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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

that the Enmity is great in the first birth and so that although he grew up to be an Offerer yet he did not grow up in dominion over the Serpent nor over the quality of the Destroyer in himself and that sort of Offering was more acceptable to the Devil then to God And now mark that man was a Sinner and yet religious his Sin and Religion were consistant and could have place together at one and the same time in one man as it is now with the Professors of this Age who say they are Sinners and that their best Works are polluted and defiled with Sin and that they must remain so whilst they live and yet they will seek acceptance with God in these poluted Offerings notwithstanding they do profess him to be pure to whom they Offer Thus was this first Sacrificer blind and darkned and so are many Thousands after him and the dominion of the Devil was over him First Deceiving him by Leading him to Expect an Acceptance because he Offered though with an Evil Heart Secondly to lead him into the evil which had kept him from acceptance Thirdly by making him so Wrath and Angry because he was not accepted against his Brother that did well and was partaker of the one sure Faith of the Elect Seed of God And the Serpent having thus darkned his mind then he durst come before him with a Lye though he was a Man of whom Eve thought that she had gotten him from the Lord perswading him that if that Faithfull Abel was out of the Way that then it would be better with him So he hearkned to the Counsel of this evil spirit and shed Innocent Blood about Religion here Persecution got his entrance into the World by one that was an Offerer and an evil Doer together a fit Instrument for such a Work But behold what became of this Man the Blood which he had shed and the Earth which had drunk it up cry'd for Vengance against this bloody Offerer and he fear'd exceedingly and said He could not bear his Punishment and said Every one that finds me will slay me and to prevent that he went and Built a City in the Land of Nod hear was the beginning of Fortifications which was to defend the Transgressor for the Righteous have a Tower namely the Name of God and there they are safe without such Gates or Walls Now let every one consider how little right this spirit had in all these things but he entred by a Lye and Reigned by a Lye and Darkness and deceit was his defence for his Government and how little reason there is to plead for such a spirit let the wise in heart judge It would go beyond my present aime and purpose to trace this spirit who is called the Devil and Satan the Dragon and old Serpent through all Ages since the beginning to see with how little Truth Right or Equity he came up to Reign among Men. The understanding Reader of the Scriptures of Truth can see it clear enough and it is a great wonder and one of the greatest that is in that part of the World called Christendom that there are so many men being men of knowledge in other matters and such as set up the Scriptures so much as they seem to do calling it the Word of God the Rule of Christians the Light of the World the Guide of Life c. that they should go with such a Book in their hands pleading for the Devil's Kingdom and for a necessity that it must continue as long as there is a man upon Earth Whereas the Scripture in substance is nothing else but as a Declaration against him and his Government and sheweth how he ought to be forsaken opposed resisted and cast out and withall how that Primitive pure and holy and Righteous Law of that Spirit which is called God and is holy pure and Blessed for ever how that ought to be imbraced received and exalted in the whole Creation I say this is a very great wonder of which and of the consequences thereof the Christians so called have cause to be ashamed yea are a Reproach to the whole World and it is high time that some do arise for God and the call is gone forth Who is on the Lord's part Exod. 32.26 The Devil has an innumerable Host to plead for Sin some with Arguments and some with cruel Weapons but who is on the Lord's part that can say the Lord Reigns in Righteousness and in Truth he Judges the Earth Oh! All ye carnal Professors of God and Christ in words but in works deny him and sayes that Sin must stand and remain as long as you live Be it known unto you in the Name of the God of Heaven that where Sin remains there the Devil is Prince and Ruler And if that must remain as long as you live the Devil desires it no longer for he that will be his Servant in this life must be his Companion in the World to come But hear ye the Word of the Lord thou great Host and mighty Army of the Devil Beast Serpent and the old Deceiver who plead that his Government shall stand as long as there is a man to live upon Earth The Controversie of the Lord God Almighty is Proclaimed and begun against you all and your Prince yea the Arm of the everlasting God is stretched out against you and henceforth ye shall not be prosperous but the Dominion of your Prince shall be lessened and both his and your Power shall be weakned and your Weapons both of Deceit and Cruelty shall be broken and come to nought The Inheritance of of the Wicked shall be laid waste and the design which hath been carried on so long shall be frustrated Deceit and Falshood shall fall before the Truth and Darkness shall flee before the Light and your fortified City shall fail you and the Land of Nod will not be a hiding place for you For the Arm of the mighty God of Jacob shall scatter you as a reproach and make y●u ashamed of your Work and of your Prince Now to touch a tittle at your Arguments which the Servants of this spirit make use of for to hold ●p his Kingd●m of whi●h they say It is impossible tha● it should be brought down even as if God had given up all Man kind which is the best of his Creation unto t●e Devil and that he should keep none of them for himself to serve him till they have fulf●lled the Devi●'s work to the ●●ll and can serve him no longer Certainly t e Heathens M●ors and Indians have a better D●ctrine then these in the ground though Darkness is over their understandings as concerning God and Heaven and such things yet many of them do not judge that there is such a necessity to do evil as long as they live but abstain from that which they know to be evil and they that do so are esteemed to have their pleasures and delight in the

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