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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. The Godly may have not only a Night of Affliction, but they may have a Night of Desertion. God may with-draw the smiling Beams of his Favour, and then 'tis Night with them indeed, then nothing follows but Darkness. In Job 6. 4. The Arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my Spirit.
It alludes (says Drusius) unto the Custom of the Persians, who in their Wars did dip their Arrows in Poison, that they might shoot their Enemies with the more deadly Wound. Thus the God of Heaven, he may sometimes shoot the poisoned Arrow of Desertion, and then the Soul is Benighted, it is in the Dark.
It alludes (saies Drusius) unto the Custom of the Persians, who in their Warrs did dip their Arrows in Poison, that they might shoot their Enemies with the more deadly Wound. Thus the God of Heaven, he may sometimes shoot the poisoned Arrow of Desertion, and then the Soul is Benighted, it is in the Dark.
Though God has the Heart of a Father, yet he may sometimes have the Face of an Enemy.