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ty'egtife

of

Confcience.

1145

of

confcience

?

Then

this

teacheth

us

to have

an eye

to

Gods

word

in

that

which we

do,

if

we

would

fatisfie

confcience.

j

say, have an

eye

to

Gods

word

:

not

onely

to

do

that which

it

may be

is

in

Gods word

;

conicience

counteth

that to

be

no-

thing

:

but

to have an

eye

to Gods word.

Confcience

will

not

be

iatisf

ed

with

any

obedience

that

we

do

if

we

have

not

an

eye

to

sods

word. Whatever

we

have

an

eye

to

betides,

conicience

knoweth

it

is

nothing,

if

in

all

we have not

an eye

to

the

commandment

or

God

:

Though

we

do

obey

it, confci-

ence

looketh

upon

it

as

if

vve

did

not

obey

it.

It

is

onely

Gods

commandment

and auchoriìte

that

bindeth confcience

:

and

therefore

nothing

fatisfiecn

conicience unleflc

we

have

an

eye

i

unto that.

If

we do

nor

aim

at

Gods will

in

doing what

we

do,

confcience

counteth our

obedience as

no

obedience

at

all.

A.s

for

example

;

Ye

chat

are

husbands, ye love

your

wives

:

but

is

it

becaufe

God

commandeth

it

?

Tt.may

be ye

love them

becaufe they love you,

or becaufe

your

of

caions

are

co

them

:

Alas,

this

is

nothing

:

Pagans

and reprobates can

do

{o.

But

do

ye

aim at

the

doing

of

Gods will,

who

commandeth you

?

O

fay

you,

The Lord doth

command

me.

Ì

do

it.

What

of

that

?

Do

ye look

at

his

commandment when

ye

do

it

?

If

not

;

be

humbled,

and

know

ye

rnufI get grace

to

do fo,

or

ye

are

not

obeduTnt

to

God,

neither

will

confcience let it

down

for

obedience. Ye

that

are fervants,

ye ferve

your

mailers

:

but

do

ye

aim

at Gods

will

?

thus,

O

the Lord

h;atlk

commanded

me

to be

faitbfull

and

painfull

in

my

fervice. Doth

your

foul

look

to

this?

It

may

be

ye

ferve

them

becaufe

they

are

kind,

and

becaufe

they

pay you your

wages, and

the

like

:

This

is

nothing

to

confcience

:

confcience

looketh at

the

commandment

of God

;

and

if

your fouls

do not aim at the

commandment

of God,

it

will

not

fatisfie

confcience.

Ye that

are

neighbours,

it

may be

ye

love one another. and

be

friends

one

v

is h

an-

other

:

but

Both

your

foul

look

at

God,.

commandment

?

is

it

becaufe

God

bath commanded

us

to

love one another

?

People

feldome aim

at

God

in

thee

cafes

They are

friends

with

their neighbours

:

why

?

Their

neighbours

rare

friends

G

Q

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with