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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.
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 ⟨p. 36⟩Commit our selves and our Case to God, that he would safe-guard and keep us. And this I ground upon that Scripture, in Psal. 37. 5. Commit thy way unto the Lord; he will bring it to pass. In the Hebrew it is Roll thy way upon the Lord. This is now our work: Even as the Client commits himself and his Cause to his Counsel that he employs, to plead for him: or as the Orphan commits himself unto the Care and Tutelage of his Guardian; so should we commit our selves to God, and devolve all our cares upon him.—Commit thy way unto the Lord. Let us do our Duty, and trust God with our Safety. Brethren, it is our work to cast Care: it is God's work to take Care.
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 ⟨p. 36⟩Commit our selves and our Case to God, that he would safe-guard and keep us. And this I ground upon that Scripture, in Psal. 37. 5. Commit thy way unto the Lord; he will bring it to pass. In the Hebrew it is Roll thy way upon the Lord. This is now our work: Even as the Client commits himself and his Cause to his Counsel that he imploys, to plead for him: or as the Orphan commits himself unto the Care and Tutilage of his Guardian; so should we commit our selves to God, and devolve all our cares upon him.—Commit thy way unto the Lord. Let us do our Duty, and trust God with our Safety. Brethren, it is our work to cast Care: it is God's work to take Care.
3. In this time of Darkness, having got into our Chambers, and committed our selves unto God; let us now patiently wait God's time, till he shall make a Light to arise in our Horizon: wait on God, till he turns our Darkness into the Light of the Morning. God can on a sudden, with a word of his Mouth, scatter and disperse the blackest Clouds that do appear; God can create Light. God can strike a straight