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1421

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treatif

e

of

C'onfcience.

them

alone

:

yet they

are

condemned

in

confeience, and

one

day they

(hall

find

it.

But

rive

regenerate are by

CIiriil

treed

in conscience from

all

this

condemnation.

Thus

farce

wee

grant.

Ancino

But

the

Antinomies

and

J

know

not

what

Marcioniiis

m

ifts.

would

have

more. They cannot

abide

to

heare

that

a

regene-

rate perfon

is

bound to any

uincere

obedience to Gods

law

as

the rule

of

their

life

:

They

cry

out

againfi the

tno,all

law

as

once

the Babylonians

did

againfi

)erulale

:n,

bows

with

it,

down

with

it

even

to

the

ground

:

O yes

de

r>ót

preach

c

hrsfl

:f

Jee

talk

of

the

Law.

Beloved,

ti.ete are

drunken opinions, fit-

ter to

be

preached

among Drunkards and Epicures,

and

mon-

Bess,

then

among

the

peculiar

ones

of

God. The

-law

of-God

loth

bind the

conscience

of

all

the people

of

God,

fo

that they

are

bound to make

it

a

rule oflife.

Nay,

the

Seri

?ture calleth

Pfaf..a

r,`

it

Chrifis

bond

whereby

he

b;ndetb

his

people

to him

:

The

3.3. Kings

of

the

earth

fet

themfelvei,

and the Rulers take

counfell

together.againft the Lord and

againt

brs

Anointed

f

tying,

Let

its

brealctheir

bends

and cafi

away

their

cords

from

us,

'Tufh,

we

will

not

be

tyed

by

his laws.

nor be

fo

prec:fely

ifrait

-laced

with

fact)

Commandments

as thefe. Here

the

laws

of

the

Lord

are

called

bonds

and

cords

:

Gods

people are

bound

to

him by

them

:

But

the

wicked

they

f}Ind

out

and refute

to

be

bound.

Now

if

the

Law

be

èalled

a

bond,

J

pray

what

bond

is

it,

but

of

Conlcience

?

It

is

not

a

bond

like

a

Prifoners

tèrcers.

to

be

put about

their

legs.:

This

is

a

fpirituall bond

that

hindeth the

confcience.

But

let

me prove

it

to you

by

arguments. There

be fùndry

arguments to

prove

it.

Aigu"

I

Fitfl,

That

which hath power to

fay

to the

c

»nfeience

of

the

Thatregenerate,

This

is thy

duty

anei

this

eau be done

that bindeth

That

cods

ods

b

y

law

bind_

the

confcience,

71:s

is

your

duty.

Who

can

tell better then

ctli the

(Ira

:

?

When

yee

have

done

all

thefe

things

that

are

comnm4n-

eontcience'

did

you,

fay,

We.

are

unprofitable

fervants

;

we

have

done

that

generate.

which

was

our duty

to do.

lark

;

Hee

fpeaketh

of'e

ods

law,

things

cosomanded

now the

law

is

nothing

elfe

but

a

caca-

Lrskt7,

to:

}ague

ofthofè

things

that

God

hath commanded us.

When

Yee

i

bave