If God should bring us into such a dark condition, as that we should see no light from himself, or the creature, then let us remember what he saith by the prophet Isaiah, ‘He that is in darkness, and seeth no light,’ Isa. l. 10, no light of comfort, no light of God’s countenance, ‘yet let him trust in the name of the Lord.’ We can never be in such a condition, wherein there will be just cause of utter despair; therefore let us do as mariners do, cast anchor in the dark.
