4: treatife of Confcience. !peakofa goodConfcience, a conkience renewed, but renew- ed irnperfeCtly, having yet. fùndry defdts and impertè Lions. The ìmperrections of it ate, z. Imper',etion ofknowledge. It doth not yet foundly and clearly undettland what is lawfull and what is ure, and what is by Chriflian liberty indifferent. Paul fàith, f know and am it'''''''' 4' perfwaded by the L ordJeff*, that there is nothing unclean of 14. a felt : but tobim that efleemetb any thing to bee uncleanc, to him it its uncleane. He fpeakethof things that are indifferent : The Apottle had knowledge : but there VG ere others who did not know this ; O J may noteat this meat ; 1 may not p! y at Bowles or ufe any other recreation : Jíhosldlimy ifI fhould, &c. This is one weaknefTe in this kind of conicience, weak- neffe ofknowledge. 2. The feeond imperfe Lion is to be grieved where it needeth notbee grieved - : As when it teeth other doe that which it felt through rmiflake doth judge to be evil, it is apt tobe grieved and troubled to fee .t ; If thy brother be grieved with thy meat, Korn. 24. now walkeff thou not charitably. It may be thou thinkeft it rs' lawfull to eat tech meat ; but he thinkethotherwife, and fo is grieved to fee thee eat. This is another imperfè&ion in this conícience,to be grieved and offended without juft caufe. 3. A third imperfèciion is in Judgement : It is apt to judge and condetnne another mans liberty I Cor. i o. 29. Why is my liberty judged of another: mansconfeienee ? He fpeaketh of a weake contcicncc. It is apt to be judging and condemning my liberty faith be ; but whyfo ? This is a fault i,nd an iniperfeeit- on indeed ; O fuch an one film -th, he doeth fo and fo : yet it may be the thing is net unlawful! but a weak confCi-ence is at fo to judge it_ and to condemtme him that doeth it. Let not him that eateth defilife him that eatethnot : And let not him that eatethnet fudge him that eateth Rorn.i4. ;. 4. A fourth iiriperfection is this : Aweak confeience is apt to be milled. So the Apoftle intimateth ; Take heed left by any means this liberty ofyours becomea lssmbl;ng-bloc! unt therm that are wake : for ifany manfee thee.who haft knowledge, fit Ff at 135
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