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truth_n keep_n mercy_n for_o thousand_o forgive_a iniquity_n transgression_n and_o sin_n yea_o the_o lord_n be_v good_a to_o all_o and_o his_o tender_a mercy_n be_v over_o all_o his_o work_n he_o be_v full_a of_o compassion_n and_o gracious_a long-suffering_a and_o plenteous_a in_o mercy_n and_o truth_n isa_n 63.15_o exod._n 34.6_o 7._o psal_n 86_o 5_o 15._o &_o 103.8_o &_o 145.8_o 9_o whence_o then_o be_v these_o approach_n towards_o despair_n o_o thou_o tremble_a soul_n whence_o why_o do_v these_o torment_a thought_n stick_v upon_o thou_o be_v it_o that_o god_n can_v be_v not_o able_a to_o pardon_v thou_o nay_o what_o be_v too_o hard_a for_o a_o omnipotent_a mercy_n to_o pardon_v or_o pass_v by_o man_n can_v put_v up_o but_o a_o few_o provocation_n such_o be_v his_o impotence_n through_o pride_n passion_n etc._n etc._n he_o can_v contain_v but_o will_v be_v call_v for_o fire_n from_o heaven_n but_o god_n have_v proclaim_v his_o name_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o lord_n the_o lord_n the_o mighty_a god_n tremel_n god_n deus_fw-la fortis_fw-la jun._n &_o tremel_n his_o omnipotence_n can_v forgive_v both_o iniquity_n transgression_n and_o sin_n all_o kind_n all_o degree_n of_o sin_n luk._n 9.54_o exod._n ibid._n numb_a 14.18_o 19_o 20._o amos_n 7.2_o 3._o what!_o be_v it_o that_o he_o care_v not_o be_v not_o willing_a to_o forgive_v and_o have_v mercy_n upon_o thou_o nay_o as_o i_o live_v say_v the_o lord_n i_o have_v no_o pleasure_n in_o the_o death_n of_o the_o wicked_a but_o this_o be_v his_o pleasure_n that_o the_o wicked_a turn_n from_o his_o way_n and_o live_v lo_o how_o he_o invite_v enjoin_v entreat_v it_o turn_v you_o turn_v you_o from_o your_o evil_a way_n how_o he_o expostulate_v in_o it_o why_o will_v you_o die_v god_n be_v not_o willing_a that_o any_o shall_v perish_v but_o that_o all_o
7._o exercise_v yourselves_o to_o have_v always_o a_o good_a conscience_n so_o paul_n herein_o do_v i_o exercise_v myself_o to_o have_v always_o a_o conscience_n void_a of_o offence_n towards_o god_n and_o towards_o man_n act._n 24.16_o conscience_n will_v not_o be_v insure_v or_o preserve_v without_o consideration_n exercise_n and_o pain_n 1._o co-united_a endeavour_n there_o must_v be_v as_o respect_v the_o subject_n herein_o do_v i_o exercise_v myself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o be_v his_o study_n his_o labour_n his_o work_n his_o business_n which_o take_v up_o his_o outward_a special_o his_o inward_a man_n of_o so_o large_a a_o import_n be_v that_o word_n here_o be_v matter_n enough_o to_o take_v up_o the_o whole_a man_n mind_n memory_n will_n affection_n member_n which_o have_v need_n be_v all_o employ_v either_o for_o inform_v of_o or_o conform_v to_o conscience_n 2_o continue_v endeavour_n they_o must_v be_v as_o respect_v the_o circumstance_n herein_o do_v i_o exercise_v myself_o always_o let_v the_o time_n frown_v or_o favour_v the_o good_a conscience_n let_v conscience_n smite_v or_o smile_v whether_o you_o be_v under_o the_o arrest_n of_o judgement_n or_o the_o happy_a liberty_n of_o mercy_n whether_o man_n speak_v well_o or_o ill_o whether_o the_o candle_n