10 Howmay roe be unhterf Iy Serro. i of them for thy an9,4,ening. Tnis with the ble(fng of God will faving- ly awaken thee. O how often hath thy Confcience whimper'd,and thou c Tit.1.13. haft hufht it co fleep again 1 What loth thy fleepy Confcience matt i'")' °1°- dread ? an awakening Minifl'rr ? So far crofs thy Confcience as to at- P's redarguito tend no other : In (lead of lullaby notions improve cutting prect.è. Bez. I p onvr- Generalis cujuf- dons dem religiof?ordinis, qui ut funs hortaretur, ne miìus conffienti,e fludereut qua nfcientix ; dixit majares faros, ¡e vttamque fatam dtrexaffe confcientid : nunc antera abbreviatam videri verbum iflud, acmutilatum puimrc fyllabâ,viz. fuccedente rlli fcientta ; verendumdeinceps ne & hoc verbummutiletur primri fyl¿abd, adróque relirtquatttrfola entia rationis, circa (lux verfatur Pape fpeculativa tantumfcientia, ac hiídae fpe- eclataortes. Bre[ter. de confc.l.1.c.7.p.z8. §.57. The feared Confcience. a I Tim.4.2. b corraptam& putrif'atiam at- qua putredinem camfcetore fem- p.r emitterttem. AnCel. inloc. e Cauterio dia- boil penetratam e,Q'e, ut inel, le- baiter eandem retineant con %cientiarn,&c. Cajet.in ioc. d Abern.ibid. c.8.p.t oS. e Jer.44. a 6, Cazrfe. f ,life +bus vene- The carafes of a feared Confcience are, Confcience- taafing fins on tens. mans part procuring it, and divine withdrawing from the tinner on Rom.t.ns. Gods part inflid+ingit. As thereare Come f bodily difeafes thatfoll See allov.zi, bodily wickednefs, fo this Soul -difeafe is the peculiar punilhrnent of 2.4,2.6 fins aoainfcknowled'e. Methinks that Text is dreadful s : As theydid !s Ecce quotiens i vindicat Dens not like to retain God :n their knowledge, Godgave them over to a reprobate & ex eadem mind, &c. 'Tis obfervable h, the oftner they rebelled agiinft the light, vindiela plura the more feverely God puniílaed them ; with that (which they collated) &sra:Jiara pee- impunity, viz. he gave them up to their fwinge i of t. natural tuft, cata confurgunt. Bed.in loc. i--íradidit Deus---fubflraltione grati,e--trnditione in poteflatemSatan--Hsca',Pinu e 5 inmentem rep,obam,aetivè,a& paffirè inteldigendo, &c. And all this to be fuch a recompence of their er- rcur )71? éfici gnarn opportxit,i.e.,gatam ex ordine faxDem. ipfus de habeat retribuere. Par in loc. 2. unnatural, II. The fecond kind of Confcience propofed is, thefearedConfcience. Such is theirs, who have given ..up their names to Chriff, but lift up their heel again(+ hiln, of which the Apof le fpeaks a, having their confciencesfearedwith an hot Iron,i. e. having a corrupt, and b purrified confcience, that have the Devils brandmark upon it. Plainly,a feared Confcience is a rotten d, venemous, ulcerate, pefti/ent, filthy, gangrenate Confcience, that doch nor perform any of it's Offices, but is even pat+ feeling ; that is (or might hive been ) in Chrifts Hofpital under cure of foul-diflempers : but through indulgingof fin, not being able to endure the (harp c convtdttons, b:cter reproofs, and clofe exhortations of the word, he deadens his Confcience unto an infenfble fenfl:.fneff, to this rank of profligate (inners I refer all thofe that frequent (as well as chafe that rayed) Ordinances, that make a profeflìon ( as well as chofe that hate the profeflìon) of Religion, yet have a referve of fin which they will noe part with. Searing ( you know) is of that part which needs cure.
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