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death_n	apostle_n	sin_n	world_n	6,776	5	5.1990	4	false

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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

in the Power of Christ believing that the Devil is more able to keep the Creature and to hold fast that which by Deceit and Treachery he has gotten in it then God who made the Creature good in his nature is ●ble to restore it to his first purity that the Creature might come to serve him in Righteousness and Holiness And such as so believe are no true Christians nor true Believers But are standing in the corrupt nature that has unity with the Devil and plead his Cause who is willing that his corrupt birth should live in Man as long as he lives in the World For he knows that so long no acceptable Sacrifice can be offered up to God for you cannot bring forth a clean Sacrifice out of an unclean Vessel and as long as nature is defiled the works will be unclean that are wrought in that nature Secondly The second pleading is That never any Man was freed from Sin ever since Sin first entred into the World and that therefore it is Presumption to expect such a thing in this Life Answ If this Position were true That there was never any Man freed from Sin yet it would be presumption to say that God should not be able to do that which he never did and it is also presumption to conclude that never any Man was freed but if this Position be false then not only the consequence is false to wit that none can be freed but also the Argument it self is proved to be a Lye and so is swept away and a Door is opened unto all that has more love to Righteousness then to Sin both to hope and to expect that the same work should again be wrought in and for them without presumption Now that all men are Sinners by nature is evident and that some were changed out of that natural State is as evident so that the Question is only whether those that are translated out of that sinfull nature remain sinfull yea or nay which if it be so what advantage have they beyond others if they after they are translated must remain unfreed But I answer with the words of the Apostle 1 Pet. 4.1 He that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from Sin And here he spoke of such that were yet in the Body but had suffered with and were made partakers of the Sufferings and Death of Christ which was to Sin through which every one must pass before they can come to the Resurrection that is in Christ by which said Peter They obtained the answer of a good Conscience in the Sight of God which he calls the Baptism that Saves now some having been Partakers of that Death Baptism and Resurrection of Christ by which they came to cease from Sin and to have an answer of a good Conscience without offence both to God and Man which none that sins can have then may there some lawfully expect to come to the enjoyment of the same state of freedom and clearness as well now as formerly without presumption Secondly I answer with the words of the Apostle John 1 Joh. 3.9 He that is born of God sinneth not because his seed abideth in him and he cannot sin for he is born of God Now whereas there have been some that were born of God and have been his Children and that they that were so had overcome the Wicked one so that he could not touch them but they had kept their Garments white and unspotted and that some have been freed from the Law of Sin and Death and that some have Walked unbl●mable and without spot and had put off the old Man with his Deeds and had known the new Birth and could by the Holy Spirit call God Father which things are all manifest in the Scriptures of Truth which none can deny but those that will deny the Scripture Why then should any man question that the same Works of Redemption should not now again be brought to pass And therefore it is lawfull to expect it without presumption This Argument being confuted by the experience of the Saints Thirdly The Faith of Gods Elect is but one in all Ages and that Faith has purified the Hearts of many in former Ages and has taught them to Walk with God as for Instance Enoch Walked with God several hundreds of years Gen. 5.21 and it would be a horrible thing to say that he Walked with God when he Walked in Sin as if God Walked in a Sinfull Way for the Prophet said the Bloody-man nor the Worker of Iniquity Dwells nor walks not with the Lord But Enoch Dwelled and Walked with the Lord and did not Iniquity for if he had he should not have obtained a Testimony that he pleased the Lord for Sinners and Evil-doers do not please him By Faith Noah Walked with God and was a Preacher of Righteousness in the old World 2 Pet. 2.5 also Lot in Sodom which they could not have been if they had been Sinners except they had been such Preachers as the Preachers at this day but they were owned of God though they were mocked of men and it is said of them that they did Inherit Righteousness which they preached And of Lot it is said that his Soul as well as his Doctrine was Righteous And by the same Faith Job was kept in the fear of God in the Land of Vz for that taught him to eschew evil by which he obtained a Testimony of God that he was perfect and upright which no Sinner is 1 Job 1.22 and if he had not been free from Sin it would have been false to say of him that he eschewed the evil and was perfect and though his Tryals were many yet he sinned not with his Lips neither did he charge God foolishly and in the end of all his Tryals God cleared him of having sinned witnessing that he had found him faithfull and received a Sacrifice from his Hand for those zealous Professors that had charged him with Sin whom God had cleared And the same Faith caused Abraham and Sarah to be partakers of the Promise and Abraham was a Friend of God of which Christ said That none could be but by fulfilling his Will and those that do so are no Sinners And by this Faith Moses chused rather to suffer Affliction with the People of God Heb. 11.25 then to enjoy the pleasures of Sin So mark he left Sin and the pleasures of it and then he must be without Sin by which he obtained a Testimony that he was a Servant of God which Sinners are not By Faith David's Heart was made after the Mind of God and that is not sinfull but free from it for in him is no Darkness at all By the same Faith the Prophets were chosen Vessels of God and were upheld in their Testimony for God till they came to obtain that Testimony that they were the Men and Servants of God which they could not have been and withall Servants unto Sin And the Scripture beareth

