a>á41 I treatife of Confciencel have true peace. If our endeavours be not acceptable, our confcience will quickly heare of it, and tell us fo : Uwe pray coldly, or heare unprofitably, or live loofely, if we do not do chat which is acceptable to God, our consciences will faon complain. Nay though we do do the duties, if we do not do them in an acceptable manner, confcience will have matter againff us 3. This acceptableneffe of obedience Beth in this, when ourobedience isfintere, univerfàll,and total!, and proceeding from the 1piritofChriff Jeliis dwelling in us. The Apoffle giveth it this phrafe, When we walk not after thefefh hut afrerthe Spirit, Rom. 8.4. That is our fulfilling the law, when Chrifl hath fulfilled the law for us, and maketh us fincerely to walk by it, not after the fiefb but after the Spirit : when we do not favour our felves in one luff, nor tuff r our (elves in any beloved finne; but whatever it be thet is evil, our con fcience can fay we truly do hate it and labour to avoid it ; whatever it be that is commanded us, be it never to contrary to our nature, yet our confcience can fay we fincerely fet our felves to do it. So walking not after thefletlt but after the Spirit, this is fincerity of obedience, and this is required unto peace, 4. This fincerity of obedience maketh us to bewail our very infirmities, and be to be humbled for them : not onel y to be humbled for greater Pnnes, but alfa to be humbled for our infirmities. If we be not foundly humbled for our very in- firmities alto, they will hinder the peace of our confcience : We can have no peace except our confcience can witneffe that our infirmities do humble us and drive us to Chriff and caufè us to fue our a pardon. Ifconfcience have not a pardon fated for infirmities alto, it will not be at peace. Chrift bare our very infirmities : therefore we mull be humbled for them, and go to him for pardon of them too, or confcience will not bee at peace. Thus J have anfwered alto this third queflion. IV. Queffion ; Flow if a man have a burdened and trembled Confeience, zrbax mmf ¿c dot* be freed from it ? The reafon of this quellion is this; Becaufe men are ignorant about
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