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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

our design and end in the discovery that is made to us of the Life of Christ that we may grow in it and live in it indeed there is great talking of it but we should labour to shew forth the Resurrection of that Life in us They that come to be baptized for the Dead baptized into the Death of Christ The Apostle tells you In that he died he died unto Sin There are none baptized for the Dead made partakers of the Death of Christ but those that die unto Sin as he did Though Christ had no Sin yet he died unto Sin What use did he make of this That Christ knew no Sin but yet did take our Sin upon him He died unto Sin that they which did partake of his Death might be partakers of his Resurrection He Liveth again and after Death Riseth again Those that partake of this Death unto Sin are Crucified unto this World and have taken up Christs Cross and are Dead to all the Pleasures and Delights of the World which are whithered away and come to nothing What do they Live to now To Righteousness Holiness Chastity Temperance these are pleasant to them these come to live to Righteousness through the Power of him that loved them This shews the Glory and the Power of the Grace of God It is the Grace of God that worketh such a change in a Man or Woman They that delight in Sin and Wickedness in that which is corrupt and ungodly they have no delight in this no delight in Sobriety Chastity Holiness and Purity of mind Where did it work such a change In all that are freely given up to it Where any one is given up to that Life the grace of God hath the praise of it This is the Exaltation and Praise of the Power of God so that others may find by this they may by it come to believe and by believing to be saved Thus the Gospel hath gone forth from one to many and from many to many more and is encreasing more and more for Grace Mercy and Peace are multiplied by which the Heritage of God and so every Man and Woman that partake of this Life are gathered into their Fellowship So that your end in coming to these Meet●ngs is not so much to hear what this and ●hat and the other Friend saith but what you have in your selves to witness to The Divine Operations of the Power of God in your Souls bringing down something that is to be brought down and raising up something that is to be raised Temptation to Sin hath more prevalency upon me than it hath upon this and that and the other man I am not come to their degree yet it is better with me than it was at my first convincement If thou dost say this to deceive others Cry to God and Pray earnestly that all that may be brought down which is contrary to his Grace If thou say and profess this if at the same time there is a deceitful Heart to strengthen that which is known by the Light of Christ to be against the truth of God How will this appear at the Great Day of God The Eye of God is upon thy Hypocrisie He that Never Slumbers nor Sleeps he beholds thee if there be any Sin that thou wouldest keep and save alive if thou make a Profession and notwithstanding sayest this Sin I wil● keep The Lord Pardon me in this thing 〈◊〉 Like Naaman the Servant of the King of Assyria who said to the Prophet Thy Servant henceforth will neither Offer Burnt Offering nor Sacrifice to other Gods but unto th● Lord. In this the Lord pardon thy Servant that when my Master goes into the House o● Rimmon to Worship there and he leaneth 〈◊〉 my hand and I bow my self in the House of Rimmon When I bow my self in the House of Rimmon the Lord pardon thy Servant in this thing He knew if he bowed not the King would take notice of the alteration of his gesture therefore he would bow in the House of Rimmon That Sin he would save alive under a Profession That Hypocrisie the Lord did abominate Be upright in the sight of God and be faithful to your own Souls if it be so then every Sin will be a burthen and you will long to be rid of it if it be so you know whose hand it is that hath brought you so far if you be real and cordial and give up your selves to Jesus That Work which he hath begun in you he will finish for you He will finish it for you stand out with him in nothing you give up your selves to him and joyn not with his Enemies take heed of hearkning to them take heed of every Sin that will at last be a burden and oppressive to your Souls But if you Live this Heavenly Life of Jesus you will be set at liberty to have Dominion over Sin and stand without Guilt before the Throne of God Friends let your Hearts be deeply affected with the great mercies that God hath bestowed upon you and for giving you that Divine Life that Is acceptable in his sight Many things have been done upon the account of Religion and we could never be satisfied whether they