in the worst way viz. By Sin which is so very contrary to his nature But Let but these Sin-Pleaders suppose That if God should stretch forth his Power so far in man that it should destroy all the Works of the Devil and cast out Sin and cause his Soul to take as great Delight and Joy in Well-doing as ever it had in Sin and should plant Humility as naturally in the Soul as the Devil has planted Pride in it Now the Question is Whether this Power that works this change be not as able to keep the Creature in this Condition as to bring him to it without any help of the Devil or his Work But they will say To suppose a thing that is Impossible is either against Reason or Presumption I Answer All things are Possible with God except to Lye and as concerning this It is not only possible but the contrary is impossible because God hath so often promis'd it to make a perfect Work and to finish his Work in all them that trust in him And for this End is Christ Jesus come That he might destroy the Devil and his Works And in the Parable he saith When he comes that is stronger he shall bind the strong Man and spoil his Goods and cast him out This seems as if Christ who is the stronger had no need of the Devil or his Goods either to keep his People Humble thereby But the Apostle said That they were kept by Faith through the Power of God unto Salvation Except you will say as the Priests in Scotland say Cursed is he that sayes Faith it without Sin and let all the People say Amen Then the words of the Apostle must be read thus You are kept by a Faith which is mixed with sin in the Power of God unto Salvation But if you will have it so speak it out as they have done but being you profess That Faith is the Gift of God we may well say It is able to clense the Heart and to give Victory over the World and also over the Devil and Sin and then there is no need of sin to keep us Humble For if Humility was a Fruit of sin it would not be so acceptable unto God as it is for the Prophet says He giveth his Grace to the Humble and dwelleth with such that are of a Contrite and Broken Heart Again if a few sins yea though they be but a Remnant can keep men Humble then a great deal of sin must needs make a man more Humble so then let us plentifully sin that we may plentifully be Humble But God forbid that such doctrine or such Teachers should go unreprov'd for they have exalted the work of the Devil beyond the Work of God And it is because such Teachers have been countenanc'd that the People have been led into so much Blindness Ignorance and Hardness of Heart and that People have wholly lost the Hope and Expectation of a Day of Deliverance and have taken up a Rest in a sinful and slavish state And now If any come to Preach the Gospel which brings Deliverance and Freedom to the Soul their Souls being in a Rest already though a False Polluted Rest such are look'd upon as Disturbers of their Rest and Breakers of their Peace and such like even as it was with the Prophet Micah when he cryed out Mic. 2.10 Arise ye and depart for this is not your Rest because it is polluted it shall destroy you even with a sore Destruction But Blessed be the Lord God of Heaven and Earth forever for he hath brought forth his Day of Salvation which many have long'd after and are longing and are in travel that they might come to know it to whom a sinful state is no Resting-place but is unto them as a strange Land in which they cannot sing the Songs of Sion but still have Jerusalem in their remembrance which is Free-born from above longing after the Day of Gathering that the Lamb and not the changeable Priests and Teachers may be their Light and Leader Unto such I say and testifie in the Name of the God of Heaven Lift up your Heads for the Day of your Redemption draweth nigh and Deliverance shall come out of Sion the City of our Solemnity Isa 33.20 And a Mighty Voice shall be sounded forth from the holy Mountain from the Lord of Hosts and those that hear it shall live and the dead Bones in the Valleys shall be enliven'd and the Joy of that Day shall be greater then the Joy of the Harvest Now How and in what manner these things will be brought to pass is a great Dispute among many that are yet seeking in the carnal Wisdom to conceive and comprehend spiritual things and so they come to be scatter'd divided in their imaginations And therefore in the mean time those that are become willing to sit down in Quietness in the Light of Christ Jesus that sheweth every running-out of the Mind they come to feel the Pure Fear of God to be planted in their Hearts so that they dare not think their own Thoughts nor speak their own Words And here is the beginning of the true Wisdom by which Wisdom it is given unto them to understand those things which they could not find out in all the time of their Travel and Pains in the faln Wisdom And whil'st they were hearkening after the different Voices of men they never could have a Certainty But now hearing him by whom God speaketh who is manifest within them whom their Ear is inclin'd unto within they come to know certainly that which they know through the Testimony of the Holy Spirit who alone is able to reveal unto those that Fear Him the Mysteries of God's Kingdom and he shuts them up from the Wise and Prudent of this World And therefore you that desire to have an understanding of these things come down from your high Builded Towers of Knowledge and Comprehension and sit down in that Pure Light that brings a Death upon the Earthly Wisdom and become as Fools that you may be wise and that Wisdom that is so received shall lead to know the Number of the Beast which the whole World with all their Accademical Wisdom and all the Sects with their Inventions are strangers unto at this day and are carrying about with them his Name and the number of it or his Mark by which they are accepted among Men and yet do not know what it is But when they come to a wise enough to know it and honest enough to forsake it then they will see that the Friend-ship of this World comes to be broken and the Enmity to work against the Holy Seed and the Seed comes to arise and bruise the Head of the Enmity and to nail it fast to a Cross till it Dye and then comes Freedom then there is War no more then there is peace on Earth and nothing but good will towards all Men yea to Enemies Then Anguish and Sorrow

