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tr'eatife

of

C'onfeiençe,

I

2,

I

with

me,

that

J

am in

filch

an eflate

Is

¡am

accufed

of.

No

wicked man

(hall

beable

to

fay

thus

:

Therefore

conscience

c

an inform

a

man

in

what

eflate

he

is.

3.

The thrid

reafon

is

taken

from the Lords

manner

of

judg-

ing the

godly.

He

will

judge them and

ablòlvethetn

feciendkm

allegata

&'

probata,

as

we

1áy,

according

to

the

word

and

their

own

conlcieuces.

Ye

may

fee

the

true form

of

judgement

which the Lord

will

go

by, Matth.

a

;.

Wier;

the

Lord

con

-

vinceth the

whole world who

were righteous and

who

not,

who

to

be

judged to p.inilhment,

and

who

to

life for ever

;

at

lati

he

concludeth, The

wicked

[hall

go

away into

everlafiing

Fulfillment,

but

the

r

igloteons

into

_laf

a

eternall.

As

if

he

had laid,

Tour confcienees can

fay

ye

are

wicked

:

ye

did

not

feed,

nor

clotbe,nor

wilt

me

:

Go

your

wayes

to

hell.

So

for

the

righ-

teous

;

Tour confcien`es

can fay ye

are

righteous

:

Go

ye

to

hea-

ven.

Thus

the

Lord will do.

Now

this

could not

be

ifconfci-

ence

could not

inform every one

that

is

godly that

he

is

Co

:

If

conscience

could not

witne,?e

what

eflate

they

are

in,

this

could,

.not

be.

Thus

ye

fee

the

truth

ofthe

firft

thing.

II,

The

second

that

J

promised

to

f94ew

you

is,

How

con

-

fctenee

doth

this.

Ye

have heard

that

it

is

able to inform

every

one

what

eflase

he

is

in

before

God

Now

it followeth

tocon-

Çider,

How

conscience

doth it.

This

it

doth by comparing

the

word

of God

with our hearts, and

our hearts with the

word

:

.

As

for

example

;

They

who

have

refpeEl

to

all

Gods

command

-

ments

(hall never

be

ajhamed,

faith

the word

:

But

faith

con

-

fctence,

J

defare to know

all

my

dutie

to

God

and

man,

and

to

perform

all

that)*

know

:

and therefore

Khali

not be a

fhamed.

To.

him

that

foweth

rrghteotafnreffe

jhal'

be

afore reward,

faith

the word

:

Bett..

filth

cor,ícience, plough

up my

nature

and

al

the

fallow

-

ground

of

my

heart,

and

I

fow

rrghteou

f

nef"e

:

and

therefore

to me

'hall

be

A

fore reward.

So,

T.

be

fpiritually

minded

is

life

and peace, faith the

word

;

But,

faith conscience,

r

srsts

fpiritua

sly

minded

;

my

mind

is

fet

upon

things

that

are

fpiritutall

:

therefore

I

have life and

peace.

So

confcience

alto

judgcth

of

the

Rate

of

firm.

Tbofe

that

lure

after

the'

f

eiT

D

d

z

(hall

z. How

cenCcience

.coda

this.

Pfae

-isg

6:

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t s.

ta.

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