8o ; A rreatifeof Gonfczence. 1 Cor. 16. Io. Pral. 119. 103. vinecalleth it Abraham) bofome to thefoule: Yeknowwhat a blefling it was unto Lazarus to be taken from his Ibres into Abrahams bofome : The peace of a good confcience is like this boforne of Abraham : who would nor gladly lie in it ? Such a man who bath it can never look upon another mans comfort, but a good conscience will fay , Tea, and I have my comfort too. When Paul was commending of Timothie, fee how his own confcience fpake of himfelf at the fame time : Heworketh the Workof the Lord, as I alfo doe Mark ; his confcience would be putting in comfort for himfelf : Doth Timothy workthe Lordi Work,,? yea andfo do I too, faith his confcience : It is Muiculus his obfervation upon the place. Secondly, A quiet confciencemaketh a man to taft the fweet- neffe of things heavenly and fpirituall : It maketh the word to be to him, as to David, Sweeter thenbony, yea then the hony- combe : Ihave not departedfrom thy judgements, OLord, faith he (chus faith his confcience:)now what followeth next ? How tweet are thy words unto my taFb i yea, fweeter then bony unto my mouth. A good confcience maketh a man tait fweetneffe in prayer, when his confcience telleth him he prayeth aright : It maketh him tait fweetneffe in a Sabbath, whenhis confcience telleth him he fanfi6eth it aright : Ib alto in the Sacrament, when his confcience can witneffe he receiveth aright. What is the reafon fo few ofyou taft fweetneffe in thefe things ? The reafon is this ; Becaufe ye have not the peace of a good confci- ence : It would find fweetneffe in every good dude, in every good word andwork. Thirdly, A good quiet confcience maketh a man taft fweet- neffe in all outward things, in meat, in drink , in fleep, in the company of friends : it putteth a Better upon a very morf1, Prov. i 7. I. Brown bread and a good confcience, there is a Better upon it then upon all the coitly fare of the wealthie without it. Bernard calleth a good confcience á foftpillow : A- nother calleth it adeare bofome friend : Solomon calleth it aco -. tinual/feat. It maketh a man tait fweetneffe in every outward thing. The healthy man onely can take pleafure in recreations, walks,
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