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A vindication of Mr Burroughs, against Mr Edwards his foul aspersions, in his spreading…A vindication of Mr Burroughes, against Mr Edwards his foule aspersions, in his spreading…
A vindication of Mr Burroughs, against Mr Edwards his foul aspersions, in his spreading Gangræna, and his angry Antiapologia. Concluding with a brief declaration what the Independents would have. / By Jer: Burroughs.A vindication of Mr Burroughes, against Mr Edwards his foule aspersions, in his spreading Gangræna, and his angry Antiapologia. Concluding with a briefe declaration what the Independents would have. / By Jer: Burroughes.
London: printed for H. Overton, 1646
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Page 94. of the second part of his Gangraena, he enquires what the reasons might be that M. Burroughs and M. Greenhil should conspire together to give such a testimony in writing. But whence doth it appear that M. Greenhill gave this testimony in writing? his hand is not to it. How doth it appear that he conspired it should be given in writing? may not I relate what he said, and yet he not conspire to give it in writing? That writing I take wholly upon my self. He gives three reasons why he thinks we did it: The first two are from his being conscientious of evil in himself and Book: His third is, that they might free themselves from suspicion of being against a toleration of other sects and opinions.
Page 94. of the second part of his Gangraena, he enquires what the reasons might be that M. Burroughes and M. Greenhil should conspire together to give such a testimony in writing. But whence doth it appeare that M. Greenhill gave this testimony in writing? his hand is not to it. How doth it appeare that hee conspired it should be given in writing? may not I relate what he said, and yet he not conspire to give it in writing? That writing I take wholly upon my selfe. He gives three reasons why he thinks we did it: The first two are from his being conscientious of evill in himselfe and Booke: His third is, that they might free themselves from suspition of being against a toleration of other sects and opinions.
Ans. Why man, is there more in what is related here, then I have preached and published in print? why should I then be afraid to have such expressions known? And page 98. M. Edwards says that this meeting was a little before M. Burroughs fell upon the preaching of the power of the magistrate in matters of Religion, and point of Toleration; and was it so? Surely then M. Burroughs was not so afraid of suspicion to be for the repressing such horrible things as M. Edwards would seem to make him; he that preached and printed what Burroughs did, ⟨p. 11⟩would not be afraid to own his being against such horrid opinions as much as master Edwards his relation from master All comes to.