of_o the_o lord_n shine_v upon_o you_o on_o the_o one_o hand_n or_o the_o calumny_n of_o man_n like_v so_o many_o arrow_n stick_v fast_o in_o you_o on_o the_o other_o whatever_o business_n be_v before_o you_o this_o business_n must_v not_o be_v behind_o or_o be_v neglect_v by_o you_o and_o herein_o use_v a_o holy_a constancy_n as_o you_o will_v maintain_v a_o holy_a conscience_n and_o be_v able_a to_o say_v with_o paul_n i_o have_v live_v in_o all_o good_a conscience_n before_o god_n until_o this_o day_n 1_o pet._n 3.15_o job_n 27.6_o 3_o comprehensive_a endeavour_n they_o must_v be_v both_o as_o respect_v the_o state_n of_o conscience_n that_o it_o be_v void_a of_o offence_n and_o the_o object_n it_o regard_v likewise_o both_o towards_o god_n and_o towards_o man_n keep_v the_o conscience_n inoffensive_a if_o you_o will_v keep_v it_o entire_a and_o evangelical_o good_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v sometime_o passive_o take_v phil._n 1.10_o sometime_o active_o 1_o cor._n 10.32_o that_o conscience_n neither_o give_v nor_o take_v offence_n either_o offend_v or_o be_v offend_v eye_n conscience_n in_o both_o kind_n and_o herein_o exercise_v yourselves_o constant_o nor_o only_o as_o respect_v god_n nor_o only_o as_o respect_n man_n but_o as_o respect_v both_o god_n and_o man_n first_o as_o respect_v god_n then_o as_o respect_n man._n let_v religion_n towards_o god_n and_o righteteousness_n towards_o man_n be_v your_o continue_a exercise_n and_o you_o will_v neither_o impair_v the_o tranquillity_n nor_o injure_v the_o tenderness_n of_o your_o conscience_n job_n 2.3_o psal_n 15._o isa_n 33.15_o 16._o conscience_n have_v both_o table_n of_o the_o law_n commit_v original_o to_o it_o the_o conscience_n again_o commit_v they_o as_o josiah_n do_v to_o the_o other_o power_n as_o its_o inferior_a officer_n when_o these_o bring_v conscience_n word_n as_o shaphan_n bring_v the_o king_n back_o word_n again_o say_v all_o that_o be_v commit_v to_o thy_o servant_n they_o do_v it_o then_o we_o have_v both_o a_o sincere_a and_o inoffending_a and_o also_o a_o secure_a and_o inoffended_a conscience_n 2_o chr._n 34.15_o 16._o 8._o exercise_v conscience_n often_o if_o you_o will_v have_v it_o always_o good_a the_o weal_n of_o conscience_n lie_v muchwhat_a within_o the_o wall_n of_o conscience_n if_o you_o will_v keep_v conscience_n well_o you_o must_v keep_v conscience_n at_o work_n sloth_n will_v beget_v sickness_n beget_v sin_n and_o incense_v justice_n to_o take_v away_o your_o talon_n mat._n 25.28_o 2._o 1_o be_v frequent_a in_o examine_v conscience_n ask_v how_o the_o case_n stand_v the_o frequent_v trier_n be_v usual_o the_o forward'st_a thriver_n in_o the_o school_n of_o christ_n and_o of_o conscience_n as_o well_o as_o of_o humane_a literature_n the_o more_o you_o prove_v and_o examine_v conscience_n the_o more_o you_o provoke_v and_o engage_v it_o for_o aftertime_n and_o improve_v the_o experience_n antecedent_n psal_n 77.6_o etc._n etc._n 2_o be_v forward_o in_o exciting_a conscience_n be_v it_o incident_a to_o drowsiness_n distemper_n deadness_n call_v upon_o it_o the_o often_o rouse_v it_o up_o by_o awaken_n consideration_n thy_o conscience_n be_v