r' I' .. j Meant to get thegoodConfcitn:e. .. . . . ~ .. ' .. . . .Cap. ~5· . l fay again, be fure to bewell verfed in thy own heart, -feel thy own· pulfehowit beats; wind up this Watch every night, fee · how it goes every day, fee if it be Dot down ·and have done going. ' Be not like theEle– phant, who loves ·not ( as they,fay) tQ fee his own face, therefore never drinks but ~ in muddy waters. Be not as was faid of Cain ( ·Cordis tui fugitivuJ ) A vagabond from God, and a runnagate fr0m thy felf: Hear thou when Confcience fpeaketh, that God mayhear thee when thou fpeakefr, elfeCon– ·fcience will tell thee, though· thouwilt not bear it fpeak to theenpw, hewill be heard beforeth~etters another day what ithath . againfi thee. What a.!ha-me js it to thee, . if thyown Confcience'··can give-no better teiSam ~; . fii~ony of theet~an, Nabals fervants ~id o'f 17. • · him?Our m.t{ter iJ fuch aman ofBelialthat nnne· mayfpeak.Jo him. Be fi1re to cttrry it fair with thy felf, and 'keep ·peace at home, that thy houfe be not ·divided againfr it felf, and fo. end in ruine. Miferaole it is ifman and wife live-atdifcord; God ' is not there. What is it when aman difagrees with himfelf? Or _.. be fure if there be any difcontent here, to get all compofed. Deliver thy felf 111 the E.oe; fee whether thou be in fault, or thy hot n~~ . . Confcience~ Auftin tels us how he had nia.. •d.me dt~t ny a roimd bout with himfelf, after that ' . i:~~~~~~}?.,: God had ih~ed himhis fin : !"le went ~Gde, gellavi ani· and chode htmfelf: Then I.nto ~ pnvate mamme· Garden he got, where none mtght mterrupt1 •m! him, and there Ws Confcic:nce andhe we're , wrangling
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