The tender Co~_tfcience. IJ7 , - The hypocrite (I fay ) . could be well Cap. I j • content his fia fhonld be ch~o~tnedup, but de;..... .– fires bot that his ilnfi.Ill nature fhould be --- -· ---~ changed: He would rather have iln tl!alijied; then nullified, moderated thenmortified. He would have· fin ~eak.!,ned aHd impdvcrilhed, but not w.lfledanddeflroyed. He would have fin his Captive, and brought down on his· k..__nee;, but nor brvught to execution; as Ah.;eb [pared his Brmhadad, when he was~ his Pri.:. toner. In aword, hew.o11ld have im ondy. rejlrained, not ruined~ · But now the Confdence truly tender of fin, hates his fin in every degree, with a per– feet and iqipartiall hatred; he would ha.ve po mercy {hewed to this Benhadad or Agag; no Covenant made with thefeGibeoniteJ :Bt his good will thefe Can~anites fhouldneither drlWw.zter, nor drawbreath; his fin lhould . neither reign nor remain in him ; he would havefi.nboth coveredandcured, but rather eured then covered; he would have "it both curbed and conquered, but rather crmquered ; both chainedcmdchanged, but rather cb.Jn•· ged; he wou1d have it both weakened and wafted, but rather w~ftsd ; he would have it_ both captived;md executed, but rather exe• cuted; he would it fhould be qualified and. ~ortified; but rather mortifiedandnullified; pe would it fhould be refirained and ru.ined; but rather utterly ruined. And this is ther_ight prilperty of a tender Confcience; which maKes a man tender and compaffionat~ _t~ N his . . . /
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