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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	faith_n	righteousness_n	work_n	2,678	5	6.3374	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34998	The second volume of the sermons or declarations of Mr. Stephen Crisp, late of Colchester in Essex, deceased. Exactly taken in characters or short-hand, as they were delivered by him at the publick meeting-houses of the people called Quakers· In Grace-Church-street, and Devon-shire-House, London. And now faithfully transcribed and published. With some of his prayers after sermon.	Crisp, Stephen, 1628-1692.	1693 (1693)	Wing C6939; ESTC R213012	90,303	201

fit and prepare us for the everlasting Kingdom of God they that do wait upon God shall see this work wrought inwardly in them they know more by Faith than they can see by Sense I know and am certain that the Power the Devil hath in the World shall be broken down and Righteousness shall be exalted and justice and equity shall prevail in the Nations I shall not perhaps live to see it but I may see it by Faith I may see enough for my generation and they that live in the next generation shall see it also for the Church of God is the same from one generation to another Now unto us it is given to see the things that in former generations were Prophesied of God having saith the Apostle Provided some better thing for us ●hat they without us should no be made perfect The Church of God from one Genera●ion to another have their measure and de●ree of service and bear their proper Testi●ony and leave the rest to succeding Gene●ations it concerns us in our Generation to ●ee a change made inwardly in our Souls and ●he Kingdom of Christ set up within us and ●he Kingdom of Satan brought down in our ●elves This doth not concern my Son or Grandson only but it concerns me and when they grow up to mature Age in their ●ime it will concern them therefore that which is most profitable to us is that we have such a station and stand in such a place ●n our time where we may see the work of God carried on I have considered many a time that there are many brave Men and Women in this Age that might have been eminent Witnesses of God in the World and born their Testimony to his truth but their Faith hath been weak and ineffectual they have discovered their unbelieving hearts and have joyned with the common herd of the World because they thought such great things could never be done that the Kingdom of Satan could never be pulled down and destroyed and the Kingdom of Christ set up within us But I would hope better things of you things that accompany Salvation and that he that hath begun a good work in you will carry it on to perfection that Living Praises and joyful Thanksgivings may be rendered to him who alone is worthy who is God over all blessed for ever to whom be Glory and Dominion for ever and ever Amen Sermon VII The undefiled Way to Eternal Rest Preached at Devonshire-House July the 29th 1691. My Friends THE Lord will be with all his People that are undefiled in the Way ●hat are Spiritual Travellers walking in ●hat undefiled Way that leads to an ●ndefiled Rest There are some that by ●his Way are enter'd into Rest that Rest ●hich God hath prepared for them We ●annot apply to our selves that promise that 〈◊〉 made to us of entring into Rest unless we ●e real and true Travellers in the Way that ●ads to it for if we do We deceive our ●wn Souls Therefore you that have had a Sight and Vision of the Way Everlasting that lead● unto a Holy Rest you are Engag'd Peopl● to make straight steps therein and to have i● your daily Care and make it your continual Business to look that your Goings and Foot-steps are of the same nature and kin● that the Rest is that you desire to enter into For it is an undefiled Rest that we all are or ought to be Travelling after therefor● every one of us must be undefiled in the Way and every Foot-step must be of the same kin● and nature and separate from all that whic● defileth it and polluteth it that so it ma● have a tendency to the bringing of the So● nearer to its Rest This Holy Rest many Travellers have a●tained by this Holy Travel and many a● still in hope to attain it But now they that are full of hope of ●taining this Rest but their Foot-steps a● Goings are not of the same nature and kind they are not holy and pure they are not u● defiled These have not their Faces tru● Sion-ward though the Face of their Prof●sion may stand that way but the Lo● looks at the Heart of every one and 〈◊〉 knows which way the Heart stands th● who have their Hearts truly turned to t● Lord they have the mark of Holiness 〈◊〉 their Eye and the mark of purity and righteousness in all their Undertakings because they know there is no attaining to that Divine Rest but by a Holy Way and Travel therefore their trust and reliance is alone on the Lord that is to keep them in all their Way for if they be never so clearly convinced that Holiness and Righteousness is their Duty and is the way whereby they may attain to the Kingdom of God though they are never so fully convinc'd of it yet there lies an impossibility of any walking therein without the Divine Assistance of the Grace of God for though they have been convinc'd by the appearance of his Grace and have had a light that openeth to them a sight of these things it is not this Sight and Vision that will enable them To run the Race that is set before them For the manifold impurities and hindrances which are in our Way between our coming out of Egypts Land the Bondage of Corruption and our entring into the Kingdom of God are too mighty and too great for any Man with his knowledge and strength to overcome The Children of Israel might as well have gone through the Red Sea without the help of God as the Christian Traveller can go through the many difficulties and the many impediments that he is to meet with in his Way without the assistance of God's holy Spirit My Friends It hath been a Labour and Travel at this time upon my Mind that all whom God hath so signally Blessed with the Knowledge of the Truth that you may see your Way and most clearly know and understand that your Way leads to Life Eternal that all and every one of you in your particular Meetings are to have a dependance upon that which can help you in your Way For I have seen too many that have had a wrong dependance after they were rightly Convinc'd and after they have had a true knowledge of their Way wherein they should walk they have too much trusted to openings and sights which they have receiv'd they have thought their Mountain so sure and that their Feet have been past sliding that there hath grown up a state of presumption that they have thought they should never turn aside and have not had due regard to the renewing of the divine Power of God in their Souls that God's Children always mus● have They have as I may so say forgotten what our Lord said Without m● ye can do nothing they have passed a Sentence upon that Doctrine in their minds and they have thought they could do something that they could withstand Temptation that they could do some Work for God and Service