jesus without thee, & is witnessed to thee by his Spirit which dwelleth within thee. And thus much doth this man Christ Jesus testify unto us, where he saith, he shall glorify me, Mark He shall glorify me (saith the Son of Mary) But how? Why, He shall take of mine (what I have done, and am doing in the presence of the Father) and shall show it unto you Joh. 16.14. I have been a little the larger in this, because it is of weight.
Againe, 5. If thou hast laid Christ, God-man for thy foundation, though thou hast the spirit of this man Christ within thee, yet thou doest not look that Justification should be wrought out for thee, by that spirit of Christ that dwelleth within thee, for thou knowest that salvation is already obtained for thee by the man Christ Jesus without thee, & is witnessed to thee by his Spirit which dwelleth within thee. And thus much doth this man Christ Jesus testifie unto us, where he saith, he shall glorifie me, Marke He shall glorifie me (saith the Son of Mary) But how? Why, He shall take of mine (what I have done, and am doing in the presence of the Father) and shall shew it unto you Joh. 16.14. I have been a little the larger in this, because it is of weight.
But again, thou sayest further, The rest of this first Epistle I shall say little to; only thus much is the mind of the pen-man's spirit, 1secretly smiting at the doctrine of true Faith and Salvation, (to wit) Christ within. Answ. My friend, by saying that my brother doth strike at the doctrine of true F•ith and Salvation, thou doest him a great deal of wrong; for it is so far from him so to do, that he telleth souls plainly, that without true Faith in the blood of the Son of Mary, who was crucified on Mount Calvary, there is no remission; for saith he, It is only through that one offering then given up to the Father, that you must be justified. And that is according to the whole stream of Scripture: For by one offering, What was that? Why, the offering up of the body of Jesus once for all, (