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144
I
.41
treatif
e
or
Confcieazce,
zCor.4
2.
x.
37.
not at
that,
except
it be
convinced
by
the
word
of
God that
it
is
Gods will,
the
commandment
of
the
great
God of
heaven,'
the
God of
the
trims
of
all
flefh,
who
will
look
for
our
obedi-
ence
:
This tnaketh
conícience
to
f}artle,
this
af}e&ect{
it
and
bindech it.
St. Paul
when
lie
faid
that he
approved
himfel
f
and
his preaohing
to
men!
confciences,
what
folio
weth
?
rf
our
Go-
fjel
be
hid,
it
is
hid
to
them
that
p
erg
fh,
&c.
As
if
he
had
faid,
This
maketh all
the
world
to Ilartle, except they
be
reprobates
and delivered
over
to Satan.
It
is
e3fie
to
fee
what
mintllerie
.
af}ecîcth
troll
and doth the
moll
good
in the
hearts
of
the
peo-
ple
;
namely that
which
bringech the
clearell
voice
of
Gods
Spirit
caiiing
to
obedience and
binding
the confcience.
They
can
heare
with
cafe
and great pleafure the fermons
of
thole
whole
do&rincs are
fluffed
with
hu
mane
diícourfes.
Nay,
let
carnal'
Preachers preach never
fo
much
againfl
peoples
(*nines,
they
can
mak
e
a
fport
of
it
though
they
heart
their
finncs
with
humane
learning declaimed againfl.
When
the
preacher doth
not clearly
preach
the Lords voyce,
though
he
rip
up
unlit,
yet
if
it
be not
in
the
demonílration
of
the
Spirit
of
God,
and
(hew-
ing
his
clear
authority,
the heart
will
not
be
affe6led. Confci-
ence
kneweth
when
it
is
bound,
and
when
it
is
but
dallied
and
jelled
with
:
And therefore
if
Mini(lers delire
to
have their
miniflerie
work
upon the
hearts
of
their
people,
they
mull
(hew them Gods authority,
and-confirm
it
by
his
word,
and let
them
fee
that
it
is
the commandment
of
the Lord,
that
which
will
one day judge
them.
Let
him
know,
faith
Paul,
that
the
:things
that
J
write are
the
commandments
of
the Lord.
It
is
the Lord
of
heaven
and earth
that
biddeth
thee
yield,
and com-
mandeth
the:'
to
give over
thy
bale
lufls
:
It
is
he
in
whole
hands thy breath
is
;
thou hadll
bell
be
obedient.
I
tell
thee,
thy
cónfcietìce obfervet'h it
;
and
if
thou
wilt
not obey,
it
will
rire
like
the
roring
of
the-fea one
day
again({
thee,
and
fling
thee
like
a
fcorpión.
The
things
that
thou'heareft, know
thou
that
they
are
the
cöm`inaridYnenìts
Of
God
:
and
ifthou
clifobey,
thou
dò(}difobteirthot
men
butßod.
2.
Is
it
fó
that
the
fiord
of
God and)/
is
the
fuprtnie
bond
of