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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.
Secondly, Let us go into the Chambers of God's Promises, and there let's a while hide our selves, during this black Cloud of Providence. O the sweet Promises of God, where our Souls may take Sanctuary! God has promised Comfort to all his Mourners, Matth. 5. 4. God has promised that he will strengthen the infirm; Isa 40. 29. to them that have no might, he increases strength. God has promised a Crown of Glory to the Conqueror, Rev. 2. 10. He has given it under Hand and Seal, he will never leave us, nor forsake us. Heb. 13. 5.
O my Brethren, here's our Wisdom: let us now by Faith go and hide our selves, in the Chambers of these Divine Promises.
And that's the first thing we must do in this Dark Hour: Go into our Chambers.
2. Having done this, if you ask me yet further, what we must do in this time of Darkness, till God makes Light spring up to us? I answer: having got into our Chambers, let us