Excerpt from Memoirs of the Life of Stephen Crisp: With Selections From His Works Stephen crisp was born at Colchester, in the year 1628 where, by the incidental men tion of his parents, at page 53 of his Journal, it appears they were living in the year 1659. From the date of his wife's death, and the number of years which he mentions they had lived together, it is inferred that he married in the year 1648, at the age oo. It does not appear from his Journal, or any other source, whether he was brought up to or fol lowed any business or profession. But from the time which he appears to have had in his youth for religious pursuits, and the almost entire devotion of his time to these objects, after he became a Minister of the Gospel, I am inclined to think that he had not any secu lar engagements. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.