A01898:166
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
and then our devising thoughts or plottings, our contrivements and machinations, those by which we artificially do connect, and hang together many joints of means, to accomplish and bring to pass our intentions: (which thoughts of all other we strive to hide and conceal) these are as the joints, or (as the word [Greek or Hebrew] rather implies) as the ligaments, and the sinews, and the tendons, by which the joints do move, so these are they upon which our designs do move and turn. Even all those cogitations compaginatae, ⟨p. 85⟩plotting thoughts, the word, it discovers and cuts up, and also judgeth, and examineth, and passeth sentence upon them: yea and that so exactly, as not the smallest fault can pass uncensured by it: it is as a curious Critique in this review: [Greek or Hebrew], it judgeth exactly, as Critiques use to do. So as by this anatomy, which the word makes, all things in man, every creature, even the least Fibra, the smallest string in the heart which would escape the sight of the most exact Anatomist, are all naked, and opened, and cut up afore the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
and then our devising thoughts or plottings, our contrivements and machinations, those by which wee artificially doe connect, and hang together many joynts of meanes, to accomplish and bring to passe our intentions: (which thoughts of all other we strive to hide and conceale) these are as the joynts, or (as the word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 rather implies) as the ligaments, and the sinews, and the tendons, by which the joynts doe move, so these are they upon which our designs doe move and turne. Even all those cogitationes compaginatae, ⟨p. 85⟩plotting thoughts, the word, it discovers and cuts up, and also judgeth, and examineth, and passeth sentence upon them: yea and that so exactly, as not the smallest fault can passe uncensured by it: it is as a curious Critique in this review: 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, it judgeth exactly, as Critiques use to doe. So as by this anatomy, which the word makes, all things in man, every creature, even the least Fibra, the smallest string in the heart which would escape the sight of the most exact Anatomist, are all naked, and opened, and cut up afore the eyes of him with whom we have to doe.