144 I .41 treatife or Confcieazce, zCor.4 2. x. 37. not at that, except it be convinced by the word of God that it is Gods will, the commandment of the great God of heaven,' the God of the trims of all flefh, who will look for our obedi- ence : This tnaketh conícience to f}artle, this af}e&ect{ it and bindech it. St. Paul when lie faid that he approved himfel fand his preaohing to men! confciences, what folioweth ? rfour Go- fjel be hid, it is hid to them thatpergfh, &c. As if he had faid, This maketh all the world to Ilartle, except they be reprobates and delivered over to Satan. It is e3fie to fee what mintllerie . af}ecîcth troll and doth the moll good in the hearts of the peo- ple ; namely that which bringech the clearell voice of Gods Spirit caiiing to obedience and binding the confcience. They can heare with cafe and great pleafure the fermons of thole whole do&rincs are fluffed with humane diícourfes. Nay, let carnal' Preachers preach never fo much againfl peoples (*nines, they can mak e a fport of it though they heart theirfinncs with humane learning declaimed againfl. When the preacher doth not clearly preach the Lords voyce, though he rip up unlit, yet if it be not in the demonílration of the Spirit of God, and (hew- ing his clear authority, the heart will not be affe6led. Confci- ence kneweth when it is bound, and when it is but dallied and jelled with : And therefore if Mini(lers delire to have their miniflerie work upon the hearts of their people, they mull (hew them Gods authority, and-confirm it by his word, and let them fee that it is the commandment of the Lord, that which will one day judge them. Let him know, faith Paul, that the :things that J write are the commandments of the Lord. It is the Lord of heaven and earth thatbiddeth thee yield, and com- mandeth the:' to give over thy bale lufls : It is he in whole hands thy breath is ; thou hadll bell be obedient. I tell thee, thy cónfcietìce obfervet'h it ; and if thou wilt not obey, it will rire like the roringof the-fea one day again({ thee, andfling thee like a fcorpión. The things that thou'heareft, know thou that theyarethe cöm`inaridYnenìts OfGod : and ifthou clifobey, thou dò(}difobteirthot men butßod. 2. Is it fó that the fiord of God and)/ is the fuprtniebond of
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