the dangerom C"nfci'ence. , ~uft be made fit to the other, therefore Cap.I 8. Paul cals Good Knowledge, the Knawledue T' 1 h . L b ltUS 1· • 4 ccording to Godlinefs• . Now w at 15 a. r;cft good for without a Key l what Confctence good for without Know~edge to ope~ and , {hut, to lockandunlock It i andwhat IS the 1 Key good for without the Lock? Get both Science and Confcience. ·\ Glorie not that thou haft got a-quiet, that is a blinde, deaf; filent, and JPeechlefs Con... fcience. The dumb and deaf fpirit was the worfi fpirit to cail: out of all the evil fph·its wee readof in the Gofpel, Mar. 9• zs, 26,29. The other roaring devils were more cai1ly ejeCted. Better a roaring, raging, M and rack.!:.ng Confcience, then a dumb Con· ,.;~· T.2J' fr~~ . The fecond Confdencc that is quiet, yet 2 .The un– no't: good, is that Confcience that was yet 'ne- awakened ver well4wak.!ned. But fin lies at the door like confcience aMafriffafleep, and makes no noife. Here is . quiet indeed, but a dangerous quiet. This Confcience either is given over to fleep ~ perpetuall D.eep , as God threatens Jer. ) 1. 39,40. In their hut l will ma~ theirfeafll, and. I will ma~ them drun~~n, that the] may rejoyce, and jleep aperpetuallJleep, and not awak.!, faith the Lord. Then will I bring them li~ lambs to the jlaughter. This fleepie Confciencemakes amanlike Nabalwhen he went drunken to 1 Sam. 2 s. bed, unfenfible of any danger'; yet is it a 3~,37· great Judgen;~.ent t6 be-thus drunke~ with £~,
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