1C r reatieof Conjcience. more condemne for ínne, how many or how great foever the Gnnes were which have been committed. Thefe are the three things required to a true quiet confcience. Furthermore a quiet confcience implieth two things : r. A calmneffe of fpirit : 2. A chearfull, merry and comfort- able heart. Thefe two I mean when I fpeake of a quiet con- fcience r. A calmnete offpirit, or a quietnefl'e of minde, not trou- bled with the burden offin nor the wrath ofGod, nor terrified with the judgments dueunto finite. This quietneffe and calm - neffe of fpirit is promifed to all them that truly hearken unto Chrift and obey him; who foharkeneth to me fhall bequiet from fear of evil. z. A chearfull, merry and joyful! heart. When our confci- encegiveth a comfortable teflimonyofus, it cannot but make our hearts joyfull. This id our rejoycing, the teilimony of our confcience, faith Paul: The comfortable tefaimony which his confcience gave of hint madehim to rejoyce. Awicked man cannot truly rejoyce : no, though he be merry and jovial! and laugh, yet his carnal! eRate is afnare, he can have no true joy; but the righteous Jing and rejoyce, Prov. 29. tS. No mirth like the mirth ofa good confcience. All other joy is but outfide, painted, feeming joy : That's only true joy that is rooted in the comfortable teffimony ofan upright good confcience,which telleth a man hi; peace is made with God, and that whether he be in fikneffe or in health God loveth hint, Whether he live or die he ù the Lords. Thus yee fee what a quiet confcience is. How a quiet confcience in thegodly differethfrom the quiet confcience that is in thewiced. THe ftcond thing propounded to be conudered about a quiet Conícience, is, How it differeth from that quiet con- fciencewhich is in the wicked. i . I confeffe that the wicked feem to havea very quiet confcience : Many thoufands of car- nall people feem to liveand die in quiet. Look into ale-houfes, K lewd 65 P ro. I .;; . z Cor. I. I z.
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