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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
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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.
It is as clear as the Light, & there are Epidemical Manifestations of it, That People very commonly are in that Unhappy Condition, to Walk in Darkness, & know not whither they are going: and Good Terms with Heaven are not yet Settled & certain with them. We read of some, Their Folly shall be Manifest unto all Men. The Greatest Folly in the World is for Men to be always in the Dark about the World unto which they are going. But this Folly in the most of Men, is Manifest unto all Men that shall take any cognisance of them. And tho' they are told of it, yet they will Proceed further in it. It was a Problem of old, As for Darkness, where is the place thereof? Alas, How many of us may lay our Hand on our Heart, and say, Here is the place of Darkness. Tis an Heart always in the Dark, about the place to which I am going. And so my walk is full of Darkness; I know not whither I am going. It was the Grief of Job, Chap. XIX. 8. He hath set Darkness in my Paths. Truly, There is a Multitude of People, who may speak that Grievous thing. There is Darkness in their Paths; ⟨p. 27⟩and they know not whither their Paths will carry them. And yet I must bring this also into my Remonstrance; The Darkness is not so Grievous to them, as it ought to be. It was threatened as a very Direful Curse upon the Enemies of GOD, and His CHRIST; Psal. XXXV. 6. Let their Way be Dark and Slippery. How many are under this Curse, & yet how little are they affected with it? Their Way is all in the Dark; they know not whither they are going. And yet is it such a Slippery Way, that they are Every moment in danger of Slipping and falling down into the Land, where they never see Light, but where the Light it self is Darkness.
It is as clear as the Light, & there are Epidemical Manifestations of it, That People very commonly are in that Ʋnhappy Condition, to Walk in Darkness, & know not whither they are going: and Good Terms with Heaven are not yet Settled & certain with them. We read of some, Their Folly shall be Manifest unto all Men. The Greatest Folly in the World is for Men to be always in the Dark about the World unto which they are going. But this Folly in the most of Men, is Manifest unto all Men that shall take any cognisance of them. And tho' they are told of it, yet they will Proceed further in it. It was a Problem of old, As for Darkness, where is the place thereof? Alas, How many of us may lay our Hand on our Heart, and say, Here is the place of Darkness. Tis an Heart always in the Dark, about the place to which I am going. And so my walk is full of Darkness; I know not whither I am going. It was the Grief of Job, Chap. XIX. 8. He hath set Darkness in my Pathes. Truly, There is a Multitude of People, who may speak that Grievous thing. There is Darkness in their Pathes;