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A
7`reatife
of
G`onfcience.
Gai.
j.2.
2,
PrOV
7.I4
rit
of
God
cometh
in
and witneffeth,
Yea,
you
fay
right;
peace
belonged, unto
you
indeed,
and
1
Jay
Amen
to
it. When
the
Spi-
rit
of God
doth
fay
thus,
then the
Lord fpeaketh
peace
to
the
foul.
The
fruit
of
the
Spirit
is
love,
joy, peace.
Peace
is
the
fruit
of
the
Spirit
:
it fpeaketh it
to
the
foul,
breedeth it
in
the
foul.
Now,
beloved, examine your
felves
:
Is
your
peace
of
this
flamp
?
do
ye leek
it
ofGod
,
and
get
it
in
the bloud
of
Ghrifl
Jefus
?
do
ye
get it
by
the
world,
and
by
your true
(peaking
confcience,
and
by
the holy Spirit
of
God
?
If
ye
get it
on
this
wife,
then
it
is
true
peace
of
confcience
indeed.
If
ye
get
it
by
your own
vaine
hopes and
by
your good
meanings,
&c,
this
peace will
not
hold alwayes
:
when your
consciences come
to
be
awaked
,
your
peace will all
vanifh away and
be no
more. This
is
the
firf}
note to trie
and
examine
your
felves
by
.
II.
If
our
quiet and peace
of
confcience
be
good, it
is ac-
companyed
with
fuch
a
life
as
is
agreeable
to
the
will
of
God
:
it avoideth
finne,
as
the
thing
that difturbeth
the
peace.
How
can
any
man have
true
peace
of
confcience when
his life
doth
not
pleafe
God
but
provoketh
his
wrath
againft
him
?
It
can-
not
be
that
he fhould
have
true
peace
who
in his
heart doth
re-
gard
finne
:
There
ù
no
peace
to
the
wicked,
faith
my God.
No,
where-ever true
peace
ofconfcience
doth
inhabit, it
dwelleth
with godlinef
a
of
life
and unblamablene
ffe
of
converfation;
as
the Apoftle
Teter joyneth
them
together,
2
Pet.3.14.
Wherefore, beloved,
Peeing ye
look
for fuch things,
be
diligent
that
ye
may
be
found
of him in
peace
without fpot and
blameleffe.
Mark
the
words;
In
peace, Without
ßot
and blameleffe.
If
ever
we
would
be
found
in
true peace,
we
muff live
without fpot
and
blamelefTe.
A
wicked mans
confcience
may
Teem
to
have
peace,
and
tell
him
he
hath
ferved
God
;
This
day
I
have
payed
my
vows,
faith
the
confcience
of
the
Whore;
but
this
is a
rotten
and
deceitfull peace.
True
peace
of
confcience
is
ever
accom-
panyed
with
fuch
a
kind
of
life
as
is
agreeable
to
the
will
of
God
in his
word.
III
If
our
peace
be
good, it
will
make
us
endure
to
hear
any