Motives to get tt goo~confciencl. 34) .. , ·,, A~t ftpa~, betlo pa;ccadettriDr. · (;ap.i). ''For this man in his greateft f<jrtunes, . . ... "is but like hint who is worfhiJ.)~ in the fireet with ·cap andknee, but as fooD: as he ''is frept within doors, is curfed andrated f.' by a fcolding wife: Lik~himtha~ islodg- ' ' edin a Bed of Ivory, covered Wlth - ~loth ''ofGold, but all his bo~eswithin are bro- . ~' k~n : Like a book ofTragedies boundup ''in Velvet, all fair without; but black " within, .the leaves are Gold, but the lines. '' are bloud. 0 the rack ! 0 the torment'! 0 '"the horrour of a guilty mind! ThereJs f' no hell fo dark as anevill confcience. · S~condlyhtlt much more in adverfity, ill r Confcience ihat: hs.th long lien filent and ,quiet," is apt to cry :9ut and fly in t~e face, as Jofephl Brethred in their difirelfe were forced to cryout, Gods hand was jufiupon / them : Their fin which was beforePecctJtum fu[urranJ, is new Peccai,· clamant : '. fuch cry out as Saul in his difueffe, I am fore ·diftrelfed, the Pbili)lim't make war upon 1 Sam. 2 s.· me , and the Lor~ hath forfaken me, t S• and anfwers me no more; then poor f-oul he'goes to hei'l-for comfort, and accordit~glyhe fped.Such have neither Joy in Life,nor Hope in death. Vtrinq; timidi, as EufebiM EH[eh J:6~ · fpeaks of fome in the time ofthe Perfecuti- c4p. J4l• .on under Deciur, Cowardly and unfound . · Chrifrians, who were timidi cum ad mtJrienJum, t~m sd ftJCrificandHm ; .A Iamentabl~ <af'e, neither would their Confcience ferve ~p let them Sacrifice to the Heathen Idols, ' l ~ ~ ; ' i ~: . ·t tnor
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