fcience may ·b,e. to. thee thyAaron,in fiead ,Capo~l5• ofa :Prophet; but ,itmufl then have hisMo-:- : fls w~t~ it, tQ be~~. a in•fiead of Gad. : . · .. , This ,conhideration alone well· weighed, would refo:lve. whatis to bedone in many cafes,an,d.. ~~ydirect inmany pa!fages : No– thing.Js mQre ocdinarily pleaded than Con~ (cimce, ·conftience. It is my Confciencefay . :nloft,;what ever is their prael:ifeor opinion; . 1 and, if Joab .take Sa.n~Q.ary here, he thinks . .. .· ·himfelf fafe, fecure, that none may remove 1 :.-~~·2• -. .or trouble him ; but a Soloman will fetch 2 ' 3 1 • him iheri.ce, or .he may die there. It is my . Confrience faith th~ . Papijl: the fame faitlt the Jew, the famea.Mabometan, and-I will die tor my Confcience: The fame may an .llntinomian,.. anArminian, or Anabaptift fay, and I will not goe againft myConfcience~ &~.I,but is it a: gor~d Conjcience?awell informed and inlightnet!Confcience ? .MyConfcience bids ;me do thus, fay men often ; J:, but what doth God.bid Con(cience do f . Had.not Adam fallcn,-we fhoul,d. have needed no otheu Rule blit our own Confdence : ·Now we have a Law written andProclaimec\, we muft.not·make.Confcience the SupreamLaw, but the-{11bor.dinate·. In the integrit:y-ofmy heart, may Abimelech fay, when.it was but Geri. 2e. ~·~ a .bJi.nd.integrity: And Jonah being . challeng~d for pis frowardn~~:, Doeft thpg.~elJ1 - . ' '· . J onah toheangry ;?' he r~phes, ycza, fu .well as Jonaf1. 4 .. , my Confci.en~e: i.s fatisfied th~Z1l.ca~tkl'tliein ' · ''fit mirzd,_ a<n~ th~s. ·I would do if it were . .._, tn~-laftthmg~ < l,thouW fay .or do. .. ~ · · Chryfoffom• , · ' .,.. J
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