ANN ATreatife of Confcience. not be but that all mull like it, and with; O that we had it ' Be- loved,let us labour to get it and the affurance of ir. No blelTiing under heaven is like ic; It is a heaven upon earth. Happy are they who can Phew they have it : and miferable are they who have it nor. `Dulce nomen pacis. Sweet and pleafant is the very name of peace, efpecïally ofthe peace of a good confcience; If ye have it, no mifery can make you miferable; and if you have it not, no happineffe can make you happy. It is Chrif{s legacy which he bequeathed to his Church; 'Peace Ileave with you, my peace Igive unto you. It is glorious and honourable: Beefl thou never fo mean in theworld, thou art glorious ifthou haft this peace; beefl thou never fo defpifed and difgraced a- mong men, thouhail honour enough if thou hail: this peace; Rom. 2. t o. To every one that Both good, glory and honour and peace. Mark how it is accompanyed ; namely, with glory and honour; But fhame and confufion and difhonour is upon all them that have it nor. III. Examination, Whether we have a quiet confcience. COricerning a quiet confcience I propounded three things : r , What it is ; 2. How it differeth from that quiet con- fcience that is in the wicked ; 3. The examination whether we have this quiet confcience yea or no. The two former we have bandied already : namly, What a quiet confcience is; and, How it differeth from that quiet confcience which is in the wicked. Let us paffe on now unto the third, namly, to an examination ofour (elves whether we have a true quiet confci- ence yea or no. A quiet good confcience is fuch a marvellous bleffing that it cannot pofíible be but we muff like it and with, 0 that we had it. Let us then examine our felves and tee whether we have it or no. Many have peace and quietneffe (as hath been Chewed already) arifing from falle grounds : they have peace of con- fcience becaufe they know not what belongeth to trouble of confcience ; or ifthey know that a little (as fome ofthe wick- ed
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