ATreatife o fGonfcience. 2. In obainate tanners, Inch as, like .Ahab, have fold themfclves to worke rricke44neffe in thefight of the Lord. 3. In fcoffcrs and jeerers ; whofpeakeevil ofthemwho renne not in the fame ex-.' ceffe ofriot with themfeives, and nickname the godly. 4. In Apoftates and back-hiders ; who fpeake lies 'through hypocrifie,' and have fallen from the profefiîon of the truth : Ml thefe men have a confcience feared with a red-hot iron. This is a great judgment ofGod greater then this there cndot be No outward judgment that can fall upon us is like unto it : not thb plague, nor Chame, nor beggery, no nor any curie befdes hell it felfe is equal to it. By this the only meanshder God ofrepentance is taken away. Such may come to repent ; but it is a thoufand toone ifever they do. It is like a graveflone lying upon their confLiences, which keepeth them under until the day of judg- ment : at which time God will awaken their confciences, and then theywill be more furious in tormenting then the very de- vils themfelves. Ye that are not yet fallen upon this wretched confcience, I befeech you take heed that ye never do. But ye will ask me, Howmay We avoid it ? Avoid it ? alas, yemay avoid it if yebe carefull : for confcience never feareth it felfe : If ever it be feared, it is ye your felves that do fear it. Indeed the mind of man may blind its own felf ; and the heart ofman maycorrupt its own felf ; and the affections ofman may defile their own felves,: but confcience never corrupteth its felf, never feareth it felf. But you will fay, What muff Ido to avoid this fearing ofconfcience Firfi, liften to confcience well, that what ever it faith to thee fromGod thou milt do it. This was the courfe of the Pfalmiil ; I will harken what the Lord God Will fay in me (fo force tranflate it.) Hear then and liften what the Lord God will fay in thee, what thy confcience illightened faith in thee, and do it. Secondly, when ever this confcience is quick follow ir. No- thing more feareth confcience then fuffering quicknings todie. Blow the coles if they do but fmoak. As the Apoille faith, uenchi
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