Conceier. Eng a good corktcicnce Pt'eatife Csnfcienee. Of a gad and 64d Cohfciso c. E have heard concerning the witnefi- bearing ofconfcience about our eftates. The next thing to be pcke.n of is that wel -i;oe n dif1ina ion cf a Good ana a W.d conscience, This diftinc son we made of in Scripture :'Concerniaa? a good con- lcience, fee Heh. 13.43. We truf we haw. agoo.d confe:erce. Concerning a bad conlcience fee Heb. ta, al. Hsysxg our hearts fprixged from an evil eenfrience. There be both the members of the diftiné &ion. Of them both biiely and in order ; and firft of a good conference. The gocdncffe of conicienceis two -fold; natural!, and re- newed. i..Thc natural! goodneflèof conlcience eonGfteth in thofe reliq Des of goodneffe which it retaineth fence the crea- tion. Ye know man depraved and corrupted his eoíiteience by his fall : yet there be Ida e r9liques left, as reafon, and know -. ledge, and reflexion. Ido not mean reliquesof any tpirituall goodneffe in conlcience : For as there is no fpirituall goodreilî left in the other fnculti s of the foul, fd neither in con`cience. But the natùraIt goodnelTe .s.loch J mean is cothieg .elfè but the veracity of cot fcience. V('he,eby it is infòrçed eccoidieg to the knov.l.dge it bath re tell the truth. Thus every wicked roan bath a good con{ fence : Their conlcience is good in that ftnf. ; their conf.i nee b:ch this natural! goodneffe , that it te'leth their the truth how it is Wit'i them. Nay, it is effentiaif to confc:ence to'Le o<..ad in. this finie, Jr is the elléntiatl pro -' perry nr conlcience to k acco :thcgg to its know lel e. It is rL.bft fc.nlry awicked man bath :- itisbeaerthen pis -vied; or i:catr, or will. There is more goodae fc in a wicked mans confeie.ace then in any rt!er of the powers of his foil! : His ccn`ciei.ee foeekerh more for GA theta hi;vlelfdorh, and ftand- eth more for r3od rhea esu,fclf w :11, Not but that as all the powers of t'z { <.):.1 fox, d:fn rl;, c t , _,:-.d by finne fc cortfci- cnc.' is `.°I<q r u i s c.' Al :my o'tbci r : be Y }peak of tiv.4. trMenr1 li 'od erL of. it, -`.c: an t"yer It, loft. The
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