Citations:dark age

English citations of darke age and dark age

• a. 1635, Richard Sibbes, A Deſcription of Chriſt, In His neereneſſe to God, In His calling, In His qualification, In His execution of his calling., in John Sedgwick, editor, Beames of divine Light, Breaking forth from ſeverall places of holy Scripture, as they were learnedly opened, in XXI. Sermons., London: printed by George Miller for Nicholas Bourne and Ralph Harford, published 1639, pages 57–58:

  What is the reaſon that former times were called darke times, and ſo they were, the times of Popery, a darke age? Chriſt was vailed, the Goſpell was vailed, there was no preaching of ſalvation by Chriſt alone, people were ſent to ſtocks and ſtones, and to Saints, and inſtead of the word, they were ſent to legends and ſuch things, Chriſt was obſcured, thereupon they were darke ages, thoſe ages wherein the Spirit of God is moſt, is where Chriſt is moſt preached, and people are beſt alway where there is moſt Spirit, and they are moſt joyfull and comfortable, and holy, where Chriſt is truly layd open to the hearts of people; the preaching of meere morallity, (if men be not carefull to open Chriſt, to know how ſalvation is wrought by Chriſt, and how all good comes by Chriſt) it will never make a man perfectly good, and fit him for Heaven, it may make a man reforme many abuſes, like a Phyloſopher, which hath its reward, and reſpect amongſt men, but nothing to give comfort at the houre of death, and the day of judgement, onely that whereby the Spirit is conveyed is the knowledge and preaching of Chriſt in his ſtate and offices.

• 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (science fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC (Windows), scene: Angara: Lost Colony Worlds Codex entry:

  The Scourge disaster sent angaran civilization into a dark age. Records of their golden era of technological advancement and proliferation through space only survived as oral history, making it difficult to separate truth from legend. Nevertheless, angara believe they had colonized numerous planets across the cluster before the Scourge’s devastation left them cut off from each other for centuries.