6 A Treatife ofGonfcience. Rom< 5. i. Rotr.g5. r3- Gal. 5,22- a ThelE5. z3. hopes and conceits ; Theyare not guiltie of fuch and fuch great finnes ; or, They are notfo bad a4 force others : As the Pharifee's confcience was quiet ; why ?God,' thankthee, I am not 4u other men are, no drunkard, extortioner, or like this pazblicane. Or per- haps from this ground their peace arifeth ; The Lordu very mer. cifull; and, The Lord jefusdiedfor [inners. Or perhaps this is their plea, They are goodcomers to Church; They have prayers ix theirftmilies ; They have beenprofeffoursof Chrifl 7e/usfomany years : From hence they dream of peace upon falle grounds, whenas thewayof peace they have not kZnotvn. When confcience (hall be awaked, then it will tell then how theyhave by flattery deceived their own fouls,and that having no true right eoufneffe they couldhave no true peace. 4. The quiet ofa good confcience ari feth from tenderneffe and from life. Therefore the Apofl:le joyneth together , life and peace, Rom, 8.6. True peace of confcience arifeth from life: whereas the quiet of a wicked confcience arifeth from feared- neffe and benumbedneffe and deadnefle, when men being paft feeling of lìnne are not troubled at the committingof it. Thus ye fee the fecond thing wherein the difference lieth, namely in the caufe. III. They differ in the effc& Firfl; Theeffedt of the quiet of a good confcience is comfort and rejoycing : Being juftified by faith, we have peace With God through our Lord jefus Chrift. What followeth ? By rrhúm'We haveaccefè by faith, rejoycing; &c. Mark; The peace of confcience bringeth forth rejoycing,. And fo in other places peace and joy are joyned together. But the evil confcience, thoughquiet,wanteth this rejoycing. If car nail men had no more mirththen what the quiet and peace of their confciences lothhelp them to, they would not be fo met- ric as.moft of them be. Secondly, Another effeel of true peace ofconfcience is, It fan6}ifieth the foul, it purgeth the heart, purifieth the life, and reformeth the whole man. It is the in- ftrument whereby God fandifieth his people more and more : The Godofpeace fanElifie you Wholly. Obferve the title which the ApofIle there givethunto God whenhe fantiifieth his peo- ple,
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