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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, God causes a Light of Spiritual Joy and Comfort to arise upon his Saints. And truly, this Light of Spiritual Joy, it is somewhat of the glimmering of the Light of Heaven, this is some glimpse of the Light of Paradise. In Isa. 12. 1.—Thine Anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. The Light of Divine Joy in the Soul, it is sweet and ravishing: it makes all dark Shadows flee away. Spiritual Joy, causes a Jubilation, and does as far exceed all earthly Comforts, as Heaven does Earth.
Thus you see, that in Midnight, in the darkest Cloud of Providence, God causes some Light or other to arise upon the Upright.
My Brethren, 'tis only God can make it lightsome in a dark troubled Soul As when the Sun is set, none can make it rise again but God: So, (My Beloved,) when 'tis Sun-set in the Soul, and the Dew of Tears fall from the Eye, none can make Day-light in the Soul but only God. Ministers they may Preach Comfort to us, but God only can make us feel Comfort; Ministers they may bring a Cordial to us, and set it by us, but none but God can pour this Cordial into the Heart; in Psal. 4. 7. Thou hast put Gladness in my Heart.