he~ wi~brmt p,;yer a~d ~r4!:_ng .cr.unfei .~t tb~ rpoutb dap;2)._ ?fGod. Good C<?nfCI.CllC~ h.ath eYer o,ne exe r;onfcientia uponGod toobferve h~s precepts~ andt~e fantbficattt ~t~er to.beg his diret1;ioi1. (;onfcJ~ncecari- ab uno J?eo pot· .be kept ft:veet? but. in.th~s ,Per(umeofPende.t,7l: Prayer~ 9bferye, and yot~ wil~ ht:td tli~ man !:::~j ' fr~quent .ln pr~yer , ordmar~Iy a mari of nift to con-_ Co,~.fcience : \But~.he.man.of C, onJ}ien~~ evei· ~ fu.ltQ,e~ ore. ~an of~~ra_J,er. Thts was theTdhmqriygiventPfiffs znt.~rofCornelim~ tl:iat he was a Devaut man, fear- ~ogda~o ag- .. d ··. · · · gre ltur ingGo with a~.h,if boufe; ,g~~ mu~h £f11fl{ to the B~za in.~ People, andprayed-.t.o ~odalwater. But the fg- Per.3.:Zr ~ pocrite.r (faith Job ). doth not delighthim(elfin Act. 1p.2: tb~ Almightj; nor pray alway to God. Ther:e Job.a7.X<i f an rio C~mfdence be made of any thing, where . Co~fcie~1ce . is not. qiade.df Prayer• .. _.·: .. 7'hey call not upo~God, fait,h D~vid, what isPfa1m.t4·: he th~Ii l,e.lW i:hart a pra.tlical At/iie{i? And Job again makes the liighefr pitch of in1pie~ ,' " ty diis, to fay toCfod depart frof!i ur, we defiYeI~b·2i. r4 not the k_n_owlerlge of thy wayer•. Wliat_it. .t~e At-, IS. mighty t~at,wejhouldferve him? ~n4what pro..; fit jhall we haveiff!Vepraj. unto him ? ,.. '. ·. .:. , Dofhhou then defireag9od Con,fcien<~? -. ;r– Pray. with Salomon; 0 Lord, give , me~hove I Ktn·3·.9· all givit:tgs, a wife and underfranding heart,, that l' niay know Howto·go in anctout ~e- . for~ ~fi'ee.. And witnD;,vid,Lord,Createin m!! Pfa!.s i~· a) tew arzd ac/tanbeart, fJ1Jd r~n.ew in~e. a right fP~rit. ~ord, be thou' frill Jearching and':kee•. ~ing this .my. heart,_ it iS too mu~h tor met~... :· . k~ep, it is too deep fo'r ' ine to fea1~ch; it is to a . fzi.biil; flippery, andt '· de~eitfull · fo.r me ; t(), , ., B.!> lfnow :- , . I .
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