, Confcience to be t~amined 327 CHAP. XXIV. Ofthe V,fe ofExamination; HAvingalr~ady fhewed what good Con... fcience is in general, what his Nature, what his Offices, what is the Excellency,Ne– ceffity, Utility, Benefit, Comfort and Happi– ndf~ of it, what the feveral kinds ofgood Confcience inpartinllar are,.and what their Marks and Characters :) a·ttd what is the Mifchief and M1fery of an ill Confcience, and . what the Difficulties o~ getting and keepmg the good and efcapmg the bad : Let it now be every mans care to Try and Examine himfelf, how n1uch of Confci– is in him, .and what tae confl.:imtion of · .his' Confcience is ? How much ofFaitb, Pu.. rity, Sincerity, Tendermjfe, ~ick._-fightednef!e, Well-fpoft.!nnej!, Honefty ,Inojfenciveneffi,PaJfive– nejfe, andCharity is in his Confcience, that he may take his partin the Promifes, Com– fort, Happindfe, and Priviledges belong· ing to the good Confcience; or whether lre· never had yet any good Confcience at all, or have loft what he had? or whether that .he takes for good be nGt bad ?whether he be ..not the man tvat hath onelyanatural Con.. fcience, or an,ill troubled, or an ill quiet? -whetherhis Confcience be not an erroneus, or fcrupulops, or :fiupid, or Lethargick, or £e.ared Confd~nce! Y 4 · And )
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