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A
T
rear
f
of
Confcience.
Now
fo'.loweth
its judicial
bearing
witneffe
;
which
is
when
it paflcth
fentence upon the
me,ral
of
onr aetions,
whether
they
be
good
or
evil,
whether
ble.led
or
turfed.
This
is
performed
by
a
Logical
difcourfe;
by
way
of
reafoning
on this manner,
The word
faith,
Whoever
look
th
on
a woman
to
lu.s7
after
her,
bath committed
adultery
in
his
heart
:
That
is
the
Synterefis.
Now
the
ai1umption
;
But
I have
hadWanton
eyes
and
lufful
lookirgs
after
a
Woman
:
That
is
the
tingle
bearing
witneffe
of
confcience.
7
herefore
I
have committed adultery
in
my
heart
:
That
is
the judiciary fentence
of
confcience which
it
paffeth on
a
mans
Pelf,
So
again,
WhQ
%ever
crucifieth the
_efb
with
the
a
fFeftions
and lu.Its,
he is in
Chrifl
:
But,
faith confcience,
I
cru-
cifae
the fiefb
zvithits
jet-lions
and
lufls:
Therefore
1
am
in
Chrifi. Though there
be
not
the
forme
of
this difcourfe
in
our
confciences,
yet there
is
the force
of
it
:
for
when
confcience
doth
judicially
witneffe againft
any man
or for
any
man,
it
loth
it
by
the
word,
and
proceedeth
in
the
way which
is
pro,
pounded.
The
ufe
of
this
is, Firf}
for
comfort
to
the godly,
who may
hence
gather
the
afrurance
of
their
falvation from
the
rule
of
Gods word,
and
the
witneffe
of
theit
confcience
that
they
walk
by
this rule.
The word
faith,
He
that
hungreth and
thir-
fieth
after
righteoufne(fe
fha11
be
filled;
He
that
doth thefe
things
fball never
fall,
ey4'c.Get
the
rule
of
your hearts
and
lives
to
meet
and
ye have
what
ye
defire.
O
what
infinite mercy
is
this
to
all
godly fouls,
that
the Lord bath
planted
this confcience
in
their
bofomes,
that
they need
not
go
farre for their
comfort
;
their
own
confciences and
the
rule may
preach it
to
them.
Secondly, The
wicked on the
other
fide,
if
they
continue
as
they are,
may
h'ence
gather
arguments
for their
own
damnati-
on.
If
the
rule and confcience might
be
heard ,they
would
fpeak
bitter
things
againfl
them,
and
give
a
fearful fentence on
them.
It
may be
they
can
fmother
their
confciences
now
for
a
time;
but they will one
day
lead
them
a
fearful
lecture..
I
fpeak
not
now only
of
thofe who
drown
their
confciences
in
their
cups,
and fear
their
confciences by
their
groffe
fins
;
but
of
thole
who
would.
31
ring
wit-
nefiè
of
conf
i-
ence.
Vie
r.
Mattb. 5,6
t
Pet, a, i
o.
71fe2,