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A

Treat

fe of

Con

ic,~ience.

(

69

pie,

he

calleth

him the

God

of

peace

;

he

fannifieth

his

people

by

peace

:

It

maketh

them

think thus,

We muff

not

do

this

or thou

as

others

do

;

we

Jhall

lofe

the

puce of

our

con

/tierce

if

we

do.

This

makes

them

arive

againfl (inne, deny

their own

wills

and

carnal appetites;

If

I

f

Quid

not do

fo

I

fh

mid

have

no

peace.

This

peace

faneiifieth:

But

the

peace

which carnali

men

fetal

to

have

doth not

fanc}ifie

the

foul

:

they are never

the more

holy

for

the fame.Again,another

effea

of

the

peace

of

a

good

confci-

ence

is

to put

life

into

us

in

the

performance

of

good

duties

e

it

maketh

us

with

gladneffe and

delight perform the

duties

of

our generali

and

particular

callings

:

But

the

falfe

peace

of

an

evil

confcience fiiffereth

the

wicked

to

be

dead

and dull

to good

duties.

The

true

peace

keepeth

our hearts

and

our

minds:

We

fhould

lofe

our

minds

in

the things

of

this life, but this

peace

doth

keep

them upon

God

;

we

fhould

lofe

our hearts upon

our profits

and pleafures and

affaires in

the

world,

but the peace

of

confcience

doth

keep them upon

heaven

:

Phil,

.1.

7.

The

peace

of

cod

which

pafeth

all

underftanding,

fall

keep

your

hearts

and

minds.

This Both the peace

and quiet

of

a

good

confcience

but the

quiet

of

a

wicked

mans confcience

doth not

do

thus

;

it

keepeth

not

his

mind

in

this manner,

but it

is

upon

earthly

things

for

all

that.

IV. They

differ

in

refpea

of

duration

and continuance.

The

quiet

of

a

good

confcience

is

fettled

and

grounded

in

the godly;

it

never

faileth them nor forfaketh

them;

the other

peace

is

fading. Let

a

feeling Sermon come

and

rifle

carnali men,

it

taketh

away

their

peace

from

them

;

their

confciences

then

flie

in

their

faces, and

then they

fee

they

are

not right

;

Let

Joffe

of

outward

things come and light upon

them, or

any

other

af-

flicion,

it

taketh

their

peace

from them

;

confcience then

breaketh out

upon them and

fheweth them

how they

have de-

ceived themfelves

with

falfe

peace, efpecially

at

their death,

then

an

evil

confcience

(

that

bath

been

quiet

before)

in

Read

of

comforting

will affright and amaze

them.

But

if

we have

the quiet

of

a

good

confcience, it will make

us

heare

the word

with comfort,

and

not to

be

troubled

&

dilquieted

by

a

fearch-

ing