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face_n to_o be_v cover_v present_o with_o shame_n and_o confusion_n do_v it_o not_o fall_v upon_o some_o man_n like_o a_o bear_n rob_v of_o her_o whelp_n or_o like_o a_o man_n under_o jealousy_n upon_o he_o who_o he_o suspect_v of_o which_o solomon_n say_v it_o be_v the_o rage_n of_o a_o man_n he_o will_v not_o spare_v in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o wrath_n conscience_n seem_v sometime_o to_o vie_v with_o death_n in_o the_o point_n of_o terror_n and_o to_o make_v itself_o more_o a_o king_n of_o terror_n than_o he_o for_o sin_n be_v the_o sting_n of_o death_n and_o conscience_n be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o sting_n of_o sin_n that_o death_n be_v less_o terrible_a than_o a_o enrage_a conscience_n be_v manifest_a because_o thousand_o fly_n or_o have_v flee_v from_o a_o pursuant_n conscience_n to_o hide_v themselves_o in_o the_o valley_n of_o the_o shadow_n of_o death_n and_o have_v choose_v rather_o to_o fall_v into_o their_o own_o bloody_a and_o murderous_a hand_n than_o to_o remain_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o conscience_n how_o many_o pursue_v by_o conscience_n have_v repair_v to_o a_o melancholy_a beam_n as_o one_o call_v it_o or_o any_o thing_n they_o can_v make_v a_o gallow_n of_o as_o it_o be_v to_o a_o city_n of_o refuge_n or_o to_o the_o horn_n of_o a_o altar_n that_o be_v have_v choose_v strangle_v rather_o than_o life_n the_o jew_n allow_v but_o thirty_o nine_o stripe_n to_o be_v give_v even_o to_o malefactor_n 1_o cor._n 11._o but_o conscience_n will_v give_v thousand_o and_o million_o fetch_v blood_n at_o every_o stroke_n stone_n colic_n strangury_n be_v the_o name_n of_o three_o little_a torture_n compare_v to_o that_o of_o a_o wound_a and_o wound_a conscience_n for_o so_o it_o be_v that_o a_o wound_a conscience_n will_v wound_v if_o we_o wound_v it_o it_o will_v wound_v we_o that_o ever_o gnaw_v worm_n if_o we_o tread_v upon_o it_o will_v sure_o turn_v again_o nothing_o can_v make_v the_o torment_n of_o rack_a and_o burn_v seem_v small_a but_o the_o great_a torment_n of_o a_o torment_a conscience_n all_o i_o have_v say_v be_v easy_a to_o believe_v if_o we_o but_o consider_v some_o man_n have_v prefer_v hell_n itself_o before_o the_o smiting_n of_o a_o incense_a conscience_n so_o judas_n when_o he_o go_v and_o hang_v himself_o though_o other_o it_o may_v be_v have_v be_v prevert_v from_o do_v the_o same_o thing_n chief_o by_o consider_v that_o what_o be_v say_v of_o god_n may_v as_o true_o be_v say_v of_o and_o to_o conscience_n psal_n 139._o if_o i_o make_v my_o bed_n in_o hell_n behold_v thou_o be_v there_o some_o it_o may_v be_v fear_n that_o never_o die_a worm_n in_o hell_n more_o than_o the_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n we_o read_v of_o as_o suppose_v that_o the_o torment_n of_o conscience_n be_v all_o in_o all_o as_o to_o the_o pena_n sensus_fw-la or_o the_o positive_a punishment_n which_o the_o damn_a do_v there_o undergo_v say_v not_o the_o lion_n be_v not_o so_o terrible_a as_o he_o be_v paint_v or_o conscience_n as_o i_o have_v describe_v it_o for_o it_o alone_o can_v tell_v thou_o how_o terrible_a it_o be_v of_o it_o as_o of_o the_o great_a god_n may_v be_v say_v who_o know_v the_o power_n of_o his_o wrath_n according_a to_o his_o fear_n so_o be_v his_o wrath_n the_o terror_n of_o conscience_n be_v as_o boundless_a as_o the_o extent_n of_o fear_n which_o be_v a_o passion_n that_o know_v no_o limit_n the_o sea_n be_v bound_v by_o sands_n but_o the_o dread_v of_o conscience_n hardly_o by_o any_o thing_n no_o boanarge_n or_o son_n of_o thunder_n like_o to_o conscience_n no_o high_a court_n of_o justice_n nor_o yet_o of_o injustice_n so_o terrible_a as_o that_o two_o witness_n serve_v in_o other_o court_n conscience_n be_v a_o
