l ·\ 316 The loft CQnfcience the greatiji ldfi~ Ca p.2 1. they ar~at mercyof th~Sea; ~nd in the next . ftorme 1n danger ofbe1pgcaft away. . Its a fad and fearefull 11ght to tee a man ~ in a Phrcnfie that hath nm out ofhis wits 1 and hath loft his underftandi.ng, he is now befides himfelfe, he knowes not fi·iend from foe, nor mindeth what he- does, ne>r what · comes of him, wha~aPhrenfie is the man in · that is run out efhis Confcience, Hehath loft. his Right minde indeed, and is quite Diftra[fed andbefide himjelfe. A mal\ cannot be called eompos mentu as a Chrifhan, if he be not Cumpo1GonJcienti£. It is the Gol1Rtrimans obfervation as a .Prognoftick ofan Ill and ftormy day to fol.. low, If the Sun Rife and appeare betimes~ and go to bedagaine (as they call it) then th~ looke for ill weather ere niglu,you may obferve it while you will, it never faylfs, If Confcience in a young Profelfor be ~up be• times, and tht'.n go to bed againe)fuch a man bath f~rrowes, anq miferies tollowing upon his fpirit, and many an 11 fiorme he muil expecterehedie. · . · The lofie of Confcience to a man is like .the lolfe ofthe fring to the Bee, fbee gathers nQ more Honey; but becom~s a Drone, and is e%pelled out ofthe Hive. . · .._ LoffeofConfcien.ce makes a man to be as Nabuch.:Jdnezar when he bad lo£1: his ReafQn, It was the loife of his Kingdome, He was b"11·46 33, Oepofed from tbeThron~, driven away by 34, 3 • · _his people, acknowledged no more for ~a King, nor loQI\ed upo~ _ as a tQanJ but a~ ,oJR~
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