286 4ararce Serra.' 2. fpirit, might pafs a judgement upon a man : For as the Moon bor- rowech light from the Sun,and fo communicateL h light unto the world, which elfe it could not do : fo confcience receiving light from the word, and fpirit, difcovereth what elfe it could not do. So it is called the candle of the Lord, Prey= .27. The fpirit of a man ú the candle of the Lord, fearcbing all the inward parts of the belly : Not only taking notice of the outward aCIs in the life ; but the inward motions of the heart, nor only of fo:ne, but it bath a power to take cogni- zance of them all : Confcience is like the urine which difcovereth whe- ther a perfon be found in health, or (hews what his ditlemper is. By the Eccho, caufed by the reflcaion of the found, a man hearet5 his word, after he hach fpoken it : fo by the refle&ing power of con- fcience, a man views his a9ions after they are done, and hears his words after they be fpoken. A man fees his fpots or beauty in the glafs, by the refletion of the fpecie;, that do reprefent them co his view. As 7ofephs brethrens confciences told them that they were true Gen,42.3 t.` men, and not ( 1) fpies ; fo confcience may truly tell a man,that he is fincere, and not an hypocrite. Thus confcience is Paid to be a wit - nefs ; Rotw.9.I. I fa) the traath ix Cbri11, 11ie not, and confcience al fo bearing me witneßin the Mel, Ghof ; to accufe,and to excufe, Rom.s. s. So it is a judge, condemning or acquitting, according as a marts * oweict e, s face is found to be. So much Heathens have fpoken of confci- du,a K?j ence. sirs bAcgtto- Now that the Scripture containeth Chara&ers of fincerity, and PTO, .iy 4 /6 that a man comparing himfelf by thole Characters, might certainly ""°7'7"- know that he is fiecere ; will be evidenced by rhefe Scriptures. Pfd. xierocl.Com- Keep back thy fervant from prefwmptuora fins, la them not bave went in Pytha. Cart?). dominion over mee: then mark I then] fhall I be toprigbt. When there Unfeigned wil- is no one known fin, but a man is really willing fhauld be morti- lingnefs to part fled and parted with, his mg beloved fin that is nearefl to him, which with, and mor- by way of propriety he may . :all his own, in an efpecial manner, f ure every which is the left fin a man parteth with, and if there be any fin which a f lip of caving grace. a man is unwilling to part with, and will keep a man off from Chrir +, it is his bofome fin, his darling ; and the truth is, that if any man keep, love any one fin, which he will not let go, to clofe fully with Chriti, let his profeflion be never fo gre7c, he is an hypocrite. Some men part with Chrilt for one lull, for one fin, Lrrke 18.22. When yc( heard thefe things, how far he had gone, how much he had done, he Paid unto him, yet licked thous one thing.. Love to his riches, and prizïnr, rhe;n more than Chrift was his ruine; one flab at the heart with 4
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