Th~ ExceUencie ofagoodConfcience. . . ~ap!I 5• Soit is in the Soul, the life of grace appears " .-: "-_~ fooner in the fmJiblenejl of Con{cience, fpi.,. ritual Compun&ions, He~rt-fmitings, and, Ikart-prickings for fin andguilt, fpirituall fearsofhis danger,.forrow for his fin, and mifcrie~ then by ' any other. to~ ens wh'atfoevev. , . 2. TalJuJ as .Origine primu1, fo itis Neceffi.:t taie maximu!, & ufu (u~muJ, of greatdl: ufe, and· abfolute Necefiitie. It is firft in th~ or~ginat of life appearing, an<\ the mofi ne.. cefiirie above all the other fcnfes in th~ continual cou~fe of life. A man maywan~ his fight, yet be a 1/ealthjul and under{landing n1an ; he may want hisbearing, yet bee a ve"' ry allive,andapprehenflvemaft ; he ata,y want jjmlJand tafte, yet b~a ftro19g t;nan; but if he want his feeli1Jg, he is a dead than. Thefe ferve mer-e to the -bwe e.Jfe bf .natural life, then to the fimple being ; So is Confcience abfolutelynecdfarie to the very beingof ~ __.- ~ChrifHan, Cl; man m~y be foor.t inparts, de., ·' ferJive in knowl~dge,Wiaft in ~utie·s, have loft his comforts, never had theOrp.ament$ of Abilities, Exprdfions, E~periences that fame others have,-yet a verygood ChrifHan·. Eut ifhehave loft hi&" C9q(ckp.c.~ ~~is a ~ead -ChrHHan altogether~ . ; . Taaw, they fay, is HominiJ. Optim~ts.. · ·• · . .-> ,]~eother fenfes oth~r creatQres excel man ' I ~P· Vultf4r odqratu, the Dog ~nd Vtllture in f~elling; .in (tgbt the Eagle, in hearing the · ' "maftiff~ ~<;. ~"t. i" [efli.'l~ ma,~~ w hi eh is\the . . . ;mql\
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