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A65301 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. Watson, Thomas, d. 1686. 1679 (1679) Wing W1132; ESTC R38516 12,192 38

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Heal as it can Save 'T is a Healing Mercy In Hosea 14. 4. I will heal their Backslidings Pray observe Mercy what can't it do it can reclaim the Stubborn it can soften the Impenitent it can bring back those that are g●ue astray from God God's Mercy it can as well give Repentance to a Nation as Deliverance Mercy can destroy the Sins of the Nation and yet save the Nation 'T is a Healing Mercy I will heal their Backslidings Why these are then some Dawnings some sparks of Light that God causes to arise in the midst of all our Darkness Quest. But here 's a Question and so I hasten to an end You will say unto me But things they still look very bad and dark and we would have more Light now what must we do how must we carry our selves till God makes Light to arise to us in our Darkness till Mercy comes riding to England in the Chariot of Salvation Answ. I answer in these two or three things 1. In this time of our Darkness and Cloudiness the first thing we do let us go into our Chambers In Isa. 26. 20. Come my People enter thou into thy Chambers and shut thy doors about thee hide thy self There are two Chambers that we must now go into 1. The Chambers of our Hearts 2. The Chambers of the Promises First Let us go in this time of Darkness into the Chambers of our Hearts by serious Meditation and Self-examination Let us in the first place search our Evidences for Heaven cast up our Accounts see how the case stands between God and our Souls Let 's bring our Graces to the Touch-Stone What Faith have we are we hid by Faith in the bleeding Wounds of Christ What Love to God have we does Conscience witness that we not only serve him but love him Our Heart and Flesh cry out for the Living God Are we carried every day up to Heaven in a fiery Chariot of Love Is it thus with us O let us enter into these Chambers of our Hearts set our House in order our Souls that 's our great work now My Beloved when things are dark without we had need have all clear within to have Conscience smile Secondly Let us go into the Chambers of God's Promises and there let 's a while hide our selves during this black Cloud of Providence O the sweet Promises of God where our Souls may take Sanctuary God has promised Comfort to all his Mourners Matth. 5. 4. God has promised that he will strengthen the infirm Isa 40. 29. to them that have no might he increases strength God has promised a Crown of Glory to the Conqueror Rev. 2. 10. He has given it under Hand and Seal he will never leave us nor forsake us Heb. 13. 5. O my Brethren here 's our Wisdom let us now by Faith go and hide our selves in the Chambers of these Divine Promises And that 's the first thing we must do in this Dark Hour Go into our Chambers 2. Having done this if you ask me yet further what we must do in this time of Darkness till God makes Light spring up to us I answer having got into our Chambers let us Commit our selves and our Case to God that he would safe-guard and keep us And this I ground upon that Scripture in Psal. 37. 5. Commit thy way unto the Lord he will bring it to pass In the Hebrew it is Roll thy way upon the Lord. This is now our work Even as the Client commits himself and his Cause to his Counsel that he imploys to plead for him or as the Orphan commits himself unto the Care and Tutilage of his Guardian so should we commit our selves to God and devolve all our cares upon him Commit thy way unto the Lord. Let us do our Duty and trust God with our Safety Brethren it is our work to cast Care it is God's work to take Care 3. In this time of Darkness having got into our Chambers and committed our selves unto God let us now patiently wait God's time till he shall make a Light to arise in our Horizon wait on God till he turns our Darkness into the Light of the Morning God can on a sudden with a word of his Mouth scatter and disperse the blackest Clouds that do appear God can create Light God can strike a streight stroke with a crooked Instrument He can bring Good out of Evil. God can deliver his People by means unthought of nay he can deliver them that very way that they think he will destroy them in Who would ever have thought that God should have made a Caus● way for his People to have marched through on in the midst of the Sea that God should have made Heaven a Grainary to drop down Manna for his People to feed on O wait till Light spring up God he can make use of the Enemy to do his Work he can play his Game by his Enemies hand In short God is able to remove the Mountains that lie in our way or else if he please he can leap over the Mountains In Cant. 2. 8. He cometh leaping upon the Mountains Therefore my Brethren till Light spring up let us wait with Patience Light will arise unto the Upright My Brethren I will say but this The Mercies we pray for and are in expectation of they are worth waiting for To see the Golden Fleet of Prayer come home laden with large and rich returns of Mercy to see the Lilly and the Rose united Truth and Peace To see Popery abandoned and not one Stone left upon another To see Prophaneness discountenanced and disgraced to see the Beauty of Holiness shine forth in our Hemisphere To see Jesus Christ ride in Triumph in the Chariot of his Gospel To see the Righteous had in Honour and Renown and be like the Wings of a Dove covered with Silver Surely these are Mercies so eminent that they are well worth waiting for And therefore let not Patience be out of breath Having got into your Chambers and committed your Cause to God now get into a waiting posture wait till some Light spring up to God's Church I will shut up all with one Scripture which may encourage humble waiting In Isa. 30. 18. The Lord is a God of Judgment Blessed are all they that wait for him FINIS A twofold Light arising to the Upright Reasons of the Point Grounds of Hope for England