rUl 'Treatife ofConfcience. ence ioyned with the former, whereby it gi- A of all his delights, and faw thehand writing ueth iudgement that a man by this or that vpon the wall; hi; countenance cha/.ed" h'U liunc hath deferued death on this manner. thoughts troubled him, hif ioyr;ts Iooft , and hU I Euerymurthm:rdeftrueth • d.ubledwh. kt!ees(motetog<ther, '1Jan.5. 6. Yea the guiltie ''l'hou art~ murtherer: confctence wtll makea man afraid, if h<e fce Ergo, Thou hafttkf<ruedad•uble dwh. bnt a worme peepe out ofthe ground : or a j Thefe twoatlions arc very forcible and tcrfilly c.reature goe croffe his way; or ifhee fee I rible : for they are the compunflions and prickbut hts owne!hadow on afuddaine , or if he ings that bee in the heart. Afl. •· 37• they are doe but forecafl:an cuillwith himfelfe,Pro, 2 8. (the firipes,as it were, ofanyron rod, where.. J. The Wtck!d fly<th !>henno man purfimh him. I with the heart ofaman fmiteth it fclfe,2Sam. Terrours·ot ctnfcienco, which are more l'4· zo. Andbyreafonofthem, confcienceis vchem~ntf.aufe other pafsions in the body,as compared to a worme that neuer dieth,but alexceedmg heate, hke that which is inthe fit waies lies gnawing and grabbling,and pulling ofan ague,the riftngofthe cnrrals towards the I arrhchcartof man, MAri(,9. 44• and caufcth mouth,and fwouning;as experience hathoften more paine and angui!h, thtn apy difeafe in B !hcwed.Andthe writerofthe booke ofWife. I the world can doe. dome faith truly, cap. I 7• zo. It i4 tlfearif•ll The timewhen confcience performes thefe thing whenm4/ict i4 c.ntkmned by horot:vRI teftij atlions, is not before the finne,ot in the all:of mony, llRd aconftimctthAt Utoi!ChedJ tktbmer ·!inning , but efpecially after the Gone is done lforwtjlcruellthings. ForfMreu nothing elfo,but I and pafl:. Reafon, r. Beforeaman finneth,the thebetraying ofthefoccoHrl, thtttreAfonoffereth., Idiuell doth extenuate the fault and make!inne &c. They th4t did indure the (a) nightthat w.u a ihe tobenofmne. II. Corruptaffellionsdoc for mtolerAble,(J<c. fomttimcs t~retroubledwith 111fJIIdarkne a time foblinde and oucrcafl iudgemenr, that ftroiU vijirms , aNdfometimts fhryfw~Jmed, fU ofEgrp irdoth not fee or at the leall: confider what is though thm owneJoulesjhouldbttraythem;for~ good or bad,till afterward. fodtl.en[eAre not loolz!dfor, c~tme vpon them. Neither cloth confcience accufe and conThe fourth is deffitration, whereby a man demne onely for the time prefent, but alfo through the vehement and confl:ant accufalong afterathing is done. The confciences of cion ofhis confcicnce comes to bee our of all Iofophs brethren accufed them ••· yeeres after hope of the pardonof his finnes. This made they had fold him into Egypt,Gen.4•·•I· Saul, .Achitophel, and lndiUto hang themThe effeCt of the accufingand condemning C felues; this makes many in thefe daies todoe confcience, is to ftirrevpfundry pafsionsand the like; as appeareth by the declarationsof motions in the heart,but fpecially rhefe fiue. fuchashaue binpreuented, whenthey were The firfl: is ft.-me, which is an atiecHoa of aboutto hangor drownethemfelues,or tocut the heart, whereby a man is grieued anddiftheir owrfe throats. pleafed with himfelfe, that he bath doneany The lafl: is apert•rbation or difquif'effe of euill,and this !hame!heweth it felfe by the rithe whole man: whereby all thepo ersand fing ofthe bloodfrom the heart tothe face. faculties ofthe whole man are forth oforder. Yet we mufl: here remember rhateueo fuch Efo, 57 .20, The wickfdillikc the raging ofthe.foa as haue the pardon oftheir finn.., andarc not thlttcannotref!, wh4trvatersc<~~flvp mire&dirt. guiltie,may be a!hamed aodblufi1, R•m.6.u. Thus much of the two fidk all:ions ofconWhAt ftuit badyee inthofothings, whereofnow fcience, which are to accufe and condemne: yeeblufh,or, beafbamcd1 Yet for all this,euen the fecond followeth roaccufe andabfolue. rhofe which are moll: guil1ie, may be without The excufe , is an al'tion of the confcience allfl1ame, ler.6. I5· Were thryajbamedwhen giuing iudgement that the thing is well done. they hAdcommitted 4btmUnati~n? "41:Y' nay, they To abfolue, is an allion of theconfcience were not tf.Jhamed, neither could they haue 4ny D giuingiudgementthat aman is free and cleare jhame, becanfc they are growne to fome great from faulr, and fo from punifhment. height in tinne. Eph·4·t8. From thefe two attions arife fome fpeciall The fccond pafsion is fodneiJe and farrow : affettions: I. boldnej[eand confidence,Pro,28·I. commonly thoughtto be nothmgelfe but,,. The righteotu are bold•saiJon.II.loy andreioylar~<holy; but betweene theljl twaine, there is fing, 2 Cor. 1·I z.Ourre~'Csng is the teflim~nyqf greareifl'.::rence. Sorrow, thatcomes by memyconfcience,th4t m a/Jftmplicitie dndgod!Jpurelancholy arifeth only of that humour annoynejfo 1 hauc had my conNerfotion in the world. ing the body: but this ether farrow arifeth of Hence it is faid, that •goodcODfcience is.tc~nti~ amans linnes, for whichhiscoafcience accunu•Nfeaft, ProH,I5 .15• . ferhhim. Melanchollymay becurcdbyphy. Hitherto I haue fpoken how confCicnce ficke : this forrow cannot bee cured by any giues iudgement ofthings done andpall: now thing,burby the blood ofChrifl. ' tollowcth her iudgcmcnt ofthings tob~done. The third isfeare, in caufing whereof, conConfcience giues iudgement of tlangs.to fcience is very forcible. Ifaman had all the come, by foretelling,& (as it were)faymg tndelights& pkafures thatheart eauwifh, they wardly in the heart , that the thmg may bee cannot doe him any good if confcieoce bee woll done. Oftbis kiHde of iudgement euery guilrie. Beljha,tar when he was inthe middefl: - man may haue experience in hirnfclfe, wh<n hee [c
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