keeper_n of_o the_o vineyard_n the_o other_o faculty_n and_o thy_o own_o vineyard_n have_v thou_o not_o keep_v put_v it_o in_o remembrance_n of_o its_o duty_n and_o thy_o danger_n provoke_v it_o by_o argument_n of_o mercy_n and_o alarm_n of_o justice_n that_o if_o thou_o must_v say_v with_o the_o spouse_n i_o sleep_v yet_o thou_o may_v say_v with_o she_o my_o heart_n wake_v psal_n 108.2_o cant._n 1.6_o c._n 5.2_o 3_o be_v faithful_a in_o exonerate_v conscience_n whatever_o conscience_n direct_v by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n dictate_v fail_v not_o to_o do_v it_o whatever_o it_o forbid_v thou_o forbear_v it_o else_o thou_o teach_v conscience_n to_o forbear_v thou_o limit_v conscience_n and_o not_o listen_v to_o conscience_n be_v a_o ready_a way_n to_o the_o lose_n of_o conscience_n it_o be_v miserable_a when_o man_n be_v churlish_a with_o conscience_n and_o it_o must_v be_v say_v of_o you_o as_o nabal_n servant_n say_v of_o he_o he_o be_v such_o a_o son_n of_o belial_n that_o conscience_n can_v speak_v to_o he_o 1_o sam._n 25.17_o listen_v to_o conscience_n then_o and_o be_v lead_v by_o it_o so_o shall_v thou_o live_v in_o all_o good_a conscience_n as_o god_n say_v to_o abraham_n so_o say_v i_o to_o thou_o in_o all_o that_o sarah_n in_o all_o that_o conscience_n shall_v say_v unto_o thou_o harken_v unto_o her_o voice_n if_o you_o will_v hold_v a_o good_a conscience_n obey_v a_o good_a conscience_n if_o it_o may_v not_o be_v hear_v it_o will_v 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psal_n 51._o job_n 11.14_o 15._o raise_v and_o quicken_v faith_n this_o will_v subdue_v enemy_n without_o sanctify_v conscience_n within_o sprinkle_v the_o blood_n of_o jesus_n on_o it_o and_o suck_v continue_a virtue_n from_o his_o bless_a promise_n 1_o joh._n 5.4_o 5._o act._n 26._o heb._n 10.22_o 23._o repeat_v and_o continue_v the_o dear_a and_o delicious_a act_n of_o love_n which_o will_v facilitate_v the_o commandment_n to_o you_o free_a conscience_n in_o you_o and_o fit_v you_o to_o whatever_o capacity_n christ_n shall_v call_v you_o 1_o joh._n 5.3_o 1_o cor._n 13.4_o 8._o chap._n iii_o of_o the_o pure_a and_o defile_v conscience_n q._n 1._o whether_o the_o conscience_n in_o man_n be_v natural_o pure_a or_o defile_v touch_v this_o i_o must_v return_v you_o to_o what_o have_v be_v already_o speak_v chap._n 2._o quest_n 2._o and_o 3._o q._n 2._o whether_o a_o pure_a conscience_n be_v attainable_a by_o man_n in_o this_o life_n there_o be_v a_o double_a purity_n of_o the_o conscience_n 1._o exact_a and_o legal_a as_o full_o answer_v to_o what_o the_o law_n ask_v 2._o evangelical_n and_o more_o large_a as_o fit_o agree_v with_o what_o the_o gospel_n allow_v that_o exclude_v all_o degree_n of_o pollution_n and_o include_v all_o degree_n of_o perfection_n this_o allow_v no_o degree_n of_o pollution_n and_o aspire_v after_o the_o high_a degree_n of_o perfection_n 1._o that_o legal_a and_o exact_a purity_n of_o the_o conscience_n neither_o can_v nor_o ever_o be_v attain_v since_o the_o fall_n by_o any_o mere_a man_n in_o this_o life_n 1._o who_o be_v ever_o privilege_v in_o this_o life_n from_o the_o pollution_n of_o conscience_n who_o can_v say_v i_o have_v make_v my_o heart_n clean_o i_o be_o pure_a from_o my_o sin_n who_o can_v understand_v his_o error_n who_o can_v bring_v a_o clean_a thing_n out_o of_o a_o unclean_a as_o man_n be_v not_o one_o there_o be_v not_o a_o just_a man_n upon_o the_o earth_n
