072 !ICU 24. 10. 113* convince the world of fin : O but it be a merciful, pro- fitable, and comfortable thing, when God helpeth you impartially to fearch out fin, to hear the Confcience its im- partial verdi& of it, and to be kindly and deeply hum- bled for it, and to floe to the blood of fprinkling for the pardon of it ! Ufe 6th, See here the neceffity of knowing God's mind better, and of underflanding his word better ; otherwife we may err and go wrong, and not know it. Let me fray in a word, That it will be impof able to reach and attain the fcope of this Text, if we ffudy not to know God's word, and his mind in his Word better ; the ignorance that is amongfl us, may prove a great rife, occafion and caufe of many fad miflakes and errors, if the Lord in mercy prevent not. Let God biefs this word, and make it to have its own ufe, for our edification and warning. tP13tAltIMIA* tttftgUIIM:11 SERMON VI. Aes 24. 16. Herei7a do I exercife myfelf, to have always a Co72fcience void of Offence to wat d God, and to ward Alen. THE great fcope of thefe words, is, to point out that holy precifenefs, accuracy, and circumf e- &ion, which was in Paui's walk, and ought to be in the< walk of all Chriflians ; and that is, to endeavour to have always a Confcience void of offence toward God, and to- ward men. The Doctrine that we infifted on fail was this That Chriflians ought to endeavour fo to walk, that in nothing their Confcience may have a challenge agatnft them. And. when we came to fpeak of the ufe, we propofed four: The i ft whereof was, for information and dire &ion, how to carry in a Chriflian life ; and it is, in a word, fo as irf nothing we may thwart cur Confcience, either in omit- ting any duty, or in committing any fin. The 2d u e was let
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