5 bribed, budded, nor boafied. "f is a fore matter to have a Confcience, and never to take notice of it, nor of what it faith. I shall now only, feeing there are force good, and force evil Confciences, as they are, or are not infor- med,befeech you to fludy to have a well- informed Confci. -ence ; efpecialiy fince, where it is well informed, it cannot eafily be budded, nor faon prevailed with, to fuffer things to come under debate and controverfy wherein it is clear : A jufi regard to, and the right ufe- making of, Confcience would notably promove holinefs ; and nothing readily doth more obfiruei it, than the not raking heed. to Confcience, and not laying due weight on what it Pays. Tho' many of you do now look on it as nothing, or a thing of little moment, yet °ye will find it to be a greatly momentaneous thing. O that God, who bath given is Confciences, may be gracioufly pleafed to give the right vfe of them! SERMON IL As 24. 16. _ erei n do I exercife m y feif, to have always a Confcience void of Ofence toward God, and toward Alen. F we take a view of, and look through, Chriîlians and profeffors of religion, that may have the root of the ¡natter in them, and may in charity be fuppofed to be effe&wally called, there will be found as great a gradu. al difference amongfi them, as amongfr men of any other calling whatfoever ; And, if we will compare them ge- nerally with the apofile, as to the confiant vigorous dri- ving of this notable and noble defign, there will be found great inequality, and much lamentable unlikenefs ; Herein (faith he) do I exercife myfelf, to have always a Confcience void of offence toward God, and toward men. This was his great work, and it is indeed a fweet work, yea a short rum and compend of a Chriflian's life. When we difcourfed laft from this text,and had drawn fotne fpecial dotrincs from it ; For clearing the words, we
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