32E Íy'eortZfe of ConfcZeY1Ce. fhall dye, faith the word : But, fàith confcience, my life is led after the fle1h and the lugs ofit : th..refore Ì fhalldye. Hee aom.8.13. that believeth not it condemnedalready, f,ith the word : But, 'faith Confcience, J doenot believe : therefore IAm in theffate turf 3 18: of condemnation. the word;fáith, A good tree bringeth forth goodfrsrir, and a corrupt tree bringethforth corrupt frmit : faith confcience, my works and my courfes are corrupt and naught : therefore fo is my heart. Thus ye fee that conscience doth it by reafoning And this confcience can very well do ; t. Becaule confcience bath a very good judgement. It is a very wife and judicious facultie in the foul of man. Some make it an a&of judgement. Wedo not take it fò : It is not an adf of judgement, but it is a reflexive facultie of the foul having a very good judgement. Whether it h right to obey yes rather then God, judge ye, faith Peter, A&s 4. 19. appealing to their own contèiences to judge in the point. So that confci- ence is a facultie of a good judgement. Now if it be judicious, it muff needs be able to reafon and to argue about our effaces, and find out whether they be good or no. It is the judgement ofroan that is able to argue, and able to hold an argument : we thus judge; faith the Apoffle that if one diedfar all, these areall dead, 2. Cor.s.T 4. Mark ; His proration he would prove was, That all the believers in r:brigare dead to themfelves and alive, unto God. Now ye may fee how his judgement maketh here an argument ; IfChrif diedfor them all. then they arealldead : btet Chriftdied for them all : therefore they are all dead. Ji:dge- ment is able to make arguments : and therefore if confcience be a reflexive faculty that bath a very good judgement, it muff needs be able to frame arguments, and fo make out what our efkates are. 2. Becauf there is naturall logick in every mans confcience r It can frame fyllogifines, thus, As many as be led by the fpirit of God, are the fanner of !god; faith the word : But; faith a godly mans confcience, 1 am led by Gods fpirit, and .l am careful/ to fellow the leading of Gods holy fprit : therefore amone of Gods formes. And fo on the other side. Ye will 'ray, How can a countrey-mansconfcience make tyllogiimes ? It is onely
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