I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…

If a good man may be in such straits, as for the present he doth not see his way before him; then he may be in the dark. Thus it was with Joseph, when Mary was first with Child; he did not know what to do in the case, till the Angel of the Lord appeared to him. Thus it was with David often, especially at Keilah, when he went down to Ach•sh; feigned himself mad, changing his behaviour; and at Ziklag, when his Wives and Goods were taken from him, and his men thought of stoning him. John, 12.35. He that wa•keth in darkness, knows not whither he goes (saith our Saviour) And when a man is in such straits, as that he doth not see his way, then he is in the dark indeed.

If a good man may be in such streights, as for the present he doth not see his way before him; then he may be in the dark. Thus it was with Joseph, when Mary was first with Child; he did not know what to do in the case, til the Angel of the Lord appeared to him. Thus it was with David often, especially at Keilah, when he went down to Ach•sh; feigned himself mad, changing his behavior; and at Ziklag, when his Wives and Goods were taken from him, and his men thought of stoning him. John, 12.35. He that wa•keth in darkness, knows not whither he goes (saith our Savior) And when a man is in such streights, as that he doth not see his way, then he is in the dark indeed.

A good man may be much offended: Times of Offences, are dark Times; He that walketh in darkness, stumbleth: and so ⟨p. 8⟩much as I do take offence, and am stumbled, so much I am in the dark. Now possibly a good man, may be much offended, and stumbled; though he be not offended at the good Way of God, and Power of Godliness, nor at all the Saints, yet he may be under much offence: All you shall be offended (saith our Saviour to his Disciples) because of me. And if a good man may be offended, then he may be in the dark, on a dark ground, and in a dark Condition.