Lights in a dark place
Thus God has in every age spoken to the world, not only by precept but by example also. He has not left himself without witness (Acts 14:17) in any nation where the sound of the gospel has gone forth, without a few who testified to his truth by their lives as well as their words. These have been as lights shining in a dark place (2 Peter 1:19). And from time to time they have been the means of enlightening some, of preserving a remnant, a little seed, which was counted to the Lord for a generation (Psalm 22:30). They have led a few poor sheep out of the darkness of the world and guided their feet into the way of peace (Luke 1:79).
1771 text
6. Thus hath God in all ages spoken to the world, not only by precept but by example also. He hath not left himself without witness in any nation, where the sound of the gospel hath gone forth, without a few who testified his truth, by their lives as well as their words. These have been as lights shining in a dark place. And from time to time they have been the means of enlightning some, of preserving a remnant, a little seed, which was counted unto the Lord for a generation. They have led a few poor sheep out of the darkness of the world, and guided their feet into the way of peace.
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Sermon 24 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 5:13-16.
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