r 370 ·· Mett~s to f-et agoodConfcience. Cap. 2 5. know : Lord, try my reins, Lord m"~ me · · k.n_o~ ~P folJ. 0 Lord, k.fep me and my Confcteh~~WlthaD keeping,keep me dJ thouwould– ~ft.k!ep the apple of thineeye, that thou keeping ·• my CfJnjf;ience ~ ~y Confcience may .keep faith, t~at f~ith may keep Chrift, that Chrifl may keepmy foul in perfetl: pea~e. Without p~a.ce) wlt~t is life Worth ? Without C!;rifll ~a.n have.no peace, without faith noChrifi, Wl~houtCon[Cimcc no faith, and without thy ~eping, no Confdence, and without pray~r no hopeofthykeeping. 0 Lord fet thy An- ' .r.el with his flaming drawen two-edged rword, turning every way before thedoor ofmy Confcience to keep and guard it from heirg either forced or defiled. . . Prayer ai1dConfciencemake fuch another Jut1. t·s· affociatirmas Jud. .zb and Simeon did. Help me go~d Prayer faith Confcience, to drive out ~ . . the Canaanites <;>ut of my Coafis, toexpell Errontoufneffi ~ deatlnejfe, and hardneffe, the three fons ofAna4out of n1y Lot andJerri– tory; and I will help theePrayer,to drive out f~ar, diflrujl, and defpondenCJ out ofthy Lot. . As thofe fixalr-eady mentionedare to be ... ~h~en t , pratl:ifed to the getting or keeping of the .-. ie'~~id~d good Confcienc~ ; fo there be feven other things ~o be avoided. . . Non /olum I· Beware even of committing (mallefl eravia., fed fim, and of many things w~ichgo for laJl1• e-t levza.fi .[Nll. Wink not at fmall faults in thy felf,for ;gccal4 un~ fo
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