16 1 Qttot moths post accidere co.rfcientiri d"- bia ? Refp. Tot ;nodsputt, qugt fast genera queflionum. Azorius Inff. Mor. l.z.c.i 8.p.t 3 5. Cure, Ï. About leffer matters this rule commonly holds good , viz. in !as rain dubio Fa- things doutbful take thefafefi courfe.In things doubtful ordinarily oneway ticoc via t.gtuendber a is clear take chat:,eg. I queflion whether fuch a recreation be lawful, but c ex I am fure'6s not unlawful to let it alone;therefore to prevent theafter- pracepto fcilicet naturah. Isfi reckonings of Confcience, I will not meddle with it, but" this will not cotta & revera reach all cafes,therefore, cemmunis.Brefs. ibid. 1.4. C.c. p.371. §.4 í. n 'Tis generally taken to be fafeít to rake that way £ in things contro- verted ) wherein differing parties agree, but that 'cis not alwaies a good rule, See Arch Bishop Lawd'r Conference, p.188. & fegq. 1; mK1tis particutanbusno.i tChetar Winopartem tutiotem fequi : Sayrus clay.reg.l.i.c. t 3.p.3 i .§ . 9. z. Bring the cafe to apoint, wherein thefirefsof your doubt lies, but be lure it be a cafe of Confcience, not of inrerefl, or prejudice, but a cafe of Confcience, fuch as you areunrefervedly willing co be refolved ih, that you can in prayer(as it were) bringGod a blanckto write what he plea- feth. And 2. Pare off all thofe whibling demurs, and carnal reafon- ings which may puzzle, but can never fatsfie you. Thefe things pre- mifed, 3. Write downyour cafe as nakedly as you can, with thegrounds of your hæfitacion : in your writing, make twoColumns ; on the one fide write chofe reafons you judge cogent [for ] on the other fide,the reafons you judge of moment [again that whereof you doubt : com- pare chofe together, and pope them impartially, you will find that your Hewmay we beuniverjallj Scram . nor fuficient to make a confcientioue doubt; there muli be intentionof mind upon fome particular reafons that muli be duly weighed, cif we may be faid to doubt of what we fcarce thinkof . They have nor fogood as a doubting Confcience( and that's a bad one) whole doubts lurk in generals, who have only force cloud] notions from without, or foggy mills fromwithin, which they take no due courfe to clear. Too may deal with their doubts, as Cripples with theirfores, which might eafly be healed, but they make them a begging argument ; fo theformal Hy- pocrites have alwaies their doubts andfears, (like the Lapwings cry, far enough from her nell ) about things general or of leffer moment, which theymight eafily anfwer, and imploy chemfelves in things more pros- table. Shall I tell you how ? you cannot expedt I Mould refolve t`he al- moll infinite I particulars of doubtful cafes, but l'le propofe two reme- dies, which with the bidingof God upon the confcrenttous improve- ment, will give you light for fmoak, in things both Sacred, and Civil.
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