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treiti

fe

of

Con

f

trence,

1

107

benfion

of

Gods

wrath.

You will

never be able to

bear it,

much

leffe

in

the time

of afliicion. O

it is

good being

in

a

drie

houle

when

a

great

temprfl

is

up

:

and

it

is

fife

being

in

a

good

harbour when

a

florin

beatetla

hard. A good

coniZ fence

is

good at

all

times; but

O

how

t

ceet

then

i

When Jonah

fell

into

affli&ion the

want

of

peace

in

his

conlcience

made him

look upon

his

atfl,ciion

as

upon hell,

as

though

he

had been

in

the

belly

of

hell

:

They

who

follow lying

vanities,

fcrfa%e

tloeir

awn

mercies,

faith

he.

Mark

;

his

conicience dogged

him

with

his fleeing

from

God,

and

forsaking

his

own

mercies.

Ye

fee

he

was

rniferably

dillreffed

by

it

till

the

Lord did deliver

him.

Be charie

then

of

confcience,

and

get

it

purged,

that

it

may

fpeak peace

to

you

in

trouble.

4

Queflions.

N

Ow

J

have declared

unto

you,

What

a

troubled confci-

ence,

is

;

What

is

the

caule

of

it, and wherein

it

con

-

fifleth

;

How

many

degrees there be

of

it

;

How

the troubled

conicience

of

the

godly

differeth from

the troubled

confcience

of

the wicked

;

the

miferie

of

a

troubled

confcience

;

and,

What

a

deal

of

mifchief

it

doth one,

especially

in

afñidlion

now

J

fhould

leave this

point,

but

that

there be

fui:drie

quefli-

ens to

be anfwered

about

ir.

I.

Suppoiè

a

man

be rid

of

this

trouble,

and have peace

of

confcience, how

fhall

he

maintain

it,

and keep

out

troubles

from it

?

II.

Whether

and how

the peace

of

our

confcience

dependeth

upon our

care

and

obedience

?

III.

What

manner

of

obedience

it

is

that

peace

of

confci-

ence Both

depend on

?

IV.

If

a

man have no

peace,

but onely

a

burdened con -

fcience,

what

muff

fuch

a man do

to

be

freed

from

it

and

to

attain true

peace

?

I.

Queflion

;

How

man

may

keep

peace

of

Con

-

fcience.

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