- 312 The want ofConfci~nce reproved. Cap.21 .nor an aectnt, nor an afpiration (faith he) .. -which is no Letter,he will not commit fitch a Verba11 fault as to fayOminem forHominem,yet faith he, he that will not againft the Rules of Grammer, & the Precepts ofhis Schoolemafter pronounce, Omimm for hominem, dare againfi the Rules ofDivirJityand precept of GodHate a man, odiJfo Hominem. Yea faith he, you may obierve the Eloquent Orcztor or Lawyer is more carefuJl ofhis words, when pleading againfi his Adverfary, and is more afraid to fpeake one word improperly, then to aggravate his chargewithout all-charity and Confcicnce. Vigilantiffime Cavet ne Per lingutt. Errorem dicat . -inter hominibut, et t!e per mentis furorem hominem aufirat exhnminibu.r non cavet,yeahe confelkth · and bewaileth it as one ofhis owne fins when he was ayoqng Scholler, that hedid abhor Barbarous Solttcifmes, and Inc1ngruities of fpecch more then abfi1rdides and incon– gruities in his a?Hoils. But lee all men know wherefoever Con– fcience is wanting, or not attended, there is yet 110 Grace,nor{hall thert ever beglory. Firft, there is yet noGrace at all in that heart, the firfr lelfon and the A. B. C. of a Chriftian is, ·· Make Co~1 cience,The firfi thing that God cloth worke in that n]ighty change from nature to Grace, and T rani1ationftomdeath to lifi,is the new heart. He begins evnwith Confdence, He a wakens it, he ioftens it,enlightneth it, enliE'zek. 36. veneth it:, He cleanfeth it, he Santl:ificth it, 2s, ~ o· · Hedwelleth 1n it. Thefirfi worke ofGrace is the Donation ofa new heart, and thechange - of a Hone into f!e!h. The
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