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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65420	The Churches paradox or the substance of a sermon preached at the place of Cumbusnethen in a barn, in the parish of Cumbusnethen in Clydsdale. By Mr. John Welsh.	Welch, John, ca. 1624-1681.	1710 (1710)	Wing W1310B; ESTC T166345	14,656	23

THE Churches PARADOX OR THE SUBSTANCE OF A SERMON PREACHED at the Place of Cumbusnethen in a Barn in the Parish of Cumbusnethen in Clydsdale By Mr. John Welsh Zechariah 14 Chap. 6. and 7. Verses And it shall come to pass in that day that the Light shall not be clear nor dark But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord not day nor night but it shall come to pass that at evening time it shall be light THE TEXT Zechariah 14. Chap. 6. and 7. Verses And it shall come to pass in that Day that the Light shall not be clear nor dark But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD not Day nor Night but it shall come to pass that at evening time it shall be Light THere is divers Cases that befalls the Church while she is Militant here upon Earth Sometimes She shines and is very bright as the Sun clear as the Moon strong as an Army with Banners Sometimes again She is like dark Night She is under very great dark Clouds She walketh in Darkness and hath no Light as it is in Isaiah 50.10 But there is sometimes also that she is in a Case different from both these and that is she hath some Light and some Darkness in her Case so that it can neither be said that she altogether Shines nor yet that she is altogether in Darkness This is the Case that Zechariah here speaks of at this time in this place If the Light should neither be Clear nor Dark neither altogether so clear as to be called Noon-tide of the Day nor yet altogether so Dark as to be called Mid-night with her But how then but like the Evening-tide a little after the Sun sett before the Night come on there should be some Light and some Darkness in her Case A mixt Dispensation of Wrath and Mercy should be letten out upon the Kirk And there is some comfortable things promised to the Kirk while she is in this Case And First It is promised to her that this her sad Case shall be but for one day that is but a wie while a very short time Secondly It is promised to the Kirk that at Even it shall be Light that is when there is greatest appearance of sader and darker Night then immediatly the LORD shall cause the Day Spring from on High to arise upon the Kirk Now from these we shall speak but to Three or Four Things by way of Doctrine And the First Thing we see from the Words is this That sometimes the LORDs Dispensations with the Kirk is such that they can neither be said to be Dark nor Clear neither like Night nor like Day but somewhat of Light and somewhat of Darkness in the Dispensation Somewhat of Judgment and somewhat of Mercy may be the Case of the Kirk Secondly A second Thing we notice of this That the time of the Kirks Trouble though sometimes the LORD is pleased to lengthen and to make it long yet sometimes also as it is here it shall be but a short while and but for one day Thirdly That the Kirks Trouble though it be but for a short time and but for one day and no body kens when it will end Yet for the Comfort of the Kirk it is a day known to the LORD though neither Enemies nor Friends kens when the Day of Delivery will come yet it is a day known to the LORD It is a limited time that GOD hath set the bounds off Fourthly That when the Kirk in all appearance and probability looks like a thicker and blacker darkness and greater Desolations then very shortly the LORD will make Light to arise and the Day Spring from on High to arise upon the Kirk even at the evening at evening-tide it shall be Light Now a Work shortly to each of these Things And now for the first which was this That the Kirk may be sometimes in a Case that can neither be Dark nor Clear neither Dark nor Light neither Night nor Day but as it were somewhat in her Case that looks Dark like and somewhat in her Case that looks Bright and Lightsome like again This is Prophesied to be in the days of the Gospel that in the days of the Gospel there should be letten out upon the Kirk such a Dispensation as this For this Prophesie hath a reference to the days of the Gospel The Church of GOD will be sometimes in that Case when it will not nor cannot be said that she is altogether Light nor altogether Dark nor that it is altogether Night nor altogether Day with her But how then Not Day nor Night but a mixture of both Some thing that looks Light like in her Case and some thing that looks Dark like in her Case It was so with the Church of Israel in those days when she was in the Land of Egypt there was some thing that looked Dark like in Her Case and some thing that looked Light like in Her Case Again some thing that looked like GODs forgetting and forsaking of Her and some thing that looked like GODs Remembring and Delivering of Her again That which looked Lightsome and White like in Her Case was this that the LORD gave Intimation to Moses that He had seen their Affliction in Egypt and was come down to Deliver them And had sent him Commissioner to Pharaoh to bid him let the Children of Israel go for he would have them out of the Land of Egypt to serve Him That looked Light like that was Day like in their Case and a White Spot in their Cloud And there was sometime they knew this and had the understanding of it they rejoiced and was glad and no question praised it much that was White like But again that which looked Dark like in their Case was this that instead of being Delivered out of their Affliction they have a New Affliction laid on And Pharaoh instead of letting them go he makes their Bondage stronger and greater This looked very Dark like and the People grew all Dejected and Heartless and they gave no Thanks to GOD for this nor to Moses for his Pains this looked very Dark like So it was also with the Church in the Days of the New Testament some things there that looked very Dark like in Her Case and some things looked Light like in it And First of all This looked Dark like in it that when all the Church that was at Jerusalem was called the Honest Man Stephen was stoned that was to begin the New Testament Kirk with that was Dark like But here something yet that was Lightsome like with it again the Ministers when scattered went every where Preaching the Gospel and their Preaching had Good Effect upon many for bringing them into JESUS CHRIST Ministers was willing to Preach and People was apt to Hear so that their Out-casting was their Gathering through GODs Blessing that looks Light like again So in the time of the Babylonish Captivity