. ,' I ~·--- .. -':: CHAP. ·xvii. . . . Of the difficulti~ itt getting-antl J<!epitig · ' . . a f>OOtl ·c~1fjt:ie~ce, and ejcaping abad~ ' lo. I r I~~fo~ir{WEha\r~ a~re~di~ fpo~~ qf tq~ e~~~ll;TJ~ front the . ry and henejit of the gon4 ~onfctence, difficultie ~nq ~h~ d~nger a~d ~~fc~ief<?f ~he bad. B!lt of .gerring l1er~ w~ fh;lll f~e theqifficaltie ofgettipg and t~e g?od keepingt~egood Confcience is as great a~ f~~1f~}~~~e t~e e~c~llencie or ?enefit ~he~ had,. a~1d tl~e ping rhe dtffic~lueof e(captpg an ~11 C?pfcte~ce, _ ~s ~afl. · alq10fl: as grea,t ~9 ~he !lam;et· of lt_. W4at can · be (o hardlygor or kepf, a~ theo~e? wha.t (o hard to fcape and milfe, as the othef ~ Confider it in thefe three refpe8:s: · · 1. Firft in refpect of Satan, it is hard to get and keep theone, apd efc.ape the o~her. · .Saran~.. ·~ll hi's fpi~e t$ ~t g_ooq ~o11fcie~£_e, all his aim is to make a bad : HeenvieJa maii · pothing but his good Confcience,not riche~, 110t honours , not learning, parts, duties; not minl1, pleafttre, not his peace, but onely a goJld €onfcie~ce~ He cmvied not the Ser:.. pent his (ubtilty, hep:>t~lq q1a~eufe ofit.; not Gen. J· Pbaraob his Kingdom,not Ahithophil his Policy, '"·· ·· · ~orAb[.,!emhis Bea":tie, nor HafJ!~n ~~~Court '"£ ~ono~rr' ~f S~a~e-oilices, nor Dzves ~us wealth and good chetr ; He could tell how to make fife of all. Yea, be will offer his hrl p~o m~n, ~oget ~~~~l ricqes~~o~ou,rs~officf.s, ~~ar~inp, . . ' ~-~ ; \
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