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32E

Íy'eortZf

e

of

Conf

cZeY1Ce.

fhall

dye,

faith

the word

:

But,

fàith

confcience, my

life

is

led

after

the

fle1h

and the

lugs of

it

:

th..refore

Ì

fhall

dye.

Hee

aom.8.13.

that

believeth

not

it

condemned

already,

f,ith

the

word

:

But,

'faith

Confcience,

J

doe

not

believe

:

therefore

I

Am

in

the

ffate

turf

3

18:

of

condemnation.

the

word;fáith,

A

good

tree bringeth

forth

good

frsrir, and

a

corrupt tree bringeth

forth

corrupt

frmit

:

faith

confcience,

my

works

and

my courfes

are

corrupt and

naught

:

therefore

fo

is my

heart.

Thus

ye

fee

that

conscience

doth

it by

reafoning

And

this confcience can very

well

do

;

t.

Becaule

confcience

bath

a very

good

judgement. It

is

a

very

wife

and

judicious facultie

in

the foul

of

man.

Some

make

it

an

a&

of

judgement.

We

do

not take

it

:

It

is

not

an

adf

of

judgement,

but

it

is

a

reflexive facultie

of

the

foul

having

a very

good judgement. Whether

it

h

right

to

obey

yes

rather

then

God,

judge

ye,

faith

Peter,

A&s

4.

19. appealing

to their

own

contèiences

to judge

in

the

point.

So

that

confci-

ence

is

a

facultie

of

a

good

judgement.

Now if

it be

judicious,

it

muff

needs

be able

to

reafon

and

to

argue

about our

effaces,

and

find

out

whether

they be

good or

no.

It

is

the

judgement

of

roan

that

is

able

to argue,

and able

to

hold

an

argument

:

we

thus

judge;

faith

the

Apoffle

that

if

one

died

far

all,

these

are

all

dead,

2.

Cor.s.T

4.

Mark

;

His

proration

he

would

prove

was,

That

all

the believers in

r:

brig

are

dead

to

themfelves and

alive,

unto

God.

Now

ye

may

fee

how

his

judgement maketh

here

an

argument

;

If

Chrif

died

for

them

all.

then

they

are

all

dead

:

btet

Chrift

died

for

them

all

:

therefore

they

are

all

dead.

Ji

:dge-

ment

is

able

to make

arguments

:

and

therefore

if

confcience

be

a

reflexive

faculty that bath

a

very

good

judgement,

it muff

needs be

able

to

frame arguments, and

fo

make

out what

our

efkates

are. 2.

Becauf

there

is

naturall

logick

in

every

mans

confcience

r

It

can

frame fyllogifines,

thus,

As

many

as

be

led

by

the

fpirit of

God,

are the

fanner

of

!god;

faith

the word

:

But;

faith

a

godly

mans

confcience,

1

am led

by

Gods

fpirit,

and

.l

am

careful/

to

fellow

the leading

of

Gods

holy

fprit

:

therefore

am

one

of

Gods

formes.

And

fo

on

the other

side.

Ye

will

'ray,

How

can

a

countrey-mans

confcience

make tyllogiimes

?

It

is

onely