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Light in darkness, or, Deliverance proclaimed unto the church in the midst of all…
Light in darkness, or, Deliverance proclaimed unto the church in the midst of all her despondencies and discouragements in a sermon / preached by Thomas Watson.
London: printed for Hen. Bettenham, 1679
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.
The Spartans Walls were their Spears. The ⟨p. 30⟩Wall and Bulwark of a Land is Devout Prayer. Whole Volleys of Sighs and Groans are every day sent up to Heaven for Mercy; here's a Spark of Light in our Darkness: God hears these Sighs.
The Spartans Walls were their Spears. The ⟨p. 30⟩Wall and Bullwark of a Land is Devout Prayer. Whole Vollies of Sighs and Groans are every day sent up to Heaven for Mercy; here's a Spark of Light in our Darkness: God hears these Sighs.
Pray observe, when the Lord intends to pour out the Vial of his Indignation, and to bring wrath upon a People, he presently stops all the sluices of Prayer, no more Prayer to be made. In Jer. 7. 16. Pray not for this People. God has not said so yet concerning England. Prayer is a powerful Orator for Mercy, and may cause Light to spring up yet. The Key of Prayer, oiled with Tears, and turned with the Hand of Faith, unlocks God's Bowels. Prayer, when 'tis importunate, it staves off Wrath from a Land. In Exod. 32. 10. Says God to Moses, Let me alone, that my Wrath may wax hot against them. Why, what did Moses do? He only Prayed. Fervent Prayer it overcomes the Omnipotent, as Luther says. Prayer it finds God Free, but it leaves him Bound. Haec Domina Mundi fructuat Solum.—
Pray observe, when the Lord intends to pour out the Vial of his Indignation, and to bring wrath upon a People, he presently stops all the sluces of Prayer, no more Prayer to be made. In Jer. 7. 16. Pray not for this People. God has not said so yet concerning England. Prayer is a powerful Orator for Mercy, and may cause Light to spring up yet. The Key of Prayer, oyled with Tears, and turn'd with the Hand of Faith, unlocks God's Bowels. Prayer, when 'tis importunate, it staves off Wrath from a Land. In