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always void
of
offence
toward God and toward
men; and
on
the
contrary,
it
is a
very ill thing at
any time
to have
offence
toward
either
of
them lying
on
the
confcience.
The
fifth
is,
It
is
the
duty
of
all
men,
and
more
efpe_-
'
cially
of
believers, to walk
fo,
as
they
may always
keep
a confcience void
of
offence
;
yea, it
is
not only
a
duty,
but
we
may
look
on
it
as
an
excellent
mean
for
advancing
of
holinefs.
The
f
xth
is,
Where
men honeffly
aim
to
keep
a
con
fcience
always void
of
offence,
it
will be
an
exercifing
and
uptaking
thing.
The
feventh
is,
-Where this
exercife
is
negle
&ed, and
not
ferioufly
carried
on
the
confcience
is
left
to
Rumble
at,
and
to
abound with,
offences.
As for
the
frig,
That
there
are
many
kinds
of
offences
which people
are fubje& to,
toward
God
and
men
;
it
is
a
thing
uncontroverted
by all, and
we
need
fay
little
of
it;
Only,
i. There
are
fins
againft the firft table,
which
are
offences
toward God, being immediately
againft
him
;
and
there
.are
fins
againft
the
fécond
Table,
which,
altho9
they be
againft
God, yet
immediately they touch and
re-
fle& on men.
z.
There
are
fins
againft
God that
are
fecret,
which God only
is
witnefs
to
;
and
there
are
open
fins,
which fcandalize
men.
Paul
endeavoured to efchew
all thefe
;
for
àll
are
fins
againft
the
law
of
God, and
wounding
of
the
Confcience.
The
fecund
is,
That
there
is a
confcience
within every
ynan,which takes
notice
of
every
piece
of
his
carriage
and
is
accordingly
affected
with
it,
and
affects
him
for
it
:
This
is
the ground
of
all
that
follows,and had
need to
be
more
particularly
fpoken
unto.
This truth
then
contains
thefe
three
things,
i.
That
there
is
a
Confcience
in
every man,
that
takes
notice
of
every piece
of
his
way
and walk
;
hence
it
is
faid
to
bear
witnefs,
z
Car.
1.
12.
I'his
is
our
re-
joycing,
the
to
flimony
of
our
Confcience,
&c.
and
it
is
alío
faid,
to
accufe
or
excufe
,
Rom.
2.
15
.
It
witneffes
for
men,
and excufes
and
cornforts
them
when
they do
well
;
and
witneffeth
againft
them,
accufeth and
reproveth
then
when
they do
evil
;
and
fo
is
to
them
as a check, captors
or
cenfor.
The
apoftie's
aim,
to
have
a
Confcience
void
of ofe
ce,fuppones,
that
be
and every
man
has
a confci-
encet