And therefore that you may heed it so as to walk thereby, let it be your continual Companion, going where you go; if you go into the Fields, O! let the Word go with you; if into your Calling, O! let the Scripture, and the written Word of God be with you: Thus shall you take heed unto it, as to a Light shining in a dark place. And I pray tell me, are not these times, dark times? The conjunction of Clouds, and Miseries, make dark times. Now the World is full of Wars, and Rumours of Wars: now men say, lo, here is Christ, and lo, there is Christ; insomuch as (if possible) the Elect would be deceived. Now spiritual Judgments, and outward Miseries, are in Conjunction; a Cloud and a Cloud, a Conjunction of Clouds: surely therefore, these times must be dark times. The Eclipses of the Sun and Moon, and the falling of the Stars from Heaven, make dark times: And when were there more Eclipses, and falling of the Stars, and of great Lights from Heaven, than in these days of ours? False Lights also make dark times; for the more False Lights are set up, the more men are drawn from the true Light, and so the more they are in darkness: And when ever were there so many false Lights hung ⟨p. 57⟩forth, as in these days of ours? Surely therefore, these are dark times; and if so, what cause have we all, to take heed unto the Word, which is as a Light shining in a dark place. What I therefore say to one, I say to you all, and to my own Soul; O! let us all take heed thereunto. And if any think, that he is not at all in the dark, he is therefore in the dark, because he thinks he is not in the dark: If any think these things concern not him, they do therefore the more concern him than others, because he thinks they concern him not. Think therefore on all these things, and the Lord give you a clear understanding in all things.
And therefore that you may heed it so as to walk thereby, let it be your continual Companion, going where you go; if you go into the Fields, O! let the Word go with you; if into your Calling, O! let the Scripture, and the written Word of God be with you: Thus shal you take heed unto it, as to a Light shining in a dark place. And I pray tel me, are not these times, dark times? The conjunction of Clouds, and Miseries, make dark times. Now the World is ful of Wars, and Rumors of Wars: now men say, lo, here is Christ, and lo, there is Christ; insomuch as (if possible) the Elect would be deceived. Now spiritual Judgments, and outward Miseries, are in Conjunction; a Cloud and a Cloud, a Conjunction of Clouds: surely therefore, these times must be dark times. The Eclipses of the Sun and Moon, and the falling of the Stars from Heaven, make dark times: And when were there more Eclipses, and falling of the Stars, and of great Lights from Heaven, than in these daies of ours? False Lights also make dark times; for the more False Lights are set up, the more men are drawn from the true Light, and so the more they are in darkness: And when ever were there so many false Lights hung ⟨p. 57⟩forth, as in these daies of ours? Surely therefore, these are dark times; and if so, what cause have we al, to take heed unto the Word, which is as a Light shining in a dark place. What I therfore say to one, I say to you al, and to my own Soul; O! let us al take heed thereunto. And if any think, that he is not at al in the dark, he is therefore in the dark, because he thinks he is not in the dark: If any think these things concern not him, they do therefore the more concern him than others, because he thinks they concern him not. Think therefore on al these things, and the Lord give you a cleer understanding in al things.
