The danger of ttn illConfcienct. ~2) ~~----~~----~~--~- ------------------ Cap.I6. CH A P. XVI• . ·-·-- .. ;... bf the danger and mifchief of An evil Confcience. THe Excellencie and. Benefit of the GogJThe ciati· Conrflcience is hot fo great, but the evit g~~ anh.df f. . . . f h .. 1 C ,r;.. • . . mrac re o · and mifchzef o t e ev1. on;cl.en~e IS as an evil great, whicli is our fecond corifideratiori, confdencc: and this will appear ili three particu.lars: 1. Here comi:uoiily is the ftrjt decaJ, as ih the Text y~u fee, HjmeneuJ arid Alexander no fooncr hadptit a~ay their Confcience , but ttiey J1nk their faith, when once Con• fcience i~ tainted and beconie corrupt, then prefeiitly the Judgef!lent' then the Ajfef1ionr, thei1 the Life,andwhat not? CorruptionHi the ConfciC"nce is as poifon in the fpring bead; this fountai.A corruptedall theftrtamr run muddie. Therefore Satan comnionly begins here, arid feeks Eritnirice for lefs fin~ , x upon the Confcietice, as Houfe-1~obbers put in their lefs boies into th~ windowes ' to . fet operi all the doors of the houfe for all ' the companie to enter~ ' ' , Netm.repentefuit .Turft.iffimNr_;,;.:;,. No manaq-ives at the heigfit of lmpietie at once ; And this is conirhonly the tirft il:ep. One unclean fpirit entertained makes rootri Ma . ... .... for {eve11 fl'orfe to follvw. When Corifcience · t.U·fs.! . likes riot to retai11 ihe kjowledge ofGod, God · Q..- · givd
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