8o 'rcfiimony of anatural confcience,. Pfal.i 30. them ni its power ; to have this done is a seat work : For, T"eflimony Finti, The confiant vow of Confcience yes againff it. Confcienee of a natu_ (if not feared ) inexorably condemn_eth, and pronounceth rai confci- Wrath and Anger upon the foul that hath the leaf} guilt fcience, cleaving to it. Now it hath this advantage ; it lyeth doff, to againí} the for the foul, and by importunity, and lord fleaking it will he heard givenef of fin i . n what it bath to fay. It will make the whole foul attend, or it will (peak like thunder. And its confiant voyce is, that where there it guilt there muff be judgement , Rom. 2. 14, 15. Confcience naturally knows nothing of forgivenefl. Yea, it is againft its very trufl, work, and office to hear any thingof it. If a man of courage and homily be entrutled to keep a Gar - rifen againti an Enemy, let one comeand tell him, that there is peace made between thole whom he ferves, and their Ene- mies, fo that he may Ieave his Guard, and fet open the Gates, and ceafe his watchfulnefs ; how wary will he be , leti under this pretence he be betrayed ? No faith he, *I will keep my hold, until I have exprefs order from my Superio. rs. Confci- ence is entrufted with the power of God in the foul of a fn- ner, with command to keep all in fiabje.ion with reference unto the Judgement to come; it will not betray its truci in be- lieving every report ofpeace. No ! but this it fayes, and it fpeaks in the name of God ; Guilt andpunifhment are infiparable twin;, If the foul fin, God will judge. What tell you me of forgivenefl, I know what my commitilon is; and that I will abide by ; you thall not bring in a Superior Commander, a erofs Princi- pie intomy truci ; for if this be ib, it feems I muff let go my Throne ; another Lord muff come in ; not knowing as yet how this whole bufinefs is compounded in the blood of Chrift. Now whom fhould a man believe if not his own Confcienee, which as it will not flatter him, fo it intends not to affright him, but to fpeak the truth as the matter requireth. Con- Pence hath two works in reference unto fin ; one to condemn the fins of fin : another to judge the Perfiin ofthePinner ; both with reference to the Judgement of God. When forgivenefi comes) ifi would fever and part thefe employments, and take one
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