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A93060 A good conscience the strongest hold. A treatise of conscience, handling the nature acts offices use of conscience. The description qualifications properties severall sorts of good conscience. The excellency necessity utility happiness of such a conscience. The markes to know motives to get meanes to keep it. By John Sheffeild, Minister of Swythins London. Sheffeild, John, d. 1680. 1650 (1650) Wing S3062; Thomason E1235_1; ESTC R208883 228,363 432

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that_o they_o be_v still_o quarrel_v he_o take_v they_o all_o in_o hand_n and_o give_v they_o enough_o of_o fight_v till_o they_o see_v their_o folly_n it_o have_v be_v many_o time_n observe_v by_o godly_a ecclesiastical_a writer_n that_o when_o the_o christian_n have_v abuse_v peace_n liberty_n and_o fullness_n of_o gospel_n blessing_n to_o unkind_a contention_n one_o with_o another_o and_o to_o wantonness_n in_o opinion_n and_o carriage_n god_n have_v raise_v up_o some_o enemy_n to_o scourge_n and_o still_v they_o cyprian_n give_v 4._o cyprian_a lib._n 4._o ep_n 4._o this_o for_o the_o reason_n why_o god_n let_v loose_v that_o bloody_a decius_n to_o be_v so_o bitter_a a_o persecutor_n etc._n patrimonio_fw-la &_o lucro_fw-la student_n superbiam_fw-la sectantes_fw-la amulationi_fw-la ●c_z dissensioni_fw-la vacantes_fw-la simplicitatis_fw-la &_o fidei_fw-la negligentes_fw-la seculo_fw-la verbis_fw-la solis_fw-la &_o non_fw-la factis_fw-la renuncian●es_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la sibi_fw-la 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