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A child of light walking in darknessA childe of light vvalking in darknesse
A child of light walking in darkness: or A treatise showing the causes, by which God leaves his children to distress of conscience. The cases, wherein [God leaves his children to distress of conscience.] The ends, for which [God leaves his children to distress of conscience.] Together with directions how to come forth of such a condition: with other observations upon Isaiah 50. 10, and 11. verses. By Tho: Goodwin B.D.A childe of light vvalking in darknesse: or A treatise shewing the causes, by which God leaves his children to distresse of conscience. The cases, wherein [God leaves his children to distresse of conscience.] The ends, for which [God leaves his children to distresse of conscience.] Together vvith directions how to come forth of such a condition: vvith other observations upon Esay 50. 10, and 11. verses. By Tho: Goodwin B.D.
London: printed by Miles for R. Dawlman and L. Fawne, 1636
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1. In general.
1. In generall.
First,1 Satan, he hath a special inclination, and a more peculiar malicious desire,2 to vex and molest the Saints with this sort of temptations, of doubts and disquietness that God is not their God: so as all other his temptations unto sin, are but as the laying in and barrelling up the gun-powder, and making of the train for this great plot of blowing up all. He tempteth Peter to deny his Master, Satan desires to winnow you; but he hath a further reach, a design upon his faith; which Christ foresaw, and therefore did mainly bend his prayer against it, But I have prayed that thy faith fail not: Satan hoped by that gross sin to have drawn him into despair. We may likewise observe how he did place this temptation in the forefront of those three assaults which he made upon Christ; who as in his obedience, so in his temptations is made a complete example unto us; for he was ⟨p. 46⟩tempted in all things, that is, with all sorts of temptations, and also like us for the manner, only without sin, Heb. 4. 15. Now he tempted him not only to vain hopes, when he showed him the glory of the whole would, and to presumption to throw himself down headlong from an now […] ground; But first, and primarily to jealousies and distrusts between him and his Father, and between his humane nature and the divine; For when Christ had newly received that testimony from all the three persons; the Father proclaiming him to be his Son from heaven; the Spirit descending on him at his baptism, (it being the special grace and institution of that ordinance to seal up adoption and regeneration) then comes Satan and tempts him to question that voice, [that it might be but a delusion:] and Christs humane nature never having done any outward miracle as yet, as appears