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Job.

7

,

20.

Job

s.2zr

Cd.

3.1s.

A

Treatife

o

f

Confrience.

ing fermon

or

the threatings

ofGods

judgments;

Nay,if

we

be

in

strouble.this

will

quiet

us;if

in

afiliaion,this

will

comfort

us

:

It

wil

endure

al

our

life,

&be prefent at our

death;then

efpecially

it

will

thew

it fè!f

a

friend unto

us, in

(landing

by

us

to

chear and

refresh

us.

Great

peace

have

they which

love

thy

laW,

and nothing

Thal

offe

]them,faithDavid,nothing

fhall offend

them

or

take

a-

way

their

peace

:

it

is

an

eternal

&

everiafting

peace.

Thus

you

have feen

how the

true

and falfe peace

of

confcience differ.

But here

cometh

a

queflion

to

be

anfwered,and

it

is

this;

Have all

Gods

children

this peace

of

confcience

?

I

dare

fay

force

of

you

look for

this

queftion,

and

long

to

have it

anfwer-

ed.

I

anfwer

therefore, No

;

they

have

it

not

always.

Job

feem-

ed

one

while

not to

have

it

;

I

have

finned, faith

his

confcience

:

what fhall

I

doe

unto

thee,

0

thou

preferver of

men.

David feemed

one

while

not

to

have

it

;

Mine

iniquities

are

gone

over

my

head

`u

a

heavie burden

;

they

are

too

heavie

for

me, Pfal.

38.

4.

His

finnes

lay

heavie

upon his.confcience

for

a

fit.

Hezekiah one

while feemed

not

to

have

it

:

Behold,

for

peace

I

had

great bit

-

ternejfe.

And

therefore

I

fay

the

children

of

God

have

it

not

alwayes.

But

let

me

tell

you

;

They might

have

it

alwayes,

r.

It

is

po(lible they thould

have

it

alwayes:

Their

finnes

of

igno.

rance and infirmitie

do

not

break the peace

of

their

confciences:

cannot;

for

if

they

could,

then

no man

(

hould

have

true

peace

of

confcience

at

any

time.

Nothing

but

willing and witting

(ins,

finnes

againft confcience, can break

the

peace

of

conscience

:

and

as

it

is

poflible

for

the children

of

God

to

live

without

there,

fo

it

is

pofiible

for

them alwayes

to

have peace

;

yea,

they

may have daily

more

and

more

peace.

2. As

it

is

poflible

for the children

of

God

alwayes

to

have peace,

fo

they are com-

manded

to

keep their peace

alwayes

;

and it

is

their own fault

if

at any

time they

lofe

it

;

e4cquaint

thy

felfe

with

God,

and

be

at

peace,

faith Eliphas.

So,

Let

the

peace

of

God

rule

in

your

hearts,

unto

which

ye

are

called.

We

are

not

onely commanded

to

have

peace

in our

hearts,

but alto

that

it

may

rule there,

that

no

corruption

perk over it

to

hinder

it

;

we are

called

to

this,

peace, and

commanded

to

have

it;

and

therefore,as

it

is

a

fin

in