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A
Treatife
o
f
Conft
ience.
43
If
that
cannot
be
done, then it
is
lawful(
to
follow
coníci-
Pflnfw.
ence
notwithftanding the
doubts and
fcruples
of
it. Obferve
that
place
well. Deut. 13.1.
6--c.
the
Lord commandeth if
a Duet.
falfe
Prophet
Should
come
amongft
them
to
draw
them from
I,
z,
3.4
the
truth,
and
Should
Phew
a
fìgne
or
miracle
to
conhrme
his
doarine,
and
the
figne Should
come
to
paffe
(which
might
put doubts
and fcruples
into their
consciences) nevertheleffe
confcience
inclining
to
the
truth they
are
bound
to
nand
to
that
:
for
thefe
doubts and
Scruples
do
not
argue
a
want
of
faith, but only
a
weakneffe
of
it.
I.
This
fheweth what
need we
have
to labour
to
have
our
,vfe
I.
confciences
rightly informed.
It
is
a
comfortable
thing
for
a
Chriflian to
have
his
confcience
fo
fully
illightned
as
that
he
can
without doubtingsor
fcruple
difcharge
the
duties
both
of
his
general
and
particular
calling
:
And
it
is a
great
dinurbance
to
.a
Chrinians
mind
,
when
his
confcience
is
fo
weak and igno-
rant
that
he
cannot perform
his
duties
without
doubts
and fcru-
pies
whether
he
is
right
or
no,efpecially
in
matters
of
greaten
moment.
It
is
a
great
mifery
to
have
our
confciences
blind,
which
Should be
our guides,
and which it
is
a
(inne
to
difobey.
This
is
the reafon
why
S.
maul doth
fo
often
fpeak,
l
would
not
have
you
ignorant,
i
Cor.
I
o.
T.
&
tr
.
3.
It
is
a
very
great
mife-
ry
that
ones confcience Should
be
ignorant
what
to do, what
to
hold,
what
to
follow
:
I
fay,
it
is
a
lamentable mifery,
that
many
who have
followed the
direc`lions
of
confcience,
Should
by
it
be
led
to
death
and
damnation, to do things contrary
to
Gods
word,
What
a
mifery
was it
for the
jewel
to
have
zeal
and
not
according
to
knowledge
?
&c.
ILThis
fhould teach
us
to
ufe
the
means
truly
to
inform con-
v
fe
2.
fcience,
Without
knowledge
the
heart
is
not
good
that
is,
it
is
Prov
tI
9
molt profane. There
be
three
means
to
get knowledge.
a
.
Let
Means to
us
pray
unto
God
that
he
would open our underftandings;
that
get
know.
as
he
hath
given
us
confciences
to
guide
us,fo
a1Fa
he wouldgive
ledge.
our
guides eyes
that
they may
be
able
to
direct
us a
right. The
I
truth
is
it
is
God
only
that
can foundly
illighten our
confcieno
ces: and
therefore
let
us
pray
unto him
to do it.
All
cur
Study
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