Chu●ch according to the first Institution Then sayes the Presbyterians and Dutch Predicants The Bishops in the Primitive Churches were not such as you are but such as we are whose ca●e was over the Flock and did Teach and Rule in Ecclesiastical Matters but not in Councels and Parliaments as you do therefore you are fallen from the Primitive state And now at last what sayes Truth of these and all others who deny that Faith which Purifies the Heart and can Cleanse the Conscience from Sin and can give Victory over the World This was the Faith which Paul Preached that was nigh in the Heart and therefore all those that say that the Heart of a true Believer cannot be made clean nor that he can come to live without Sin nor to have a Purified Conscience And all those that denyes the Word of Faith in the Heart and Christ to be the Rule and set up another Rule and another Faith and another Foundation for it then the Apostle set up all such are fallen from the Faith and are not Apostolick but Antichristian and when the Man of Sin comes to be revealed they will come to be revealed with him and fall with him and with Babylon the Mother of them all and great will be their fall in that day There is yet another Prophesie of Christ when he said When you see the Abomination of Desolation standing in the Holy Place where it ought not then let not him that is in Judea flee upon the Mountaines Nor he that is in the Field go back to fetch his Cloathes And he that is on the House top come down to take any thing out of his House c. Mat. 24.15 and said he further vers 23 24. Then if any Man shall say unto you Lo here is Christ or there believe him not c. signifying plainly that when the Abomination of Desolation should be set up that the People would notwithstanding not want divers sorts of Teachers of the Name of Christ What were they made desolate of by the setting up of this Abomination seeing they were not desolate of a profession of Christ in divers manners They were desolate of the Power and Presence of God in all their Holy Places as they called them where this Abomination was set up even as Christ said to the Jewes when they had made the House of prayer to be a Den of Thieves then said he your House is left unto you desolate Mark it was not then desolate of People of Congregations of Religions and Worships but it was desolate of the Presence of God for that was not to be found there So that Abomination which makes People desolate of the Power of God by which they should have power over their Sin and Lusts and which make the Ministers and Teachers desolate of the Spirit of God by which they should have been led to Preach the Gospel this Abomination has been set up a long time and made the People and Nations as a Wilderness and this has been since that time that the Christian Religion has been carried on and maintained by the Traditions of Men Then came the Poyson to be poured out into the Church and thereby it is come to be so swell'd and bigg that it can comprehend in it the Tyrannical and persecuting Princes Proud and Rebellious Bishops wicked Man-slayers and Murderers Unclean Wanton and Drunken People they have all room enough in it and since that time it is counted Heresie that any should make a profession of being Purified and Cleansed and from that time it may be reckoned that the Abomination of Desolation has been set up And therefore let us consider how long it is yet to stand before the Devil come to be cast out and the Temple of God be Cleansed and the filth of Abomination be burn'd up that the God of Heaven may again delight in his Sanctuary and that the Earth may not for ever be empty of his presence but that he may be found of those that seek him and be heard of them that are Mourning after him Now John saith that this time of Desolation was to continue a Time Times and half a Time that is three years and a half or three times twelve Moneths and six Moneths that is 42. Moneths or 1260 Dayes which times are agreeing together in one and do perfectly fulfill the time of the restoration of the Church and of the coming down of the Righteous Judge whose right it is to Rule over Men for to him are the Gentiles given for an Inheritance and the ends of the Earth for a possession And that time doth also perfectly fulfill the time of the Power of the Beast for these times do all agree together and as they had their beginning about one and the same time they must also have their end shortly after one another because they are like one another Now to find out the end of those times the beginning must be first known now the daily Sacrifice was taken away long before the Abomination that made the Earth desolate was set up but from that time that both should be fulfilled said the Angel to Daniel should there be 1290 Dayes that is 30. more then John writes of Now the Abomination of Desolation was not set up in the time of Christ for said he When you shall see it set up c. speaking as of a thing that was not yet come to pass and the Apostle said There shall come an Apostacy from the Faith that shews that it was not yet come neither did it come till s●veral hundreds of years after for the true Christians suffered many cruel and grievous deaths for the Christian Faith so that they did not fall away but endured to the end and were saved and so long the Earth was not Desolate But when that Faith was lost which did support in Sufferings and that the Christian Religion which was the holy Place came to be corrupted by Pride Covetousness Persecution and Worldly Pleasures Ease and the Delights and Honours of this World then the Abomination was set up that made the Earth Desolate And reckon from that time 1260 Years and add to it these 30. Years of which the Angel spoke to Daniel Dan. 12.11 and see whether we be not about the Forty Five Years of which there is made mention in the 12th verse where the Angel having spoken of the 1290. years adds Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the Thousand Three Hundred and Thirty Five Dayes Signifying plainly that there must be a time of Patience and Waiting for the Blessed Restauration which was promised and that that time of Waiting should continue from the 1290. till 1335. which are 45. dayes or years and then they are Blessed that come thereunto So he that hath Wisdom let him reckon But this Reckoning is not comprehended in Arithmetick or the Art of Reckoning neither can it be conceiv'd by the Wisdom of this World But such as have the Wisdom which