The ·deluded Confcience. J,bile, faith Job, and he reftetb in it; but th91 Cap. I 8. jhall be cut off rH the tops of the eaYJ ofcorn. Thefe Job z 4 .24 perfons die fo fecurel~, not be<;>aufe. the ftin_g ~ cffin is taken out, whtch were their happtnefs, but becaufe the fling of Confcience is.ta- ' ken out,which is their miferie. This is therefore a dangermis quiet Confcience. Let me rather die the moft dreadful death of therigh1eom, then the moft hopeful and eafie death of the wicked ! Happier a thoufand times to be fttcht away in an inftant in ElirH his jierie 2 Ki. 2.1 r. cbaret, and in a whirlwinde into heaven, then to haveNabals lingringfit of the ftone, and to I Sam.25. lie ten daies before his death as if he had 37,38. been afleep : When thefe are interred wee may as well fay, Stone to Stone, as Earth to Earth,and Duft to Duft. Thereis another ill quiet Confcience fiill, 4· The· which is the hardemd Confcience. This harde.necl treafores up wrath againft the day of rprath, confctence Rom. 2. 4.7 5. 'Ihe hypocrite! in heart heap up J b 6 . ~r~th, they cry not when GoJ fmiteth. Then ° 3 · 13 ' this there is not a greater plague on Edrtb) or Judgement inhell ; It is a fin that harh as, much miferie, and a miferie that bath as much fil'l in it as can be imagined. Now there is a fi:x... fold hardnefs ofCon- A fix-fold .r. • br. r. · l hardnefs. 1ctence, as you mayo · terve 10 many fevera e:xpreffions in the Storie of Pharoah's hearthardnt{r. . _ 1. There is a n~tural hardne(i, and infen- r. NaturaH fiblenefs in ~onfcience, which is part of the hardnefs. fin andpumfhmcnt of Original fin, which is 1n
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