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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
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.
The second thing to be enquired into is,1 What is the condition of such an one who is thus in darkness, and who hath no light? Which I will so far discover, as the phrases used here will give light into, by the help of other Scriptures.
THe second thing to be enquired into is,1 What is the condition of such an one who is thus in darknesse, and who hath no light? Which I will so farre discover, as the phrases used here will give light into, by the help of other Scriptures.
- 1What is His condition whilst he walks in darkness, &c.What is His condition whilest hee walkes in darknesse, &c.
First,1 he is said to have no light: Light saith the Apostle, Ephes. 5. 13. is that whereby things are made manifest; that is, to the sense of sight, to which, light properly belongs: and as light, and faith, are here severed as you see; so sight also is in 2 Cor. 5. 7. distinguished from faith, 2which is the evidence of things absent and not seen: 3when therefore, here he says, he hath no light, the meaning is, he wants all present sensible testimonies of Gods favour to ⟨p. 10⟩him; he sees nothing that may give sensible present witness of it to him: Gods favour, and his own graces, and all the sensible tokens and evidences thereof, which are apprehended by spiritual sight, are become all as absent things, as if they were not, or never had been; that light which ordinarily discovers these as present, he is clean deprived of.