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Stimulator. Or, The case of a soul walking in darkness awfully & suitably considered.…
Stimulator. Or, The case of a soul walking in darkness awfully & suitably considered. An essay, to awaken people out of the lethargy which disposes them to continue in a dark uncertainty about their future state, in the world, which is not seen, but is eternal. : [Four lines of Scripture texts]
printed by T Green, 1724
Title page typeset from the transcription.
STIMULATOR. OR, The Case of a SOUL in the Dark.STIMƲLATOR. OR, The Case of a SOUL in the Dark.
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.
But then, O ye Inhabitants of a Goshen, How Thankfully ought you to adore the Sovereign Grace of GOD, in granting you the Light of His Gospel, when so much of the World, is yet Lying in Egyptian Darkness! My Friends; Let our Thankful Souls, wisely Improve the Light with which we are favoured: & so Walk in the Light, that no False Religion may ever Darken us, We Enjoy the Oracles of GOD, in His Written Word; Oracles ⟨p. 7⟩of so Sublime and so Sacred a character, that they carry an Incontestable Evidence with them, of their being, of a Divine Original. In these Oracles we have a Light for our Feet, a Lamp for our Paths. We are safe, and we shall do well, if we Take heed unto this word, as unto a Light Shining in a Dark place. It will infallibly give Light unto them that sit in Darkness, and guide their Feet in the Way of peace. But then in these Oracles we have a CHRIST Revealed unto us: A CHRIST who is the Light of the World; A CHRIST who is the Sun of Righteousness. Oh! Let us be under His Conduct; and by His Light we shall Walk through' Darkness. Now we Walk in the Light, & we Know whither we are going, we take Right steps, and we Know that we have Eternal Life. My Friends, that you may not walk in Darkness and see no Light, the Counsel to you, is This; Fear the Lord, as His word has taught you, Obey the Voice of your SAVIOUR, who has appeared as the Servant of GOD. Then may you Trust in the Lord, and Stay upon your GOD that you shall not be deceived.
But then, O ye Inhabitants of a Goshen, How Thankfully ought you to adore the Sovereign Grace of GOD, in granting you the Light of His Gospel, when so much of the World, is yet Lying in Egyptian Darkness! My Friends; Let our Thankful Souls, wisely Improve the Light with which we are favoured: & so Walk in the Light, that no False Religion may ever Darken us, We Enjoy the Oracles of GOD, in His Written Word; Oracles ⟨p. 7⟩of so Sublime and so Sacred a character, that they carry an Incontestible Evidence with them, of their being, of a Divine Original. In these Oracles we have a Light for our Feet, a Lamp for our Pathes. We are safe, and we shall do well, if we Take heed unto this word, as unto a Light Shining in a Dark place. It will infallibly give Light unto them that sit in Darkness, and guide their Feet in the Way of peace. But then in these Oracles we have a CHRIST Revealed unto us: A CHRIST who is the Light of the World; A CHRIST who is the Sun of Righteousness. Oh! Let us be under His Conduct; and by His Light we shall Walk thro' Darkness. Now we Walk in the Light, & we Know whither we are going, we take Right steps, and we Know that we have Eternal Life. My Friends, that you may not walk in Darkness and see no Light, the Counsel to you, is This; Fear the Lord, as His word has taught you, Obey the Voice of your SAVIOUR, who has appeared as the Servant of GOD. Then may you Trust in the Lord, and Stay upon your GOD that you shall not be deceived.