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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34984	An alarum sounded in the borders of spiritual Egypt vvhich shall be heard in Babylon, and astonish the inhabitants of the defiled and polluted habitations of the earth. And the power of the Prince of Darkness called into question; and he himself examin'd by the truth, how he came to raign over mankind; and how long his time shall be, till he comes to be cast out of his dominion, and the creature be deliver'd from under his tyranny; to serve God in spirit and in truth, as Christ, the prince of peace, has order'd them. Also the number of him whom the world hath wonder'd after, found out; and demonstrated to be near at an end: and withal, that it is no wayes unlawful, nor in vain, both to hope, and to expect the utter desolation, and destruction of sin in this life, and the setting up of perfect righteousness in the souls of men, where sin has too long raign'd. Written in a testimony to the truth, and against the false position of the devil, and his servants; by a servant of God, Steven Crisp.	Crisp, Stephen, 1628-1692.	1671 (1671)	Wing C6922; ESTC R215182	35,940	50

flyeth away and the perfect Love of God casts out fear and there is Death no more but that which is overcome by Immortality Blessed and Happy are all they that come to know that state and Blessed are they that Believe and waits to enjoy it and Blessed is that Hope which leads thereunto Now as concerning the chiefest matter of this Treatise to wit Concerning the Reign of the Devil among Men there is yet one thing worthy to be considered of which there is made mention in the Scriptures of Truth in which it appears that in the beginning and setting up of the Reign of Christ and that the Everlasting Gospel was Preached and that many Thousands had Believed and Obeyed it so that they came to be Witnesses of the Kingdom of Christ and that the Devil was cast out Dis-throned and put under their Feet and some were made Priests and Kings to God I say after all these things aforesaid there came an Apostacy from the Faith by which all these things afore mentioned were brought forth and of that Apostacy Paul Prophesied to the Thessalonians and John by the Spirit saw how that the Devil should get a great Dominion over Men by many changable Means and Wayes executing his Power as a Dragon then as a strange Beast with seven Heads and ten Horns at another time as a little Beast with two Horns then with an Image and then with a Whore c. And that the Almighty God has set and appointed a Time a certain Time to this Dreadfull Dark changable Government And has given John to know that it should last and continue but One Thousand Two Hundred and Threescore Days or Years And this is a set Time and hath its beginning and its ending but the Kingdom of Christ and also his Priest-hood are both after the power of an endless Life Now seeing that this last Power which the Devil has gotten is but to continue his appointed time Why should any be his Friend so far as to say that it must continue always and that it must never come to an end and that People no ways can get freedom from under his Tyrannical Power Certainly these Men that plead so strongly for his continual Reign and Power have more Reason and Understanding then they use As for instance suppose that one had hired a House or Farm of another for several Years and the Years being come to an end that Man to whom that House or farm belongeth has a desire to live in it himself And the In-dweller not being willing and they both should come to one of these Sin-pleaders to hear his judgment and determination I believe they would soon say to the In-dweller thou must depart the other is the Land-lord and thou hast had thy full Time and he now desiring to have his House he must have it and especially if the In-dweller was come into the House as a Thief in a dark Night and had kept it by Violence and had brought no profit to the Land-lord at all And this is properly the Cause between God and this Prince of Darkness for he has posessed the Inheritance of God and Ruled over it not to the advantage of the Lord But to his disadvantage and dishonour And yet these Men will not do so much right to God as they will do to their Neigbour But on the contrary they say that this Usurper or Thief that has stolen away the Hearts of Men from their Creator must sit there as long as there is a Man upon the Earth and not any Man Redeemed Oh! Blush for shame ye Hypocrites can you make a difference between Good and Evil among Men and will you not judge for God Come take your Books into your Hands and read the number of the Years it is called 1260. Days reckon after the reckoning of the Ancients 30. days to a Moneth and see whether that does not make out 42. Moneths and see whether 42. Moneths does not make a Time Times and half a Time and see what things are ordered to be in those different Times and see whether you can find out the beginning of those Times that so you may find the end of them for all those that had their confidence in the Number of the Year 1666. are now Confounded Ashamed and their Hope is frustrated And now it is high time to wait upon the Lord to get an Understanding and Knowledge which makes not ashamed Now the first thing to be considered to the opening of this thing is That the first appearance of this Man Child that was Born in Heaven by a Woman that was cloathed with the Son and had her Feet upon the Moon and was Crowned with the Stars The first I say that appeared against this Child was a great red Dragon Mark this was no Substitute under the Devil but was the Devil himself though he appeared in Heaven as you may see Revel 12.13 and he it is that has given Power to all those that have Persecuted this Woman or her Seed but as long as he was in Heaven he was no perfect Persecutor there he had no Power but only to be an Accuser of the Brethren and therein he busied himself Night and Day But by this it is evident that there was a Power over him to which he accused them and so long they could not sing but when he was cast out with his Angels then they sung Now is Salvation come and Power and the Kingdom of our God and the Power of his Christ for the Accuser of our Brethren that accused them Day and Night before our God is cast down c. But then wo unto them that dwell on Earth where the Devil got his Power that is in the Earthly Ground there he Rules with great Wrath Anger and Fury and Indignation Persecuting the Woman and the least appearance of her Seed and because he cannot do harm enough of himself he goes and makes him a Substitute to wit a Beast with Seven Heads and Ten Horns Mark just the Number of his own Heads and Horns only he came out of the Pit and this out of the Sea or Waters of which Waters you may read in Revel 15.17 That they are Peoples Tongues Languages and Nations and out of them came this strange Beast which the Devil counted worthy to have his perfect Power because he knew that he would do his Work for him to purpose and he received his Power for the space of 42. Moneths And his first Work was to Persecute the Saints Secondly to set up the Worship of the Devil Thirdly to bring the dread of this seven Headed Beast over the whole Earth Fourthly To blaspheme the Name of God and his Tabernacle and them that dwell therein And fifthly to make People believe that there is no overcoming of his Power And these Works are spread and carried on by three unclean Spirits which came forth out of the mouth of the Dragon Beast and False Prophet over all Kindreds