212 - The F.xcellencie of agood Confcienc_e~·- . : Cap.I5· '.. :· · ·· · ~ C H A P. XV. - of .the Excelle~cie of tt goodconfcie1Jce, andth~ benefits tbereoj: · . '. HAving hitherto fpoken of the nature of . good Confdt:-nce in generall, and of · thef~ feverall kinds of good Confcknce hi particular, I lhall now proceed to give fuch .rca(onJ, and u(e thofe arguments which may provoke us to get and keep futh a good con" tcience. Which reafons atedrawnJrom three generall heads : I. From the exctllency in, and bene: t got· ten by a go,·dConfcienc~. . 2. From the danger and mifchief of an .tvit C~nfcience. 1 r. 3;.From thedifficultie ofgetting·and keep· ingagood, and ejcaping a be~d Confcience. . This Chapter fhall fpeak of thofeexcel· lencies which are in, and the benefits gotten by a\ good Confcience : Which appears in five particulars : The excelI. The excellency of good Confcienceap· lencie ~f pears both in the Hf. not~rable Title ginn it ~?Od Con· above all other graces, and the reall Prehtmi• aCI~nc~. • h h "f d · h 11 · nence It at , 1 compare Wlt a things : I. It bath this proper Epithite and denomination given it ordinarily, of ~ooa Confciencp, A8:.23.1· I Tim.I ·5· & 19. I .Pet. ; . 1 6. & 2 r. wh~reasoth:r graces, excellc~E , lll ,,
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