GoodConfciente CfirifiianJgreat Charge. ~gS · --------~·--------------------~-------- CHAP. XIX. 1he Poptive ':tr~tth.r arijing hence af– Jerted. / THe one part of the Ufe of lnforma.:. tion was to difcover fome miftakes, and to feek to remove them, which was done itt the foregoing Chapter; The other part re– mains, which is todifcover fundry Truths, and to a!fert them, which is the fi1bjetl: of this Chapter. .And firft it tels us that whe– ther we look onTimothie as a Chriftian, or as aMinifter• here are Inferences from it. Cap.t9. Firfr,i we look on<fimothieas a·Chri./lian, and finde him thus charged by S.Paul, 1'hi1 charge I commit to thee, Son Timothie, that thou war agoQdwarfare, Holdi1tg faith and a gmul Confcience.J That a good Confcicnce is the Chrifiians greatefr Charge that he goes - withall. Whatever thou takefi charge of, be carefull ofthis, This is the charge of God, look to it, if thou lofe it, thy life muft go for it. What So-lomon faith ofWifdom,I may . fay of good Confci~nce the trueft Wifdom, Get wifdom, get underflamling, &hove all thyget. PrGV·4·S, ting. So fay I, Get a good Confcience, keep 6 ,7. a good Confc ·ence, above all ~tting get it, aboveall keeping keep it; forfake not her, fhe fuall pre{erve thee ; love her, fhe fhall keep thee. She is a tree of life to them that Prov.3 .II· lay
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