were acceptable to God we could not be satisfied whether we did any thing pleasing to God we may say of them as the Apostle Paul of the Jewish Sacrifices there remains a conscience of Sin an accusing Conscience that tells us that Guilt is not removed nor the Sin taken away 'till the Lord opens this Divine Mystery to us that our Justification must be by Faith in Jesus that nothing could reconcile us to God but the Life of Jesus and the merit of his Death This Life of Jesus was a holy blameless harmless and innocent Life which Life he gave for the World which Life is the Light of Men and our Souls being turned to this Life we see the Glory and the Excellency of it and desires are kindled in our hearts after it Many have pursued and laboured and travelled that they might come to the enjoyment of it the very discovery of this Life ought to be highly prized and your Souls affected with it and when you have obtained it you will say O what a blessed Condition am I come into that Christ hath manifested his Divine Power in me not only in Reconciling me to God but taking away the Conscience of Sin by that also the Accuser is cast out and I may now sing to God Songs of Deliverance Now you tast of the Mercies that God hath bestowed upon you this will affect your Souls with a Child-like submission and subjection to him that hath begun to save and deliver you that so you may resign up your selves to his will and forsake the World and the things of it Now when they come to such a Meeting as this their minds may be retired and they may be sensible of the Power of Truth upon their hearts but for want of keeping

Scriptures the Scriptures of Truth and have been acquainted with them so familiarly as with any Book in the World wherein you find Articles drawn long ago fixed and sealed and no new ones are to be drawn If any one will be my Disciple John or Thomas James or Peter or whoever he be he must take up his Daily Cross and Deny himself and Follow me Now here is a contract made therefore turn aside from all kind of Reasoning and Consulting with Flesh and Blood If you will become Spiritual and partake of Spiritual Blessings and Benefits I would advise you to turn from all kind of reasonings that come from the Pit of Darkness that hath thus far deceived you and will ruine you for ever if you hearken to them For assure your selves new Gospel terms no man can make and if any come to Preach new Gospel terms count him a deceiver for there is no possibility of being a Disciple of Christ but by taking up a Cross Daily and Denying our selves and Following him as our Leader and Guide To him I must go and go in no other way speak nothing or do nothing but what is Holy and Pure he must conduct me in my walking guide me in my way and justifie me in it This is to be a true Disciple of Christ As soon as he comes to adhere and joyn to the Power of God revealed in his Soul he sees the coming of the Kingdom of God he sees it at a distance he saith within himself and makes this conclusion I will follow my Captain I will become subject to the Kingdom of Christ If I obey this Divine Principle of the Grace of God and the Gospel of Christ I shall be his Disciple I read in his blessed Book That as many as are led by the Spirit of God are the Children of God I am not to propose new terms but to accept of the old terms of the Gospel of Christ I see that the Kingdom of God is to be set up and the Kingdom of the Devil to be brought down in me If I followed this Divine Principle I should never follow the Devil more if he would have me Lie I shall refuse and say I cannot do it if he would have me run into vain and corrupt Communication and foolish jesting that will be a bridle to me that I cannot do it I speak now to persons that live under the Light of the Gospel of Christ and that are subdued by his Grace I would speak that which all the Logick in the World cannot overthrow that which the most cunning Logician with all his Wit and Quirks cannot refute and prove erroneous If a man be ●ed by the Spirit of God he cannot Lie this ●s a common cure for all men if I be led by ●he Spirit of Truth and hearken to the Principle of Truth in my own Soul this will cure and heal me of the wounds and maladies of my corrupt Nature and set me at ●iberty from my old Master I do not like his Service I hope if any of you like the Servitude and Bondage of Sin and Satan you will desire Liberty before you die Why do not you desire it now It may be thou thinkest ●o enjoy a little Liberty and Reputation and Pleasure in Sin for many years for Six or Seven Nine or Ten years and then break off from it and repent and turn to God How dost thou know that thou hast ten days ●o live It is of high concernment to every ●ne of us to wait for a discovery of Gospel Liberty and an ability and power in