...wisdom, his goodness, and his love. Jesus is both their Deliverer, and their faithful Guide. Their " God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all." My friends, what improvement shall we make of this important subject ? Have we not sinned, and perverted...

...and highest light, that primitive truth, as he is light in himself: As the Apostle St. John tells us, God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all; expressing the excellency and purity of his nature, so he is light relatively to the soul of man*,...

...be fulfilled. And this is the declaration which we have heard from him, and declare unto you, 6 that God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have communion with him, and walk in darkness, we lie 7 and do not the truth. But...

...impartiality. There is a constellation of glorious attributes in the Godhead. They are all harmonious. God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. Let us become godly, and we shall discover great beauty in the divine character. Even those .things,...

...28. Exactly agreeable to this are his words in the first chapter of this Epistle, (verse 6, &c.) " God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. If we wnlk in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son,...

...instance. It is as inconsistent for an infinitely perfect Being to do wrong once, as to always do wrong. " God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all." IMPROVEMENT. I. If it has been proved, that God brings every thing to pass according to the eternal...

...our entrance into heaven, the kingdom of light and glory, and an especial part of our salvation. For God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all ; so that while we are under the power of it, we can have no intercourse with him ; for what communion...

...continuance in the furnace. " This is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all." His nature is infinitely pure, his measures infinitely just and wise, his favour arid love an infinite...

...this subject, has arisen from not making a distinction betwecn,/om'«/, and efficient cause.* •• God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all ," therefore darkness cannot proceed from Him, as fiom its fountain : but He can " create the darkness."...

...on this subject, has arisen from not making a distinction bet ween Jontal, and efficient cause.* " God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all ;" therefore darkness cannot proceed from Him, as from its fountain : but He can " create the darkness,"...