072 Ktts 24.. I6. 125 who know that the fabbath should be kept holy, that ye Ihould pray in fecret, and in your families, that ye íhould not offend one another, c. beware of hazarding on thefe contrary to your light. 3d/y, Ir takes in, and fup: pofeth, that ye do nothing doubtingly ; for, RIlrn. i4. He that doubteth, and doth, is damned ; he is fentenced, and judged as to that particular 4tbly, It includeth this, to endeavour to be right in the manner of performing all duties, and to have a tingle end. It is not enough to pray, or to be in the pa Lice of any other commanded duty; that will not quiet the Confcience, if ye Rudy not to be right in the manner, and to do it for the right end ; the want of thefe requifite qualifications of acceptable duties, will make fuch things as are lawful on the matter, turn to be grounds of challenge from the Con- fcience. But fome what to this purpofé hath been fpoken of before, therefore it hath now been but touched. 2dly, For motives, i ft, There is nothing that is a more clear duty, it is written in the hearts of all by nature, Heathens have it engraven on their hearts, as we feé, Rom. 2. 15. `heir Confcience beareth them witnefs, and their thoughts excufe or accufe one another ; and they have called it a brazen wall to have a good Confcience, as to a found walk, in their moral fenfe. 2dly, There are many and great advantages attending it, as namely, z. It giv. eth a man much boldnefs in approaching to God, i fohn 3. 20. If our hearts condemn us not, then hive we boldnefs towards God, when we go to pray. z. It giveth ground alfo to expe& an hearing, t John 3. 22. Wbatfoever we ask we receive of him, becaufe we keep bis commandments, and do tbefe things that are plea jing in his fight ; and crois not our light and Confcience in negleting any of them, idly., It keepeth a man from much lin ; and is that, think ye, little advantage to have little (comparatively at leaff) on a man's fcore to reckon for ? 4thly, It maketh a man's life cheerful; fo, ,Prov. 15. i 5. He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feafl; which is nothing elfe, but a heart cheerful in God, from the teftimony of a good Confci_ ence. And this is it, on the matter, which guardeth the heart and mind, fo that no cares can confiderably difquiet it,. as we have it, Phil. 4. 7. The heart is guard.,
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