A01898:174
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.
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, Eph. 3. 10. and though these species in them, and their manner of knowing corporeal things differs from ours, yet they are analogical with ours, and we no more know the manner how they should receive, species à rebus corporeis, the images of all things done by bodily substances, then a blind man can imagine, how men that see should receive in colours: yet this we may be sure of, that all that the senses or mind of man can know, that they can also: for natural things are all Debita objecta, due objects made for them: for they were therefore made to be discerned by intelligent creatures; and if by any, then by the most supreme and intellectual natures.
For 1.1 Those spirits can discerne all corporeall actions, though not of all men, at once, (for then why should satan travaile up and downe the earth to review all in it•) yet in that distance is proportioned unto them: they understand not onely 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 Gospell, Eph. 3. 10. and though these species in them, and their manner of knowing corporeal things differs from ours, yet they are analogicall with ours, and wee no more know the manner how they should receive, species à rebus corporeis, the images of all things done by bodily substances, then a blind man can imagine, how men that see should receive in colours: yet this wee may be sure of, that all that the senses or minde of man can know, that they can also: for naturall things are all Debita objecta, due objects made for them: for they were therefore made to be discerned by intelligent creatures; and if by any, then by the most supreme and intellectuall natures.