334 _!.nExhortatioi!_!6__get the gQod Con.foience - - . Cap~i)• . Firfi to eat:h Ghriftian, who makes Con... - fdence ofany thihg,that he efpecially make it his care to get a goqd Confciehce, an~ to keep it. As Solomonof DivineWifdome, fo I · ofConfdcnce, wherein is all practicalWifPro~ 4" 5.7. dome; Above all thy getting~ -get that faith he. So fay l abpveall gettings whatfoever, get 4 good Confcience, ·: and whatfocver thougetteft :t)lOre, get it Jflill with a good ·Confcience;ai_Id with all keeping, ~ep thy confcience:, keep it Jmre,,keep it' clean, keep it inpeace, keep it thy friend, keepk as thou W,oulde.ll: ~eep the ~pple t/tli'ine. eye .:.Life and Deathare in th€ pow..;. ~r: :of C<>ntcience~ it is the principal thing) therefore above· all getting and keeping, A,ft24<Id.Joo_k tO this;,exercife thy fdfdaiJy' With the · Apol,He herein, to have thyCon1Cience al .;; ~~yes -qn ~hY. £ae, and have it without of..; , ,.. fen-Ge both t01God and man. • • I ~ . What theOrcitor anfwered toonedernan- . ·· · · d1ng wh~~ was principally neceffary to hlakea.goodprator ? PronounciatirJ1J, faidheJ What fe~ond ? 'Pronounciation. What third ? fronoukD.iation· he ari.(wer<;d .ll:ill, as if Pro.; iw.unciation d\d chiefly andwholly makea con)pleat Orator. So do you ask what is moft neceffary tt> rriake a good ChFifiian ? l au[werCBnjcience. . And what nextifyou ask? I :anfwer ~Jll Con(cience. And what a~ gain~? Cmfcienc~ fiill fay I. As of the Scholl(r ·comming from the U.:.:: niverfity, when he hath been aStudent for muny years, the -bell: Tdl:irnony which can be given him,~s,thathe hat hprofited1am 1o: ilnna
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