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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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Fourthly, fire is a devouring thing; a whole world would not satisfy it, if it were let alone to burn on: And one day, this whole world you see shall be burnt up by fire, as a witch for enticing men. Even such are mens desires after pleasures, unsatisfied they are; and the more fuel is laid on, the more ye may lay on; they enlarge their desire as the fire of hell, Hab. 2. 5.
Fourthly, fire is a devouring thing; a whole world would not satisfie it, if it were let alone to burne on: And one day, this whole world you see shalbe burnt up by fire, as a witch for entising men. Even such are mens desires after pleasures, unsatisfied they are; and the more fuell is laid on, the more ye may lay on; they enlarge their desire as the fire of hell, Hab. 2. 5.
Fifthly, the pleasures which arise from the meeting and conjunction of this fuel, and their lusts are but as sparks. Job calls sparks the sons of fire, being engendered by it upon fuel: as pleasures are the sons of your lusts, when the object and they lie and couple together: and they are not long lived, they are but as sparks, they die as soon as begotten, Col. 2. 22. perish in the using; and are but as the crackling of thorns, they soon go out.
Fistly, the pleasures which arise from the meeting and conjunction of this fuell, and their lusts are but as sparkes. Iob calls sparkes the sonnes of fire, being engendred by it upon fuell: as pleasures are the sonnes of your lusts, when the object and they lie and couple together: and they are not long lived, they are but as sparkes, they die as soone as begotten, Col. 2. 22. perish in the using; and are but as the crackling of thornes, they soone goe out.