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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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But 2. he may more particularly know much against us to accuse us of,1 and so frame bills against us out of what he knows,2 and this first supposing he had no access to our inward parts, and that he had no further way of knowing of us, then men have one of another, it being made the limits of mans knowledge by God to Samuel, to judg by outward appearance: yet all those advantages which men have to know one another by, ⟨p. 88⟩he hath over us, more then any man can have and all more eminently.
But 2. he may more particularly know much against us to accuse us of,1 and so frame bills against us out of what hee knowes,2 and this first supposing he had no accesse to our inward parts, and that hee had no further way of knowing of us, then men have one of another, it being made the limits of mans knowledg by God to Samuel, to judg by outward appearance: yet all those advantages which men have to know one another by, ⟨p. 88⟩he hath over us, more then any man can have and all more eminently.
- 12. More particularly.
- 2He may know,
For 1.1 Those spirits can discern all corporeal actions, though not of all men, at once, (for then why should satan travail up and down the earth to review all in it) yet in that distance is proportioned unto them: they understand not only by innate inbred species, but some things per species acceptas à rebus. They learn daily. This by the Church the good Angels are said to learn what they never knew before of the mysteries of the Gospel,