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&s 24. 26.
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dire
&ion
of
Confcience,
to take
orders
(to
fpeak fo)
from
it,
fo
as,
when Confcience
pointeth
at
filch and
fuch
a
thing
as
evil,
to fland and
f
f}
there,
without daring
to
meddle
with
it,or
move
towards
it
;
and, when it
holdeth
forth
fuch
or
fuch
a.
thing
to be
a
duty,
ftraightway to
give
obedience
to it.
Herein
mainly
confifleth
a
good
Confcience (confidering
it
with refpe&
to
its
exercife,
when
once
made
good)
to
have
our
Confcience
laying
nothing
againfl us,
and
without
having
ground
to
fáy
any
thing
againfl
us
;
when
it cannot challenge
us,
and
fay,
That
it
enjoined
us
to
do
fuch
or
fuch
a
thing,
and
that
yet
we
did it not
;
or that
it
enjoined
us
to
forbear
fuch
or
fuch
a
thing,
and
that
yet
we
did
-it
not
;
or
that
it
enjoined
us
to
forbear
fuel,
or
fuch
a
thing,
and
that
yet
we
went on
to the
doing
of
it,
fo
that,
when
we
come
be-
tfore
God, it
may have
nothing
to
reprove
or
challenge
us
for,
nothing
to condemn
us
in
;
but,
as
it holdeth
out
our duty
to
us
fro the word,
jufl
fo
to
endeavour
to
..
behave in
all
thin
.
For
the
zd
thing
propofed to
be
fpoken
to,
viz.
That
a
believer
ought, and,
if
he
be
tender,
will walk
fo,
as
he
may
not
offend
his
Confcience
;
there
three
things
will
confirm it.
r.
The
very
nature
and
office
of
his
Confcience
:
If
fo
be
that
Confcience
fpeaketh
for
God,
and
is
appointed by
him
as
his
deputy,
to
be
a
remem-
brancer
of
duty,
and
a
reffrainer from
fin
;
then the
awe
of
God, and
love
to
him,
will
make
a
man
that
is
tender,
walk according to the
dire
&ions
of
Confcience
:
Hence
it
is,
that
Rom.
t
3.
5.
the
commands
that
are laid
on
for
God's fake,
are alto laid
on
for
Confcience fake,
Where-
fore
(faith
he)
ye mujineeds
be
fubjet!,
not
only
for
Wrath,
but
alfo
for
Confcience
fake;
that
is,
from
the
awe
of God,
that putteth
us
to
our
duty,
and from
refpe&
to
Confci-
ence
his
deputy.
In
this
refpeEt
the
voice
of
Confcience
is
the
voice
of
God;
for,as
a
man
cannot be
tender
who
re-
fufeth
to
hear the word
of
God,
fo
neither
can he
be
ten-
der
who
refufeth to comply
with the
dire&ions
of
his
Confcience
fpeaking
the
mind
of
God to
him.
A
fecond
reafön
is
drawn
from
the
great
advantage that floweth
from the
teflimony
of
Confcience ;
it giveth
much
quiet-
nefs
and
Tweet
peace
in
all ftraits
and
troubles,
and
much
D
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eoníir.