rather_o to_o scare_v man_n than_o to_o hurt_v they_o and_o cause_v conscience_n to_o smite_v they_o that_o if_o that_o will_v serve_v the_o turn_n he_o may_v hold_v his_o hand_n for_o it_o be_v better_a to_o fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o conscience_n than_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n if_o god_n have_v not_o such_o a_o witness_n as_o conscience_n be_v how_o can_v he_o convict_v man_n at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n of_o secret_a sin_n as_o the_o text_n say_v god_n will_v bring_v every_o secret_a thing_n to_o light_n whether_o it_o be_v good_a or_o whether_o it_o be_v evil_a and_o in_o the_o 1_o corinth_n 4.5_o be_v say_v god_n will_v bring_v to_o light_v the_o hide_a thing_n of_o darkness_n and_o make_v manifest_a the_o counsel_n of_o the_o heart_n what_o but_o conscience_n can_v witness_v against_o man_n at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n their_o heart_n murder_v heart_n adultery_n as_o solomon_n say_v to_o shimei_n 1_o king_n 2.44_o thou_o know_v all_o the_o wickedness_n which_o thy_o heart_n be_v privy_a to_o now_o conscience_n be_v such_o a_o witness_n as_o none_o can_v withstand_v or_o deny_v its_o testimony_n if_o two_o credible_a witness_n be_v sufficient_a even_o in_o matter_n of_o life_n and_o death_n much_o more_o conscience_n which_o be_v a_o thousand_o witness_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o we_o read_v of_o he_o who_o come_v to_o a_o wedding_n feast_n without_o a_o wedding_n garment_n that_o when_o the_o king_n say_v unto_o he_o friend_n how_o come_v thou_o in_o hither_o not_o have_v a_o wedding_n garment_n he_o be_v speechless_a matth._n 22.12_o hence_o also_o we_o read_v of_o every_o mouth_n be_v stop_v and_o all_o the_o world_n become_v guilty_a before_o god_n rom._n 3.19_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o no_o reply_n be_v make_v to_o our_o saviour_n when_o he_o say_v he_o that_o wâ—â—_n without_o sin_n let_v he_o cast_v the_o first_o stone_n at_o she_o for_o the_o text_n say_v john_n 8.9_o they_o which_o hear_v it_o be_v convict_v in_o their_o own_o 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appoint_v to_o warn_v because_o conscience_n always_o speak_v with_o the_o party_n themselves_o and_o leave_v its_o errand_n in_o their_o own_o breast_n indeed_o when_o christ_n shall_v come_v to_o judge_v the_o world_n it_o be_v say_v he_o will_v come_v like_o a_o thief_n in_o the_o night_n yea_o when_o god_n come_v to_o ruin_v person_n or_o nation_n after_o fair_a warning_n give_v but_o never_o take_v he_o ofttimes_o do_v it_o sudden_o hence_o destruction_n be_v say_v to_o come_v as_o a_o whirlwind_n or_o as_o sorrow_n upâ—n_v a_o woman_n in_o travel_n who_o be_v sometime_o never_o better_a at_o ease_n or_o more_o light-some_a or_o cheerful_a than_o just_a before_o their_o pain_n hence_o those_o word_n of_o solomon_n prov._n 29.1_o he_o that_o be_v often_o reprove_v harden_v his_o neck_n shall_v sudden_o be_v destroy_v and_o that_o without_o remedy_n there_o we_o read_v indeed_o of_o sudden_a destruction_n but_o of_o frequent_a reproof_n go_v before_o it_o now_o conscience_n be_v 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water_n to_o drink_v which_o be_v more_o bitter_a than_o the_o water_n of_o marah_n if_o the_o great_a judge_n shall_v thus_o deliver_v up_o a_o man_n to_o the_o severe_a of_o jailer_n and_o say_v throw_v he_o in_o prison_n and_o give_v he_o no_o hope_n to_o come_v out_o till_o he_o pay_v the_o utmost_a farthing_n handle_v