as_o he_o first_o work_v then_o witness_v so_o there_o be_v usual_o some_o distance_n of_o time_n between_o this_o and_o that_o and_o his_o witness_v that_o we_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n do_v ever_o presuppose_v that_o work_n as_o every_o act_n do_v presuppose_v its_o object_n rom._n 8.15_o 16._o beside_o the_o spirit_n do_v not_o evidence_n or_o witness_v the_o truth_n of_o grace_n to_o we_o but_o in_o and_o by_o the_o exercise_n of_o grace_n as_o it_o be_v at_o work_n in_o we_o the_o god_n of_o hope_n fill_v you_o with_o all_o joy_n and_o peace_n in_o believe_v that_o you_o may_v abound_v in_o hope_n through_o the_o power_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n rom._n 15.13_o now_o as_o grace_n must_v be_v before_o it_o work_v so_o the_o work_n and_o exercise_n of_o grace_n be_v seldom_o of_o that_o eminence_n as_o to_o amount_v to_o a_o evidence_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o grace_n till_o time_n have_v give_v we_o some_o taste_n and_o trial_n of_o they_o in_o iterate_a and_o renew_v act_n 4_o a_o pious_a christian_a may_v live_v for_o a_o long_a time_n without_o peace_n of_o conscience_n then_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o premise_n grace_n itself_o be_v call_v the_o inward_a and_o hide_a man_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o like_o the_o soul_n in-being_a in_o the_o body_n be_v not_o know_v à _fw-fr priori_fw-la from_o its_o cause_n but_o à _fw-la posteriori_fw-la from_o its_o effect_n 1_o pet._n 3.4_o 2_o cor._n 4.16_o col._n 1.6_o admit_v that_o these_o effect_n be_v discernible_a yet_o be_v they_o not_o actual_o and_o so_o efficacious_o discern_v as_o to_o assure_v peace_n without_o the_o concurrence_n of_o a_o twofold_a witness_n god_n spirit_n and_o our_o spirit_n god_n spirit_n as_o be_v a_o most_o free_a agent_n be_v not_o oblige_v to_o this_o or_o that_o or_o indeed_o to_o any_o time_n of_o we_o he_o blow_v where_o and_o when_o he_o list_v our_o spirit_n be_v often_o so_o dull_v discompose_v distemper_v with_o passion_n prejudices_fw-la prevail_v fear_n and_o sorrow_n or_o power_n of_o melancholy_n etc._n etc._n as_o they_o be_v disenable_v to_o discern_v till_o these_o be_v wear_v out_o with_o time_n and_o experience_n and_o mean_a while_n like_o asaph_n and_o other_o the_o soul_n ofttime_n refuse_v to_o be_v comfort_v rom._n 8.16_o psal_n 51.12_o joh._n 3.8_o psal_n 77.2_o gen._n 37.35_o jer._n 31.15_o 5_o hence_o there_o be_v no_o such_o inseparable_a connexion_n between_o grace_n and_o peace_n as_o a_o man_n shall_v disclaim_v grace_n because_o he_o be_v as_o yet_o deny_v peace_n it_o be_v a_o weighty_a say_n of_o that_o worthy_a servant_n of_o god_n 〈…〉_o god_n love_n grace_n truth_n &_o growth_n serm._n 11._o p._n 〈…〉_o who_o be_v now_o shine_v in_o another_o world_n though_o there_o can_v be_v true_a peace_n where_o there_o be_v no_o grace_n yet_o there_o may_v be_v true_a grace_n