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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of the book of Job being the substance of thirty-five lectures / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1664
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-fifth, Th… › Chapter 37 › Verses 19-20
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Secondly, If ignorance be darkness, in what degree soever it is, then, ignorance is very dangerous Darkness subjects us to danger. As a man is in an uncertain condition while he is in darkness, so in a dangerous condition. If the blind lead the blind, both fall into the ditch. O how dangerous is the state of that man who is altogether in darkness! We find these two put together (Isa. 9.2. repeated Matth. 4.16.) To them that sate in darkness, and in the valley of the shadow of death, is light risen up. How near are they to danger, who are even in the valley of the shadow of death? Thus 'tis with those that are in a state of darkness; and so far as da•kness is in any man, he is in danger to be misled, and to err both in opinion and practise. Woe to those who, when light is come into the wo•ld shall be found loving darkness rather than light (Job. 3.19.) these are in the greatest danger, the danger of condemnation, yea, this is the condemnation.
Secondly, If igno•ance be darkness, in what degree soever it is, then, ignorance is very da•gerous Darkness subjects us to danger. As a man is in an uncertain condition while he is in darkness, so in a dangerous condition. If the blind lead the blind, both fall into the ditch. O how dangerous is the state of that man who is altogether in darkness! We find these two put together (Isa. 9.2. repeated Matth. 4.16.) To them that sate in darkness, and in the valley of the shadow of death, is light risen up. How near are they to danger, who are even in the valley of the shadow of death? Thus 'tis with those that are in a state of darkness; and so far as da•kness is in any man, he is in danger to be misled, and to erre both in opinion and practise. Woe to those who, when light is come into the wo•ld shall be found loving darkness rather than light (