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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	ghost_n	holy_a	inspiration_n	3,288	5	10.8693	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35003	The third and last volume of the sermons of Mr. Stephen Crisp late of Colchester Essex, deceased containing XII declarations upon several divine subjects : exactly taken in short-hand as they were deliver'd by him at the publick meeting-houses of the people called Quakers ... and now faithfully transcribed and published : with some of his prayers after sermon.	Crisp, Stephen, 1628-1692.	1694 (1694)	Wing C6943; ESTC R26073	139,372	264

believe that such a way leads to God's Kingdom that that way will lead men to God that will not lead them to Holiness The Scripture saith If I regard Iniquity in my heart the Lord will not hear me though a Man keeps close to Meetings and Ordinances and Duties and Performances iniquity it seems must remain still there is no rooting it out in this World This continuing and remaining with a Man makes all his Performances and Duties and Prayers unacceptable to God they are all turned back again upon him and cast as Dung upon his Face and true enough too so that here is no coming unto God in this way the comers thereunto know well enough they are not reconciled to God if they are Men that are Conscientious There are a sort of People so stupid and sordid in their Judgments that if a Man tells them they are reconciled to God they will believe him though Conscience re●●oves them an hundred times a day If the 〈…〉 the Parish say That he hath made this C●●●● an heir of the kin●●●● of God and an inherit o● of eternal life I know some have believed it forty Years after and have born themselves up upon this Man's Word all their Life Do you think there is any Danger of me that in Baptism was made an Inheritor of Eternal Life and an Heir of the Kingdom of God God hath not appointed Ordinances in his Church for nothing I speak not of such sordid hard-hearted People that never entred into themselves to know how it was with them whether they are ●onverted but I speak of sober conscientious People that will not be cheated in a Point of Salvation though they have been deceived a great while they may be undeceived Then they must take this for certain Doctrin that nothing can reconcile them to their Maker but that which takes away Sin God hears not sinners he will never be reconciled to a Man in this World as a sinner but there are many thousands blessed be God in this Age● as well as in other Ages that were Sinners and reconciled to God through Christ and had Remission of Sin but never any Man in his Sin was reconciled to God though he did believe the Truth if he did not come to th● Sanctification of the Spirit he could never 〈◊〉 reconciled to God So that there hath been in all Ages a way of the working of the Spirit of God in the Hearts of them that believe to prepare them for the sinless Kingdom for that glorious Kingdom into which nothing that hurteth and defileth and corrupteth can enter And because we cannot enter with Corruption and Defilement he hath appointed the Ministration of his Spirit to work out that which might hinder to cleanse us from Sin that we might have an abundant entrance into his glorious Kingdom so that whilst they say there is an impossibility of living without Sin I had as leave they had said there is an Impossibility of entring into the Kingdom of God for never any shall come into the Kingdom of God but those that are without Si●● for there is no Purgatory after Death The Papists have a better conceit than the Protestants in that respect The Protestan●● conceive Sin to be expelled at the point of Death and they say all the Sins of Believers all the guilt of Sin after we are Believers is pardoned forgiven and done away by the Death of Christ upon the Cross we will have it if we can get it If Men can imagin to find a way into the Kingdom of God they will have one They believe that a Man may sin and contract no Guilt and that he may sin till his dying Day and then all Sin shall pass away and he shall enter into God's Kingdom The Papists say none can come to Heaven till they be purged from Sin and they say God hath appointed a place for that purpose and Persons must go into Purgatory and they must lie there till they are putted and purified and fitted for Heaven Now say the Protestants truly There is n● such thing we find no such thing mentioned in the Scripture therefore such a thing as this cannot be for the A●●●tle said We have declared to you the whole Counsel of God and he speaks not a Word of Purgatory in all the New Testament The Protestants they have got a way to help themselves and the Papists to help themselves and both lie under Danger As for the Papists if their Priests mistake and there be no such Place as Purga●●●● then they m●●● be brought back to the Doctrin of the S●●●●●●res which declares That as death leaves us so judgment shall find us and as we sow so we must reap if we sow to the ●●●sh then of the flesh we shall reap Corruption Then the Protestants likewise if they mistake in saying A Man may act Sin and yet contract no Guilt then they must be brought back to the Doctrin of the Scriptures that tell us The soul that sinneth must die If a righteous man forsake his righteousness and doth that which is evil his righteousness shall be remembred no more but in the sin that he hath committed he shall die This is sound Doctrin I had rather trust the Doctrin of the Prophets and Apostles than the Doctrin of them all either Protestants or Papists and had rather depend upon their Doctrin for Salvation that were inspired by the Holy Ghost than upon those Doctors that say There is no Inspiration now-a-days Some conceive this Scripture may be interpreted thus and thus and others conceive it means so and so but we must say they submit to better Judgment I am a fallible Man I submit it to better Judgments Now when People are concerned for Immortality and Eternity to have such things dished out in such a manner what Souls are so dull but they would bestir themselves and consider and look about them before they go hence how it shall go with them when they are gone We are now to work out our own S●●vation that is on our part None eve● have earned out this Salvation it is wrought out on God's part already and it is to be made ours he that is our Saviour he hath suffered for our sins and rose again for our justification He was made to us of God wisdom righteousness sanctification and redemption Now Wisdom signifies the opening of the Counsel of God Righteousness signifies the Subjection of our Wills to the Will of God Sanctification signifies Obedience to the Spirit of Christ Sanctification signifies Obedience to something to what what shall we be obedient to what is our Rule He that is led by the spirit of Christ he is his but he that is not led by the spirit of Christ is none of his so that it is plain Sanctification signifies Obedience to the Spirit of Christ and Redemption signifies buying again or setting free from Bondage We know when our Friends are in Captivity as in Turkey or