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treati

fe

o

f

áonj

c

ience,

ifthou

wilt

wait

:

but

if

thou

go and

recomperrfe evil for

evil,

and right thy

felt,

thou

doff

not wait

upon

God

as

Solomon

Prov.io.

advifèth,

Say not

thou,

I

will

recompenfe

evil

;

but wait

on

the

za

Lo.rdand

he

will

fave

thee.

Mark

;

chou

muff not

lave

thy

felt,

thine own

credit,

&c.

by

revenging,

but

wait

on

God

for

all.

So

here ifconfcience be

troubled, thou

muff

wait upon

God

to

comfort

it

:

l

f

thou

goefk

and daubefl

up

the

matter thy

fell,

and

crieff,

Peace,

peace,

to thy

félf,

thou

doff

not

wait up-

on

God. Thus

J

have

anf

wered

the

laff

queffion,

How

if

a

man have

a

burdened

and

troubled

confcience,

what

muff

filch

1

a

man do

to

be freed

from

it

?

And hitherto we have

spoken

of

1

the

two

laßt

adjunèts

of

confcience,

a Quiet

confcience,

and an

Unquiet

confcience

;

What

they

be,

and,

How

they

differ

:

and

we

have refolved and

anlvwered

the

queßlions

and

difficulties

about

them.

Confcience

btureth

ivitneffe

of

our

perfons.

()teeming

the witneffe

ofConfcience

,

J

told you

that

C

e

í

confcience

beareth witneffe

of

two

things

:

z.

It

beareth

witneffe

of

our

actions;

a.

It

beareth

witneffe

of

our perfons. The

former bath been

,

declared

unto

you

at large

:

J

corne

now to

the

latter;

Confci-

ence

beareth

witneffe

allo

of

our

perfons,

whether we

be

good

or

evil,

whether

in

Chrift

or

in

finne

:

And

here

J

will

Phew

you

foure things

:

i.

That

every

mans

confcience

may inform him

what

Cate

he

is

in, whether

of

falvation or

damnation,

whether

of

grace

or

ofnature.

a. How

confcience

doth it.

3.

When

confcience

doth

it.

4.

How

it

cometh to

paffe

then

that

fo

many thoufands

mil

-

i Every

take and

are

ignorant

and deluded

about

their

eflates.

t:sans Con-

1.

For the

firff

,

That

every

mans

confcience

may

inform

fcieee

may

him

what

effate he

is

in,

vvhether

good

or bad

(J

1peak

efpe-

f

what

in

cially

of

fuch

as

live

under the light

of

the

Gofpel

of

Chriff. )

flare be

is

There