his Soul to enable him to break off from the Servitude and Bondage of Sin and Satan that he hath so long lived under and to wait upon God with Patience for the setting of his Soul at Liberty and setting up the Kingdom of Christ within him and pulling down the Kingdom of Satan that he may be brought into the Kingdom of Christ that consists in Peace and Righteousness and Joy in the Holy Ghost These are the things that follow one another when Righteousness is set up in me I shall not be disturbed I shall have Peace and if I have Peace I shall have Joy and this Joy is in the Holy Ghost the Apostle saith the Kingdom of God consists in these things Now that every one mighe be persuaded that God hath given a measure of his Grace to them as well as to other folks Let them consider and say within themselves God hath not shut me out of the number of his People He hath knocked at the Door of my Heart to bring me to Repentance he hath waited upon me so long surely he hath a mind to save me Would he call upon me but that he intends I should repent and turn to him But where is the Power You will say Knocking at the door of the Heart and checks of Conscience we understand them but we understand not where the Power is to be conformable to the Will of God People will never understand it while they are in the Kingdom of Satan and under the the Power of the Prince of Darkness the Apostle tells us That the God of this World hath blinded the minds of them that believe not lest the Light of the Glorious Gospel of Christ who is the Image of God should shine into them If men saw the Beauty of the Gospel they would run after it and embrace it therefore ●he Devil blinds their minds that they should not see the Beauty and Amiableness of the Gospel and like the terms of it He hath the Rule and Government of the Hearts of the Children of Disobedience So long as I live in Subjection to that Devilish Hellish Power which leads me forth into Sin I shall be a stranger to Gods Power that would enable me to break off from it You never read in Scripture of any that ever came to be saved by the Power of God but there was Faith mixed with it that came to joyn with that Power of God Our Saviour said to the impotent man Thy Faith hath made thee whole thy Faith joyning with that Power of God We shall be made strong in the Lord and in the Power of his might and be able to withstand Temptations As soon as the Soul of Man joyns with the Grace of God he doth forsake the service of his old Master and Governour Sin shall no longer have Dominion over him though he may meet with the same Temptation i● shall not have the same power over him but he will be enabled by the grace of Go● to withstand it and overcome it If you ask such a Man how it is that he overcome that Temptation that formerly prevailed over him he will tell you I have now an● Helper I am now joyned to the Grace o● God in my Soul therefore do I withstand Temptations and have power over them Thus comes the Kingdom of Christ to be set up in the Soul and this is that which will

the first terms of Christianity and to reckon no man a Christian let him profess what he will saving such a one as doth know and witness that the long-suffering and patience and goodness of God doth lead him to Repentance and saving such a one as hath so much Faith towards God that for Love to God he will deny himself and take up his Cross and be a follower of Jesus in that way and Life he lived in It is high time for all of us to return again to the terms of Christianity that were set up by a higher Authority than ever Antichrist had and before Antichrist was revealed for though it is true that Antichrist hath obtained power on Earth to establish his sort of Christianity that is without the Cross and a sort of Religion whereby they indulge themselves in whatsoever pleaseth their Carnal Hearts and Corrupt Minds yet Antichrist hath not all Power he is not Almighty I hope Antichrist nor the Beast nor the Dragon nor the False Prophet nor the Whore they have not all Power on Earth though they have a great deal and by that Power they have establish'd Laws Decrees Canons and innumerable things about Religion and some cry this is the way you must walk in others cry the way to Heaven lies here and here you must travel if you will come thither Some cry this is the truth others say it is errour so that the World is divided Antichrists Government in the World is divided and when the House is divided against it self there is hopes that it will fall at last But there is one to whom all Power in Heaven and Earth is given and committed and his Christians are not divided among themselves but they are of one heart and of one mind and he that hath all Power in Heaven and Earth committed to him can crush and bruise that power that others have Herod had