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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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And 2. he can also (and doth) represent a multitude of reasonings,1 and considerations together at once,2 all tending to confirm the same persuasion. He will sometimes bring in a cloud of witnesses, and instances to prove us hypocrites; and environ the mind round about with them, that look which way it will, it sees nothing else. As he represented to Christ, […] glory of the world in the twinkling of an eye▪ So he can do a mans sins, &c. That a man shalt have a general prospect of them, and see nothing else, look which way he will. And what force this must needs have to prevail with the mind and judgement to assent, experience shows. As when a man doubting of a truth in a thing controverted, reads an opposite party, presenting all that can be said for the other side alone, it often staggers him, and for the present wins and gains his opinion to that side, till he reads and considers what is said to the contrary: yea, though a man is confirme•, and settled in the truth, yet sometimes a man shall have an army of arguments on the other side, come in upon him, so ranked and ordered, as for the present shall shake and stagger him: and so it must needs be in the agitation of this great ⟨p. 113⟩controversy about a mans estate, when Satan shall muster and marshal up an army of objections once together, and not scatteredly; as he is able to do.
And 2. hee can also (and doth) represent a multitude of reasonings,1 and considerations together at once,2 all tending to confirme the same perswasion. He will sometimes bring in a cloud of witnesses, and instances to prove us hypocrites; and environ the minde round about with them, that looke which way it will, it sees nothing else. As he represented to Christ, 〈…〉 glory of the world in the twinckling of an eye▪ So he can doe a mans sinnes, &c. That a man shalt have a generall prospect of them, and see nothing else, looke which way he will. And what force this must needs have to prevaile with the minde and judgement to assent, experience shewes. As when a man doubting of a truth in a thing controverted, reads an opposite party, presenting all that can bee said for the other side alone, it often staggers him, and for the present wins and gaines his opinion to that side, till he reads and considers what is said to the contrary: yea, though a man is confirme, and setled in the truth, yet sometimes a man shall have an army of arguments on the other side, come in upon him, so ranked and ordered, as for the present shall shake and stagger him: and so it must needs bee in the agitation of this great