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A

Treati(e of

Gonfcience.

37

aright

in

matters both

concerning our general! and

particular

calling,

both towards

God

and

towards

man,

and

this illight-

1

ned

confcience

is a

great

bleffing

of

God

: I.

Becaufe

it

is

the

proper

effe8

dale

law

of God

:

2.E'ecaufe

it

is a

very

grew-

ad-

vantage

to

a

man

in

the whole

courfe

of

his

life when

a

mans

confcience

is

illightned to

diret

him

in

every

cafe

what

he

is

to

do.

If

an

illightned

confcience be

fo

great

a

ble(ting, then

be

vfe

I.

thankfull

to God for

it

if

ye have

it,

and

ufe

it

as

a

bleflin;.

Some

have

it,

and

ufe

it

not

as

a

blelfing

;

the Devils

have

is

as

a

curie;

many wicked men have it

as

a

cui

:

It

maketh their

fiinnes

the

greater.

Like

as

a

colour,

the

more light fhineth

up-

on

it

the

greater

it

is

green

is

more

green,

andwhite

is

more

white

,

and red more red,

&c. So

it

is

with [inne; the more

light

thy

confcience

bath, the greater

is

thy

[inne;

thy drunken-

neffe

is

more heinous, and

thy

fwearing and the

like

by

how

much

committed

againft

more light.

Oh therefore

make

ufe

of

the

light

of

thy confcience

as

`David

did

:

Thy Word

is

a Lamp

unto

my

feet,

and a

light

unto

my

paths.

What followeth

?

I

peal.

119

have [worn, and

I

will

perform

it,

to keep

thy

righteous judge..

jog.

menu. Mark,when

his

confcience

was

iilightned,he

bound him

-

felf to follow the

direaions thereof.

2.

Is

an

illightned

confcience

fuch

a

bleffing

?

O

labour

to

get

it;

be

not

without

it

for

a

world. Thou wert better

walk

Vie

24

blindfold. over

narrow

bridges and

planks,

better

walk

in

the

dark

through

a

place full of

downfals

and

marl

-pits,

then

walk,

without

a

confcience

illightned.

Fie

who

walketh

in the

dark,

knoweth not

whether

hegoeth,John

I

z.

35.

O

labour

therefore

to

get

a confcience

illightned.

It

is

true,

a

man

may have an il-

lightned

confcience

and yet

go

to

hell

:

but this

is

molt certain,

without

an illightned confcience

a

man

cannot

go

to

heaven.

And

if thy confcience-be

fomething illightned, yet

labour for

more light.

It

will

prevent

many

a

ftumble,fave

thee

from

ma-

ny

a

knock.

Thou knower

not

what

cafe

thou

mayft be in,

what

difficult

ftraits thou

mayft be

put unto

;

if

thon

haft

not.

light

in

thy confcience to

dire

thee, what wilt thou do

?.

I!.

An.