A01898:156
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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slandering our persons, our estates to us, charging us to be hypocrites; unsound, and carnal, and counterfeit Christians, still misconstruing all unto the worst. Which false calumnies and charges of his, I take most properly to be those darts mentioned Ephes. 6. ver. 11. which are there said more especially to oppose our faith: and therefore faith is there said to quench them, from which trade of his forging darts of calumnies, he hath his name [Greek or Hebrew] a slanderer from [Greek or Hebrew] a metaphor, it is from casting darts, (for the slanderous calumnies of the tongue, are as a manle, 1and a sword, 2and a sharp arrow, as Solomon speaks: their teeth spears and arrows) and such are these kind of Satan's tentations and accusations against us, Even as darts and arrows that wound and pierce, and run through the ⟨p. 77⟩affections, that strike the soul through and through with fears: his name [Greek or Hebrew], the tempter, is from [Greek or Hebrew], to pierce: because such are his darts, so sharpened, and slung with that force, as they are fitted to pierce, and enabled to run through. And besides the sharpness of the darts themselves, they are said to be fiery, as making double way for themselves: for a piece of iron, though blunt, yet if fired red hot, it runs through without resistance. Satan, he is that great general of the whole powers of darkness in us; and therefore even the forces of the guilt of sin (the proper seat of which is the conscience) he hath some command over, as well as of the power of sin in other members; as he can muster up and set on fleshly lusts which fight against the soul, and provoke and back them in their assaults upon us, so he can clap on the chains of guilt and bondage.
slandering our persons, our estates to us, charging us to be hypocrites; unsound, and carnall, and counterfeit Christians, still misconstruing all unto the worst. Which false calumnies and charges of his, I take most properly to be those darts mentioned Ephes. 6. ver. 11. which are there said more especially to oppose our faith: and therefore faith is there said to quench them, from which trade of his forging darts of calumnies, he hath his name a slanderer from a metaphor, it is from casting darts, (for the slanderous calumnies of the tongue, are as a manle,