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5Z
treatif
ê
of
Confcience,
fay,
.7
am a
firmer, and
amguiltie
before
God?
J
tell
thee
theta,
Thy
confcience
is
bound,
and
all
the
world cannot
bole
it.
But haft thou
been
humbled
and emptied
of
thy
Pelf,
and doth
the
word
pronounce pardon
ofthy
fames
in
Chrilts name,
that
thy
confcience
can fay,
The
Lord
fpeaketh
peace to
my
foul?
r
tell
thee,
Thou
art looled,
and
nor hell
nor
devil nor
(inne
nor flelh nor
any
thing
can bind
thee.
Ye may
lee
the
power
of
Gods
word
in
that
fpeech
ofour
Saviour, Whatfoever
ye
fhall
bind
on
earth fhall
be
bound
in heaven,
Match.
18.18:
That
is,
My
word which
ye
preach
is
of
that nature, that
if
that looíe
your
confcience,
it
is
loofcd
indeed,
and
nothing
can bind
it;;
if
that
do
bind
it,
it
is
bound roundly indeed,
and
nothing
can
loofe it.
O
this
is
a
terrour to
the
wicked
!
Doth
the
word
of
God
fay,
He
that
hardneth
his neck;
being
eften
rebuked,(hall
fuddenly
be
defrayed, and
cannot
be
cared?
O
fear
and tremble
ye
that
harden
your
necks
againft the reprootsfof
the
Almightie:
his word bindeth
Over
your
confciences
to
Chrif+sbarre.
Doth
the
word
fay,
Whoremongers
and
adulterers
God
will
judge?
If
thou
beef+
lüch
an
one,
thy
confcience
is
bound
with
this
word,
and it
will
apply
it
to
the foul before the
tribunal
-feat
of
Chrift. Doth the word
crie
out
againfi
any
of
thy
courfes
?
thy
confcience
is
bound
as
with
chains,
and
it
is
not
all thy
vain
hopes and
excuses can
loofe
thee. Again,
this
is
comfort
to
e'tie
godly
:
Gods
word
is
the fupreme binder
ofconícience.
O
ye
blef;ed
of
the
Lord, the
word
of
God
teeth
Inch
a
fall
knot
to
your
comforts that
all
hell
cannot
open
it
with
their teeth :
The
word
of
the
Lord Jefus
is
with you,
who
haththe
ley
of
David,
that
openeth
and
no
man
fhutteth,
and
fhutteth
and
no
man
ope-
neth.
Yea,
but
layeft
thou,
My
jiinnes
are
again/
me
:
What
then
?
mark what
the
word faith,
We
have an Advocate with
the
Father
:
Thy
confcience
is
bound
to believe
that.
Tea,
but
J
have
a
very
naughtie
heart,
and
J
cannot
tell
what
to
do
with
it
:
Mark what the word
faith
;
Believe
in the Lord
Mcfur,
and
thou
(halt
be
Paved
:
This
bindeth
.
thy
confcience.
But
I
offend
dayly
:
Mark
fill
what the
word
faith
;
Chrif
bring-
eh
in
everla¡ling
righteeufneffe.
If
thou
beef]
unworthy
to
day