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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.
1. In this time of our Darkness and Cloudiness, the first thing we do, let us go into our Chambers. In Isa. 26. 20. Come, my People, enter thou into thy Chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thy self.
There are two Chambers that we must now go into:—
1. The Chambers of our Hearts. 2. The Chambers of the Promises.
First, Let us go in this time of Darkness into the Chambers of our Hearts, by serious Meditation, and Self-examination. Let us in the first place search our Evidences for Heaven, cast up our Accounts, see how the case stands between God and our Souls. Let's bring our Graces to the Touch-Stone: What Faith have we? are we hid by Faith in the bleeding Wounds of Christ? What Love to God have we? does Conscience witness that we not only serve him, but love him? Our Heart and Flesh cry out for the Living God? Are we carried every day up to Heaven in a fiery Chariot of Love? Is it thus with us? O let us enter into these Chambers of our Hearts, set our House in order, our Souls: that's our great work now. My Beloved, when things are dark without, we had need have all clear within, to have Conscience smile.