124 Sermon 6. fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, who a ð in and by that Confcience. The 4th and Taft ufe is an ufe of exhortation. Seeing it is the duty of all men, and more efpecially of belie- vers, to walk fo, as in nothing they offend their Confci- ence ; we exhort you in the name of the Lord, that ye would order your converfation fo, as in nothing your Confcience may have a challenge againft you. Ye will all readily think that this is very reafonable ; and indeed, if we prevail not in this, wherein can we expe& to pre- vail with you ? We leek no more of you, but that ye would fo walk, as that, living and dying, your Confcience may not flee in your face, but may give you this refi- ll/any, that ye have aimed to keep a good Confcience in all things, and to live honefily. Ye may poffibly think that this is a fair general, and that he is a very grofs and pro- fane man that will deny it ; and yet we would think that many of you were come a great length in religion, if we could prevail with you but thus far, as that in all things, Irving and dying, (as we laid) ye might Rudy to have a good Confcience : And this being no controverted nor debateable thing, we may with the more confidence prefs it upon you, efpecially feeing it is the very foul and life of religion ; and where that is not, there is nothing of truth in religion. That this exhortation may be the more clear and co- gent, we fhall (peak a word to there three ; I. To what this is to keep a good Confcience in your walk. 2. To Tome motives to fir you up to it. 3. To force helps to it. For the Firfl, It includeth thefe four, which fhould go along in your walk ; i fl , That ye commit no known fin ; for there will be no good Confcience, if that be ad- ventured on. Ye w ho know that ye fhould not take liberty in drinking drunk, in fwearing, in profane or idle fpeak- ing, & c. walk fo, as ye may not thwart your knowledge. 2dly, Ir taketh in this,That,as ye would commit no known fin, fo ye would omit no known duty ; becaufe, tho' every fin loth wrong the Confcience, yet the fin that we know, . and yet commit, and the duty that we know, and yet omit,doth more direly alike agatn{l Confcience. Ye 'rho
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