he_o as_o thou_o do_v cain_n judas_n francis_n spira_n for_o thou_o can_v do_v it_o teach_v he_o as_o gideon_n teach_v the_o man_n of_o succoth_n with_o brier_n and_o thorn_n tear_v he_o in_o piece_n and_o let_v none_o deliver_v he_o psal_n 15.22_o if_o such_o a_o sentence_n as_o that_o shall_v come_v forth_o from_o the_o great_a god_n he_o upon_o who_o it_o be_v past_a needs_o no_o poverty_n no_o loss_n of_o near_a and_o dear_a relation_n no_o bodily_a sickness_n or_o pain_n no_o temporal_a prison_n no_o reproach_n or_o disgrace_n from_o man_n to_o make_v he_o miserable_a nay_o he_o shall_v be_v so_o in_o spite_n of_o riches_n honour_n power_n the_o best_a of_o 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to_o try_v my_o most_o solemn_a enterprise_n by_o the_o touchstone_n of_o this_o question_n will_v this_o or_o that_o give_v i_o comfort_v when_o i_o come_v to_o die_v how_o will_v conscience_n look_v upon_o this_o or_o that_o through_o the_o perspective_n of_o death_n and_o approach_a judgement_n to_o think_v often_o of_o our_o die_a and_o come_v to_o judgement_n be_v a_o excellent_a way_n to_o keep_v our_o conscience_n alive_a and_o awake_a and_o in_o smite_v case_n so_o i_o have_v do_v with_o the_o 5._o direction_n and_o 4._o use_v the_o 5._o use_v or_o corollary_n be_v this_o sith_o conscience_n be_v so_o terrible_a a_o smiter_n and_o so_o like_a to_o the_o hand_n and_o rod_n of_o moses_n which_o can_v fetch_v water_n out_o of_o a_o rock_n as_o have_v be_v show_v it_o behoove_v every_o man_n to_o stand_v in_o awe_n of_o his_o own_o conscience_n and_o to_o take_v that_o advice_n as_o in_o reference_n to_o god_n himself_o viz._n stand_v in_o awe_n and_o sin_n not_o it_o be_v a_o 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such_o terrible_a use_n of_o they_o who_o can_v not_o disport_v himself_o with_o his_o fantasy_n and_o imagination_n and_o pleasant_o act_v over_o all_o his_o former_a enormity_n upon_o that_o stage_n be_v it_o not_o for_o conscience_n that_o be_v apt_a to_o spoil_v the_o sport_n to_o look_v a_o man_n out_o of_o countenance_n and_o to_o speak_v to_o he_o in_o those_o word_n of_o solomon_n eccles_n 11.9_o rejoice_v o_o young_a man_n in_o thy_o youth_n and_o let_v thy_o heart_n cheer_v thou_o in_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o youth_n and_o walk_v in_o the_o way_n of_o thy_o heart_n and_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o thy_o eye_n but_o know_v thou_o that_o for_o all_o these_o thing_n god_n will_v bring_v thou_o into_o judgement_n they_o have_v wont_a to_o say_v cave_n cato_n videt_fw-la take_v heed_n cato_n see_v you_o but_o i_o say_v cave_fw-la conscientia_fw-la videt_fw-la take_v heed_n conscience_n see_v you_o get_v out_o of_o conscience_n sight_n if_o you_o can_v and_o do_v your_o worst_a but_o i_o have_v almost_o say_v you_o may_v as_o easy_o fly_v from_o god_n himself_o who_o be_v omnipresent_v as_o from_o conscience_n which_o be_v god_n deputy_n though_o it_o be_v not_o every_o where_o present_a as_o god_n be_v and_o present_a to_o all_o creature_n as_o god_n be_v yet_o it_o be_v present_a to_o every_o man_n self_n and_o i_o be_v about_o to_o say_v of_o it_o in_o reference_n to_o every_o man_n soul_n as_o be_v say_v of_o the_o soul_n in_o reference_n to_o the_o body_n that_o conscientia_fw-la est_fw-la tota_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la &_o tota_fw-la in_o qualibet_fw-la parte_fw-la that_o be_v entire_o in_o all_o and_o every_o part_n and_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n say_v often_o to_o thyself_o it_o be_v more_o to_o i_o that_o my_o conscience_n be_v privy_a to_o
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