114 ty'eatífe of C'onfciettce, have true peace. If our endeavours be not acceptable, our confciencewill quickly heare of it, and tell us lb Ifwe pray coldly, or heare unprofitably, or live loofely, if we do not do that which is acceptable to God, our consciences will íóon complain. Nay though we do do the duties, if we do not do them in an acceptable manner, confcience will have matter againfl us Hill. . This acceptablenefíe of obedience lieth in this, when ourobedience is fincere, univerfall, and totali, and proceeding from the fpirit of Chrifl Jefus dwelling in us. The Apofllegiveth it this phrafe, When we walk, not after theflefh but after the Spirit, Rom. 8.4. That is our fulfilling the law, when Chrifl hath fulfilled the law for us, and maketh us fincerely to walk by it, not after the fle!h but after the Spirit : when we do not favour our felves in one tuft, nor fuffer our (elves in any beloved finne ; but whatever it be Chet is evil, our confciencecan fay we truly do hate it and labour to avoid it ; whatever it be that is commanded us, be it never fo contrary to our nature, yet our confcience can fay we fincerely fec our fèlves to do it. So walking not after the flefh but after the Spirit, this is Cncerity of obedience, and this is required unto peace. 4. This fincerity of obedience maketh us to bewail our very infirmities, andbe to be humbled for them : not onely to be humbled for greater fnnes, but alió to behumbled for our infirmities. If we be not foundly humbled for our very in- firmities all'o, they will hinder the peace of our confcience : We can have no peace except our confcience can witnefife that our infirmities do humble us and drive us toChrifl and caufè us to fùeout a pardon. Ifconfcience have not a pardon felled for infirmities alto, it will not be at peace. Chilli bare our very infirmities : therefore we mull be humbled for them, and go to him for pardon of them too, or confcience will not bee at peace. Thus J have anfweredalto this third queflion. IV. Queflion ; How áfa mass have aburdenedand trembled Confcience, what mu,Jt he dots befreedfrsm it ? The reafon of this queftion is this ; Becaufe men are ignorant about
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