some and Pilate had some but saith Christ your Power is limited this is your hour and the power of Darkness and thou hadst not had Power saith Christ to Pilate were it not given thee from above here is power given to the Dragon to the False Prophet and the Beast to speak great things but this Power of Antichrist is going away but Christ Jesus was sent into the World in his day to bring people back again to God and to the Primitive Religion and Obedience and to the first terms of Society and Communion and to a fellowship in Christ Jesus through the Holy Ghost Now if we had set up a way of Religion as other Folks have done which is contained in some Canons Articles Doctrines and such and such Observations and Commandments of Men and if Men will confess these Articles and observe these Canons they shall be of our Society then we had done like the rest of the fallen Christians but we have declared from the beginning that professing our Doctrine and the Principles of Religion doth not give any Man Fellowship and Communion with us but our Communion is in the Self-denying Life and a daily Cross in opposition to sensual Lust Vanity Pride and bitterness of Spirit Corruption Enmity and Wrath this hath brought us to a Holy Fellowship and Communion in the Holy Ghost and to live in Unity from one Head which is Christ Jesus so that there is not this Mans Church and the other Mans Church among the People of God Do you read in the Primitive times that Paul had his Church and Peter his Church and James his Church and Jude his Church Indeed they had their Meetings as we have now in many Cities and Countries among the Jews and Gentiles but these Holy Apostles that were the first Publishers of the Everlasting Gospel after their Great Lord and Master Christ Jesus they never did appropriate any Church to themselves that was not their business but our Work and Business saith the Apostle is to gather you to Christ and present you as a Chast Virgin to Christ our work is to turn you from Darkness to Light that you may walk in it and be the Children of it our work is to build you up as a Spiritual House to be presented to Christ the Mediatour This is Primitive Christianity that hath its Foundation in Holiness and Righteousness sincerity and truth not in Words and Terms and Articles and Canons and Decrees and other Observances this is not the Foundation of true Christianity nor will be again when the Devils Kingdom is destroyed which is a shaking for he in whom we believe hath power from his Father to break the Devils head Antichrist and the Dragons head Christ Jesus is signified by divers Names The second Adam Lord from Heaven the Way the Truth and the Life but he is the same Christ so Antichrist is expressed by several Terms and Names but he is the same Power of Darkness he hath made the Nations drunk and to stagger and destroy and devour one another This hath been done in the fallen state of Christians and the design which the Lord Christ hath in sending his Ministers and Workmen to labour among you is to restore Men to the first Christianity and to bring Men to God that Religion is not made up of Doctrines Articles Canons and Decrees of Men but it hath the word of God for its Foundation he that hath an ear to hear let him hear there is some Spirit and Power and visible work in a true Christian which the false Christian never had The false Christians have taken the Name and the Profession of Christ and their Fruits have been dishonourable to him they might as well make profession of Antichrist and Satan they have a form of Godliness they have some of the Word but they deny the Power What is their Religion and outward Profession when they want the internal Life and the motions of the Holy Spirit if they bring forth the Cursed Fruits of the flesh enmity wrath Lust and Corruption which belongs to the fallen Nature and the unregenerate state The Apostle takes notice of this deceit and hypocrisie in Religion which was growing up before he died Men having 〈◊〉 form of Godliness and denying the Power thereof from such turn away If there be any Brethren that walk disorderly have no Company or Fellowship with them if you would have the holy Name of Jesus free from scandal This hath been the design of all the Faithful Ministers of Christ to keep their Holy Profession of the Name of Christ free from reproach that the holiness of Gods ways might be seen in the holy Lives of the Professors of them Till men come to know this and take up their Daily Cross and exercise Self-Denyal their Christianity is good for nothing I would not have you trust in it neither in Articles Tenents or Observations but see how with your Lives you answer your Profession Christ was Holy Harmless Undefiled Separate from Sinners And why should not Christians be so too How can Christians