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A
Treatife
of
Confcience.
1
47
fcience
that
made
David
fay,
I
will
never
forget
thy
Precepts
PGai.
Jig
that
is,
I
will
never
omit
any
opportunity
to
remember them
39.
to
do
them.
It
was
a
watchful
confcience
that
made
Paul
fay, ¡Cor.g.z2
I
became
all things
to
all
men,
that
by
all
means
I
might
fave
fame;
that
is,
by
taking
all
opportunities
and
advantages
to
do good.
z
Pec,r,
It
was
a
watc<ful confcience
that
made
Peter
fay
;
!
will not
be
t
z.
negligent
to
put
you
always
in
remembrance
of
the,
je
things
;
that
is,
I
will
negle}
no
opportunity.
Again,
a
watchful
confcience
taketh notice
of
every
motion
and
inclination
to
evil
:
it
is
a-
wake
to
fee
when
evil
is
conceived
;
to
tell
us
of
it,
to
oppofe
it,
and
to
ditTwade
us
from
it
:
like
a
watchman
on
the
top
of
a
tower,
always awake
to
fee
when
any
danger appioacheth.
It
is
Gods
minifter with
eyes
on
every fide,
to
efpie feafons
of
good,
and
ftir
up
to
make
ufe
of
them
;
and
of
evil,
and give
warning
to
avoid
them.
2.
As a
faithful'
confcience
is
watchful,
fo
it
is
rigid
and
fe-
vere,
in
every caule
it
delivereth
its
judgment
:
nothing
can
2.
It
is
efcape
its
fentence
:
it
will
not
favour
our
lulls
in
any
particular,
fevere.
If
there
be any
opportunity
of
duty
to God or
man,
it
maketh
us
to
hear
of
it
;
though
it
be
filch
a
duty
as
none
other
will
call
upon
us
for, or
it may
be
dare
not
put
us
in
mind
of
;
as
of
love,
and
care, and help
towards inferiours;
yet
confcience
will
:
It
titheth
mint
and cumine, and
will
tell
us
of
the
leaft
du:y.
And
fo
on the
other
Ede, it will
not
(wallow the
leaft
(inne. As
it
will
not f'ailozn
a Camel,
fo
it
will
flraine at
agnat.
A
faithful
Luke
r6.
confcience
is
faithful
in
the
leaft,
If
David
fame
but
in
the lap l0.
of
a
garment,
confcience fmitech
him
for it.
It
made
Abraham
fo
precife
to
a
thread
or
a
(hoe-
latchet
;
he
would
not
take
fo
much
as
that
of
the
king
of
Sodom.
It
made Mofes
aria
to
a
very
hoof
:
it
made
'Fag/
find
fault
with
the
Corinthians
a-
bout their
haire
:
It
made
efrogufizine
condemn himfelf
for
an
apple.
3. As
a
faithful
confcience
is
watchful and fevere,
fo
alto it
is
3.1t
is im-
importunate
in
all
its
counfels.
It doth not
only deliver
its
dortunate
judgement, but Both with importunity urge the following
of
its counfel.
It
will
have
no
nay, but will
be
obeyed.
It
lead
-
eth