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treatife

of

-Conf

ciencer

one day they

were

truly

informed

of

their eflates

by

there

in-

ftantaneous Items

of

conlcience.

Thirdly,

when conícience

fhooteth

like

a

flitch

in a

mans

fide. As for _example

;

Sometimes when

meta

are

about

their

callings and

their

worldly

bufineffe, then

cometh

conf

ience

like

a

tudden flitch

in

on

fide

and give

there

a

twitch

O

how

worldly

am

J

!

faith conícience

:

Shall

J

n

ever

get

this

worldly

mindednes

cured

?

Many

times

coniéier:ce

fpeaketh while men

are

working,

or

playing,

or

eating, or buy;ng,

or

felling.

Fourthly,

lb .lrkewilè

when

coníience

comrnenteth upon

the

judgements

of

God.

Let an

Ad:;

Iterer

fill

tick

;

Y'ea

this

is

for

mine

adulterie,

lei

h his

con

-cience.

Let

a

compiny-

keeper

be

in

want

of

outward

things

; Tea,

this

is

my drren';enxeffe,

Id.

4.

z

8

faith con

fence

:

This

my

wtckfdnef

e

my

way, my

eivngs

which

have procured

we

tbcfe

things

;

this ague this proverty,

this

fhame,

thisdtfcomfart.

Thn:s

J

ha

Ye

(hewtd

yo(:

how

COA-

tc

ence.doth

inform the wicked

of

their

wretchef

elite

;

and

whert.rt

.loth-

it.

It

remarneth

now

that

J

!peak

fomething

of

the fourth

point.

IV.

How

cometh

it

to

pafle than

that

fo

miny

thoufands

miflake, and are

ignorant and

deladeal

about

their

eftac

s

?

The

reafon

of

this doubtàs

this;

Seeing

conícience

is

able

to

inform

every one

what

his

elate

is,

whether

it

be

blei1

d or

curled

;

and feeing

a

lib

that

conícience doth

it

;

and

loth

it

by

argu-

ment

;

and

hash its

time when

it

doth

it

a

man

no,v

would

wonder

that

any fhould

he

ignorant

of

his

ellate when

big

own

confêicnce

doth

tell

him

how

it

is

with him.

For

anfwer

J

explain unto

you

two

things

:

t.

The

reaf'ns

why

men are

rnittaken

;

a

.

The

rea

funs

why

they

are

mi(laken

though

con

-

fcience

inform them.

Firfl, They

build upon

falle grounds which

are

not

in

'ods

word.

Some are

fo

foolifh

that they

build

upon

outward

things,

as he

I

h,

peace,

prolperitie,

fucceffe,

and

the

like.

They

profper, and

all

things go

well with

them, &

therefore

fure

God

is

at

peace

with

them

:

This

is

not

fo

;

but

they

think

fo

though

Come

again

build upon grounds

which men

of

corrupt minds

do

why

many

arectc!uded

about their

elate.