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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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Fourthly, but suppose before any such Accusation and danger, when I was in peace and safety, that then I had my call to the Clutch of Rotterdam, yea and had entertained this call, and acknowledged God much in it, (as indeed I had cause) and that this came but as an after Providence of God to make my way more clear to me, and to take off fully all my friends, from whom it would have been hard without some such providence to have got off, without much trouble. Will it not appear that M. Edwards ventures boldly to relate whatsoever he hears, and to put what constructions upon it he pleases, for he brings in this story to prove me false, in the saying with the rest of the Apologists, that we saw the evil of those superstitions that were adjoined to the Worship of God.
Fourthly, but suppose before any such Accusation and danger, when I was in peace and safety, that then I had my call to the Clutch of Rotterdam, yea and had entertained this call, and acknowledged God much in it, (as indeed I had cause) and that this came but as an after Providence of God to make my way more cleare to me, and to take off fully all my friends, from whom it would have been hard without some such providence to have got off, without much trouble. Will it not appeare that M. Edwards ventures boldly to relate whatsoever he heares, and to put what constructions upon it he pleases, for he brings in this story to prove me false, in the saying with the rest of the Apologists, that we saw the evil of those superstitions that were adjoyned to the Worship of God.
The true story of this business is this, which seeing Providence calls it forth, I hope God may have glory by it.
The true story of this businesse is this, which seeing Providence calls it forth, I hope God may have glory by it.
I being by Bishop Wren, deprived of my living in Norfolk, In which I believe I endured as great a brunt, as almost any of those which stayed in England; though M. Edwards is pleased to say Page 19. of his Antiapologie, that we fled, that we might be safe upon the Shore, while our Brethren were at sea in the Storm. I believe neither he, nor scarce any of our Presbyterial Brethren, endured a harder Storm at Sea, then I did before I went out of England; Yet I bless God, he stirred up noble friends to countenance and encourage me in my sufferings: For which I will not cease to pray that the blessing of God may be upon them and their Families. I for some Months living with my L: of Warwick, with whom I found much undeserved love and respect, when I was in the midst of as great encouragements for staying in England, as a man deprived, and under the Bishops rage, could expect, I set my self in as serious a manner as ever I remember I did in all my life, to examine my heart about my staying in England, whether some carnal respects, that countenance I had from diverse noble friends, the offers of Livings, did not begin to prevail too far with me; my spirit was much troubled with these thoughts, Why do I still linger in England, where I cannot with peace enjoy what my soul longs after? Did I not formerly think, that if ever God took me clearly from my People, I would hasten to be where I might be free from such mixtures in Gods worship, without wringing my conscience any more? Why do I therefore now stay? Am I not under a temptation? God knows these were the sad and serious workings of my spirit, and the workings of my heart were as strong, as ever I felt them in my life; Now whilst I was thus musing, thus troubled in my spirit, and lifting my heart up to God to help me, and set me at liberty, leaning upon my Chamber window, I espied a man in a Citizens habit, coming in the Court Yard towards my Chamber, and in his coming near, I knew him to be formerly a Citizen of Norwich, but at that time, one of the Church of Rotterdam; this man comes to me, and tells me that he came lately from Rotterdam, that he was sent by the Church there, to give me a call, to join with M. Bridge in the work of the Lord, in that Church;