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tregtife
of
Confoience.
131
The
devils in
hell have not loft
the
goodnefl'c
of
their
ecience
Nay,
the
ef1ence
is
better then the
eflènce
of
Gods
Saints
their
effence
mutt
be
good,
becaufe
that
is
Gods
creature
;
nay, bet-
ter
then
any mans
eflence, becaufe
the Lord made them
a
degree
above
man. And
as
man
is
a degree
above
beans,
fo
Angels are
a
do
gree
aboye man
:
fo
conlcience
is a
degree
above other
powers
of
the
foul
in
its
naturall
goodneffe.
That
conlcience
bath Inch a natural!
goodneffe
in it,
fee
it
in
thofe
curled Scribes
and
Pharifees,
hypocrites,
who
brought the woman taken
in
adultery to
Ord
:
Their
confcience
was good
;
they were
convicted
of
their
confciences
:
their confciences
dealt
honeftly
with them,
and
told
them the
truth that they
were
wicked
(inners themfelyes. This
is
the
natural'
goodneffe in
con-
fcience.
2.
A renewed good
confcience.
J
call
it a
renewed good
confcience, becaufe
when
a
man
is
renewed,
all
the man
is
re-
new
ed
;
all
his
mind
and
the fpirit
ofir
is
renewed,
Ephef.
}.23.
7
h.tye
may he renewed
in the
fpirit
ofyour mind.
Ifthe
nun
be
renewed,
all
the
mind
muff
be
renewed
;
and
therefore
the
confcience
muff
bee
renewed
too
,
for
the mind
an& the
con-
fcience
ever 'go
together
:
nay,
confcience
is
mainly
feated
in
the mind
;
and
therefore
if
the mind be renewed,
fo
is
the
con
-
feience
;
and
if
the
mind
be
defiled,
fo
is
the
confcience. To
them
that
are
defiled
is
marking
pure,
but their
a
mils
and
con
-
fciences
are
defiled.
Mark
;
When
they
are
defiled
they
are
defiled
together
:
fo
when
they
are
wafhed
and renewed, they
are
wafhed and
renewed together.
Now
this
renewed
confci-
ence
is
either
perfeó
or
defeaive.
i.
Perfe6i.
J
mean
not
per
-
fe& in
every degree
of
goodneffe
:
For
fo
no
mans confcience
in
the
world
is
perfef
:
But
J
mean perfe&
in
every
part
and
j
condition
of
goodneffe.
2.
A defective good
renewed
confci-
ence
is
that
which faileth
in forne
conditions
of
goodneffe.
We
call
it
a
weak,
confcience, which
is
apt to
be
polluted
and defiled
again.
T.
Cor.8.7.
Their
confcience
icing
we4
.c
defiled.
This
is
a
defctive
good
confcience
renewed
, but
imper-
fe&ly
renewed.
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tobt
8.9.
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