The tender Confcience. -- .whom he did flye from as from a Serpent 5 Cap. t 2. he would not hearken to her; thowgh day af- ...... ter day follicited by her, either to !Je with -~. ··– her ; or be in her company. .Auflinalfo tels u.s what care he had after that happy change in bim, to keep him'felf from his wonted fins? ln iliagrandi Rixa interioris domu1, quam for- Conf. I. 8. titer excitaveram cum animameain cubicnlo no.. c. a. flro corde meu, ~l·c. That there was {o much tmquiet and chiding in his lit:tle houfe, his heart, between his lulls and his confcience, tbey fell out fo iliarpl y, that th~y nmfi needs part; and he would never harbour his won.. ted lufts anymore : A happy falli ng out, and a happy parting. · · . 3· Tender confoience flies thofe which the world cals[mall jint as well asgroffe fint : He 'Will not be found ina lye, .no notin an ojfi... ciou.r orexcufotot;Y lye, filch as Gehazi's was: 2 Ki.S·2S• He flicks at a thread, and a{hooelatchet, .he fea- Ecclcf·9·2· reth anoath, ev~n a lawfull oath, if not ne- Mat.12·36' ceifary. He flyes your leffer Oaths ·( as they are counted ) of faith and 'tfoth ; he takes · beed of idle words , wanton looks; vaine thoughts, willies and motions·; he allowes hot a light behav-iour , an unfeemly habit; be is.watchfull againit inordinate anger, im– moderate cares or labour, even in his hoaeft: · tailing; he knowes in much laughter, and unreafonablemirth, there is danger ; in lo- .quaciryandrnultitade of words, there is no want of iinne. He findes foolijh talkjng, and vaine jejling, reckoned atiiOl'l~ finsr and for-. · bidden.
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