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ing
and favoury
fermons
(wherein
if
there
be
any
thing
that
doth
not
fo
fully
anfwer
expectation,
let
it
be
im-
putted
to
the writer
from
his
own
mouth,
whole
copy
was
fo
very
incorre&, that the
fitting
it for the
view
of
the
world hath
caufed
no
(mall
labour
to
me)
I
need
fay
the
lefs
of
it
;
only
in
general,
I
would humbly
offer
thefe
few
things,
Fire,
We
would
above
all things look well
that
once
we have
a
good
confcience, not only
morally
(that
is,
when
confcience
judgeth
itfelf bound to
own
God's
revealed.
will for
its
rule,
and when
it
impelleth
or puiheth
the
man to
a&
according
to
that rule,
and
withal the more
ordinary
difpofition
of
his
will
is
to comply with
thefe
impulfes
of
his
confcience,
which
may
be where
there
is
no
fpecial
or
faving
grace)
but
gracioufly
fo
;
which
neceífarily
prefuppofeth
a
ftate
of
regeneration, and
the
heart's applying
itfelf
by
faith
(the
gift
of God)
to
the
blood
of
fprinkling,
which both
purgeth
and
pacifieth
cleanfeth
and
calmeth
the
confcience;
which
fpeaketh
bet
ter
things
than
the
blood
of
able,
yea,
bath
a
cry,
able
to
outcry the
loudeft cries
of
the
molt clamorous
and
guil-
ty
confcience, and
is
that
wherein
all
difquieting
chal-
lenges
and
accufations
for
fin
are
only fafely
funk
and
and put
to filence,
fo
as
they
íha11
never again
fwim
a
hove and
talk
to
the
final
forrow
and íhame
of
fuch
as
are
led through
grace to
take
this
courfe with them
,
as
the
now funk
and
any
other
way
filenced
challenges
of
moft
men and women,
will
once moft certainly.
rife
on
them,
and
fpeak
at
a
high rate
againft
them,
never
any
more
taP
hold
their
peace from grievoufly
galling and gnawing
ac-
cufations
;
For
to
the unclean
and
unbelieving nothing
is
pure,
but
even
the mind
and
confcience is
defiled.
Secondly,
The
confcience
being thus made good,
we
would endeavour
by
all
fuitable
means
to keep it fo,
that
we may be
in
cafe
on
warrantable
and good grounds to
fay
with
-the
apoffle,
LVe
trufi we
have
a
good confcience
in
all
things,
willing
to
live
honefily,
Heb.
13. 18.
And
if
at
any
time
the
confcience
of
the
Chriftian
be
defiled
and
wounded
by new
contracted pollution
and
guilt,
and
challenges
begin thence to arife and
to
difturb
the
peace
nd
fev
et
repefe
of
the
foul,
there
would
be
on
all
fuck
occafions