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I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…
I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet. I. 19 : II. Christ in travel ... in three sermons on Isai. 53. 11 : III. A lifting up for the down-cast ... delivered in thirteen sermons on Psal. 42, 11 : four several sermons ... / preached by William Bridge ...
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1656
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.
Secondly: Though a good man may be in the dark; yet he hath Scripture-Light to walk by; God hath not left him comfortless, and without Light, in obscure darkness, as the wicked are; but he hath Light within him, and that great Light of the written Word without, whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, (saith the Apostle) as unto a light shining in a dark place. This Scripture-Light he hath always by him; To the Law, and to the Testimonies, saith the Prophet Isaiah, chap. 8. if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no Light in them: 'tis a dark time, which •he Prophet speaks of; For many shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be shared, and be taken, verse 15. The Lord hideth his face from the house of Jacob, verse 17. Behold I, and the Children whom the Lord hath given me, are for signs and wonders in Israel, verse 18. And they shall look unto the Earth, and behold trouble, and darkness, dimness of anguish, and they shall be driven to darkness, verse 22. yet in this time they have the Law, and the Testimony, that great Scripture-Light to walk by.
Secondly: Though a good man may be in the dark; yet he hath Scripture-Light to walk by; God hath not left him comfortless, and without Light, in obscure darkness, as the wicked are; but he hath Light within him, and that great Light of the written Word without, whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, (saith the Apostle) as unto a light shining in a dark place. This Scripture-Light he hath alwaies by him; To the Law, and to the Testimonies, saith the Prophet Isaiah, chap. 8. if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no Light in them: 'tis a dark time, which •he Prophet speaks of; For many shal stumble, and fal, and be broken, and be shared, and be taken, verse 15. The Lord hideth his face from the house of Jacob, verse 17. Behold I, and the Children whom the Lord h•th given me, are for signs and wonders in Israel, verse 18. And they shall look unto the Earth, and behold trouble, and darkness, dimness of anguish, and they shall be driven to darkness, verse 22. yet in this time they have the Law, and the Testimony, that great Scripture-Light to walk by.