A01898:244
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.
Fourthly,1 in case of some gross sin committed against light, unhumbled for, or proving scandalous; or of old sins long forgotten: I will give instances of each particular.
Fourthly,1 in case of some grosse sinne committed against light, unhumbled for, or proving scandalous; or of old sinnes long forgotten: I will give instances of each particular.
- 1In case of some gross sin.In case of some grosse sin.
First, for some gross sins committed against light. 1An instance for this is David. With though he was a man after Gods heart, yet we meet with him often complaining, as one that was frequently in these desertions; amongst other times, once in the 119. Psal. 25, 28. ver. where his soul cleaveth unto the dust, and is even at deaths door, for he says, quicken me, he means it in regard of the sense of Gods favour, which is better than life; which also is the meaning of that phrase, that his soul did […] the dust; that is, was brought to the apprehension of death, therefore Psal. 22. 15. Christ upon the Cross (of whom the Psalm is made) cries out, that God had forsaken him, and brought his soul to the dust of death: and David says here also, that his soul […], and was […] even all the powers of it were loosened, and •• led within him, at the sense of Gods wrath, even as wax melts before the fire: ordinarily we find in Scripture no such eminent desertion, but we find the cause of […] off, if we read on; so here, in the 29. verse, Remove from ee (says David) the way of lying. He points to the scare of his heart, wherein his grief lay. David among other corruptions, had a lying spirit, […] is very roundly, two