' ' . C omcience are his principall weapons he Cap.19. mufi: be moft expert in, and exercifing at · both in ·Perfon and Pulpit. This is to preach thewhole counfell of God, to preach Faith inGod, and Con[cience in men. To· fay that Confcience is a Dutie is too little, it is the Summe ofa.UDutie;. To call good Con– f~ience a Grace is too little, it is the Sm:nme of all Graces. It is Totum Dei, The whole Command ofGod. It is Totum bominu, The whole Dutie of man. Good Confcience is theCentenu of the whole Bible, and all the Scripture bound up in a fmall Volume. \IVill you hear in one word the fumrne ofall,Keep Faith and a good Confcience, This is the. whole dutie of man ; The fumme of the firfi Table is Epitomized in one word, Love God with all thy heart. Of the fecond in another word, Love thy Neighbout &r thy [eJ/. But-the ftirnme of both Tables of the Law, and all duties of the Gofpel is reduced to this one word Confcience. Haft thou Confcknce? Thou dofl: fulfill the firll : hafi thou Con• fcience ? Thouwilt fulfill the fecond. Thou 0 man of God look well ' to thy Charge, thy own and thy Peoples· Con– fcience. Herein mufi: thou daily exercife thy felf as a workman, who needeth not to bee afhamed to keep thy fdf pure, and to keep t~y peoples Confcience without offenfe to God and man; warning ever} mau, and teach-. ing every man i'RaU wifdom) that we m~y prefent every man perfe[J in Chrifl Jefm, Col.1.28. · The
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