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Men are gods, or, The dignity of magistracy, and the duty of the magistrate…
Men are gods, or, The dignity of magistracy, and the duty of the magistrate as it was presented in a sermon at the assize holden at Hertford for that county on August 2, 1653 / by George Swinnocke ...
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1660
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.
Nay, he beholdeth what ye do in the dark; you may work so cunningly as to hide your designs and works from men, but not from God; there is no darkness, nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity can hide themselves, Job 34.22. This Sun knoweth no night, no darkness; where ever he is (and he is infinite and omnipresent) it is light, and day; therefore the eyes of Christ, Rev 1.14. are said to be as a flame of fire, implying his omniscience, and that he is able to disperse all darkness. For Philosophy and experience teach us, that those Creatures which have fiery eyes can see in the dark; and the reason is clear, because they do not see as we do (Recipendo species ab objecto, sed extra-mittendo species) by receiving species from the Object, but by sending out species or rays, which do both enlighten the medium, the air, and apprehend the Object. Thus Christ seeth in the dark ye see: yea the darkness hideth not from him, but the night shineth as ⟨p. 267⟩the day; to him the darkness and the light are both alike, Psal. 139.12.
Nay, he beholdeth what ye do in the dark; you may work so cunningly as to hide your designs and works from men, but not from God; there is no darkness, nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity can hide themselves, Job 34.22. This Sun knoweth no night, no darkness; where ever he is (and he is infinite and omnipresent) it is light, and day; therefore the eyes of Christ, Rev 1.14. are said to be as a flame of fire, implying his omniscience, and that he is able to disperse all darkness. For Philosophy and experience teach us, that those Creatures which have fiery eyes can see in the dark; and the reason is clear, because they do not see as we do (Recipendo species ab objecto, sed extra-mittendo species) by receiving species from the Object, but by sending out species or rays, which do both inlighten the medium, the ayr, and apprehend the Object. Thus Christ seeth in the dark ye see: yea the darkness hideth not from him, but the night shineth as ⟨p. 267⟩the day; to him the darkness and the light are both alike,