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f
tyeatZfe
of
Con
f
cience,
day,
there
is
righteoufneffe
for
thee
to
day
;
if
unworthy
to-
morrow,
there
is
righteoufnefle for thee
to morrow
;
if
un-
worthy
for
ever. This
is
Gods word,
and thy portion this
bindeth
thy
confcience
to
lay hold on it. .But
J
have
abun-
dantly finned
:
What
faith
ChriHs
word
?
,
will
abundantly
pardon.
O what
comfort
is
this
to
every
poore foul which the
Lord Jeius
bath
humbled
?
His
word
is
the fùpreme
binder
of
confcience,
above
the
law,
above juflice, above
threatnings,
above all the
world
betides. His
promifing word
is
the
fìi-
preme
binder
of
thy
ccnícience,
if
thou
bend one
of
(shrifts
:
And
therefore fear
not;
onely
believe, and be
thankful',
and
give glory.
to
God.
This
is
the
chiidrens
bread
;
no ftranger
can intermeddle
with it.
3
The
fecondary
bond
of
confcience.
YE
have heard
that
the bonds
of
confcience are
of
two
forts
:
Firff, there
is
a
fu;'reme bond
of
conícience, and
that
is
Gods
word
:
of
which
J
have already (poke.,. Secondly, there
is
a
relative bond
of
confcience.,
which bindeth
cor.icience,
in-
deed,
but
it
is
onely
in
relation
to Gods word,
becaufë
Gods
word putteth
authority
upon
it.
And this
latter
i:4
allo
of
two
forts
:
t
.
Others may
bind
confcience ;
z. We
our
laves
may
bind
our
own
confciences.
I.
Others
may
bind our
eonfciences.
i.
Others may bind our
confciences,
namely, when they
have
authority
conferred upon them from
God,
and
to
their
laws
and commands
receive
vigour and
force
from
Gods laws.
Thus
the
laws
and commands
of
Magtflrates
bind
the
confci-
ence
of People
;
of
Parents
bind the confcience
of
Children
;
of
Matters bind
the
confcience
of
Servants
:
For though
they
do
not
bind
confcience
as
they
are
the
commandments
of
rncn.
yet
having
Gods
Leal
and
authority upon
them
they do.
J
will
fet
down forte
conclufions
v,
hereby ye
mayknow
how
farre the
laws and commandments
of
others
bind or
not
bind
confcience.
Hh
t
.
Concluf
on