ptíouo jaflfh 433 agahi and give thee wound for wound, thou ¡halt doom thy fe1f, and like the Devils carry thy Chains, and Hell about With thee. Tiberius profeffed to the Senate, That he fuffered death daily : he meant in the torments of his accu- fing Confcience. On the other hand, if thou turn thine eyes inward, and obferve Confci- ence, and walk by the line and level of ir, thy Heart fhall be at reft, Confcience ¡hall be a thoufand witneffes for thee, thou (halt be thine own Comforter, and like the Angels car- ry an Heaven and Paradife about with thee ; Paul, joy thall be thine, the te(timony of Conf f- ence, that thy converfation bath been in godly fin- cerity; and what is this but Afiurance? That Confcience which faith, That thou art fincere tells thee allo, That thy Sins are pardoned Thefe two are infeparable companions, and never part the one from the other. Again, If thou rnouldJt have Affurance, thou mu!t be much in felf- examination. Commune with thy own Heart, dive into the abyfs of it, reckon with thy felt,- fìammon thy feif to the Tribunal in thy own bofom. The Philofophers efpied out this Rule.Pythagoras would not have us fleep till we had reviewed the day, asking our felves, fl adgißnv, Ti "£pSya, 7; µat AC, +cZ 7E?fl, What have I tranfgrPfírd,what done, and what omitted ? This, though done by the candle- light ,of Nature, much promoted Vir- tue, and the comfort of it. gratis Ile, form. nus poft reeognitionem fui fequitur, quam trans Taus, altar, & liber ? faith Seneca. lifter a re- G g ? viezv
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