~~8 GoodConfcience:MinijlerJgreat Chttrge. '-- Cap. I 9• The Heathen Prief!s and ArufPicuwere to be. -.- - ~kilfull_~h t~e Entrails of the beafts, and'by Iilfpechon mto the Sacrifices they were wont to make their obfervations; The Go– fpel Minifter his Infpection mull: be into the inwards ofhis flock. Thebefr Chrifiia'n is he who is moft verfed in his own Confcience ; and the bell: Mi.• nifter is he, who is beft acquainted, and hath mofi to do in his peoples Confciences. Ber~ nardhath an excellent faying ofConfcience, Vnicui~ [uu.1 eft Libellu! Confcientia, & propter hunc LibeUum om1ie1 alii libri inventi funt. Every mans Cot1fciertce is his ow11 Book andBible, and for this little Books fake all the good Books in the world, yea the Bible it felf, were written. All Divines Sermons, . All Divines writings treat of this Book. And.whatfoever Books are in the world, if , they no way tend to this end, to inform, ot ditett, or fatisfie, or better Confcience, it were better that the world wanted all thofe books. How happie were it hi: thcfe times if Confcience was preached more and Con• troverfies -lefs ? Whatever is the man that ' preacheth; Confdence would be the matter preadied and fpoken off; whatever be the: Auditorie; Con(cience would be the Argu• ment ; whatever the Occafton, CQnfdente the Subjell of the i;)ifcourfc; whatever be t!le' 'Text , Confcience wotdd be the Dflf1rzm handled; whatever the Dotirine;Confcience would be theV[e; whatever the Companie, ' Confclencc
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