to dr v t v f i e S A I N T S . 1 Z I I I him to buckle to them in ; This is a dead Conícience ; it bath no life at all in it; when the Conícience hath life in it once , then it hath power ; it bath a mighty force over a man ; as the Church My foule made me like the Chariots of Antinadab, Cant, 6. z z. That is my Confcr- ence was very forceable and powerful! in mee, it made me not onely to goe after God,but it carried me as it were in a Chariot very willingly. But when the Confèicnce can whif- per onely and find fault, and bath no power at all with it to make one obey from day to day, this is a dead Conícience. Fifthly, deadneffe of Affecîion; when the affeétions are clumbzie, and will not t+irre towards God, and all heaven- ly things ; when a man is like a block in good duties bee bath no affe..fions to them nor in them ; the affecgi- ons are all alive to earthly things , when they are Hill oat of order ; as the Apot+le Paul (ayes , Mortifie your inordinate Afeíîions, Col. 3. S. That is, your AffeF,tions muff not bce out of order, if they be alive to other things yee mull kill them, that way, that they may be alive towards all the things that are above ; now when the Affe&ions will not move that way at all, then they are dead. But J will ipeake no more of this ; well, then let us come to the Doétrine : A dead Chriftian a even 45 good as no Cbriffian at all. G oe through all Chriflianity, and wee (hall fee this to be true in every paflage ; fhould a man have all Chriflianity in him, and yet be dead and dull and without life, it is even all one, as if bee had jut+ nothing. Firll, for Convert-ion ; fhould a man feeme to be convey- ted. O what a changed man is this, bce was a Drunkard, and now he is fiber; bce was a Whorer, and now bec ischaft, he was a prophane beat+, and now he is cleane another man ; this is well : I, but if thou beeft dead to the waves of God ; if thou beef± not quickned up to them , this is magnum nihil ; Conver(ion is a gnickning, ; When wee were de -d in (homes bee bath quickened us together With Chri fi Ephef. 2.5. Converfion is not onely a turning of a man from wicked E e z wayes S z. !
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