where_o there_o be_v no_o peace_n q._n 9_o whether_o pious_a christian_n may_v not_o lose_v the_o peace_n of_o their_o conscience_n no_o doubt_v they_o may_v if_o we_o understand_v it_o of_o peace_n itself_o though_o they_o can_v lose_v the_o seed_n of_o peace_n 1_o they_o can_v lose_v the_o seed_n of_o peace_n and_o in_o this_o sense_n can_v lose_v their_o peace_n i.e._n seminally_n and_o radical_o consider_v it_o be_v a_o peace_n and_o assurance_n for_o ever_o a_o everlasting_a joy_n a_o joy_n that_o no_o man_n take_v from_o you_o for_o ever_o not_o in_o regard_n of_o a_o uninterrupted_a continuance_n here_o but_o in_o regard_n of_o its_o unintermitted_a cause_n there_o be_v ever_o cause_n or_o matter_n of_o peace_n though_o there_o be_v not_o ever_o the_o conscience_n or_o mercy_n of_o peace_n isa_n 32.17_o c._n 35.10_o joh._n 16.22_o 1._o christ_n our_o peace_n be_v the_o same_o still_o the_o same_o consider_v in_o himself_o and_o as_o to_o the_o consummate_v of_o our_o salvation_n he_o will_v not_o lose_v his_o interest_n in_o his_o saint_n and_o have_v assure_v they_o shall_v not_o lose_v their_o interest_n in_o himself_o they_o may_v forfeit_v his_o smile_n but_o shall_v never_o fall_v from_o himself_o heb._n 13.8_o c._n 5.9_o joh._n 6.37_o 39_o c._n 10.28_o 29._o 2._o the_o covenant_n of_o peace_n be_v the_o same_o still_o it_o be_v a_o everlasting_a covenant_n and_o give_v ground_n of_o everlasting_a comfort_n and_o the_o propriety_n of_o his_o saint_n therein_o be_v everlasting_a too_o though_o they_o can_v ever_o plead_v it_o they_o may_v not_o ever_o have_v the_o comfort_n of_o the_o covenant_n but_o they_o shall_v never_o be_v cut_v off_o or_o cast_v out_o of_o covenant_n heb._n 13.20_o isa_n 54.8_o 9_o 10._o c._n 61.8_o jer._n 33.40_o heb._n 13.5_o 2_o they_o may_v lose_v the_o sweet_n of_o peace_n yea_o peace_n itself_o god_n himself_o give_v evidence_n to_o it_o remember_v how_o he_o speak_v to_o and_o of_o his_o church_n o_o thou_o afflict_a toss_v with_o tempest_n and_o not_o comfort_v i_o call_v thou_o as_o a_o woman_n forsake_v and_o grieve_v in_o spirit_n we_o have_v hear_v a_o voice_n of_o tremble_a of_o fear_n and_o not_o of_o peace_n i_o have_v take_v away_o my_o peace_n from_o this_o people_n even_o love_v kindness_n and_o mercy_n i_o be_v wroth_a and_o smite_v he_o i_o hide_v i_o and_o be_v wroth_a etc._n etc._n isa_n 54.6_o 11._o jer._n 30.5_o isa_n 57.17_o the_o godly_a have_v give_v we_o their_o experience_n in_o it_o too_o behold_v for_o peace_n i_o have_v great_a bitterness_n say_v hezekiah_n isa_n 38.17_o the_o arrow_n of_o the_o almighty_a be_v within_o i_o say_v job_n the_o poison_n whereof_o drink_v up_o my_o spirit_n the_o terror_n of_o god_n do_v set_v themselves_o in_o array_n against_o i_o my_o hope_n have_v he_o remove_v like_o a_o tree_n he_o have_v also_o kindle_v his_o wrath_n against_o i_o and_o count_v i_o unto_o he_o as_o one_o of_o his_o enemy_n etc._n etc._n he_o tear_v i_o in_o his_o wrath_n he_o gnash_v upon_o i_o with_o his_o tooth_n etc._n etc._n job_n 6.4_o c._n 19.10_o 11._o c._n 16.9_o what_o shall_v i_o tell_v you_o of_o heman_n of_o asaph_n or_o of_o 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