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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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in_o peace_n and_o say_v to_o the_o godly_a justify_v person_n in_o solomon_n word_n eccle._n 9_o 7._o go_v thy_o way_n eat_v thy_o bread_n with_o joy_n 8._o psal_n 3._o 5._o &_o 4._o 8._o and_o drink_v thy_o wine_n with_o a_o merry_a heart_n for_o god_n now_o accept_v thy_o work_n second_o there_o be_v 3_o thing_n which_o conscience_n must_v be_v pacify_v by_o and_o those_o the_o thing_n conscience_n be_v pacify_v by_o 3_o thing_n same_o three_o by_o which_o before_o it_o be_v purify_v what_o ever_o tend_v to_o purity_n tend_v to_o peace_n viz._n 1._o the_o word_n 2._o the_o blood_n 3._o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n first_o by_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n conscience_n be_v pacify_v and_o restore_v to_o peace_n the_o word_n christ_n by_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n especial_o the_o gospel_n be_v therefore_o call_v the_o word_n of_o peace_n tiding_n of_o peace_n gospel_n of_o peace_n word_n and_o ministry_n of_o reconciliation_n 18_o act._n 10._o 36_o ro._n 10._o 15._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 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holy_a ghost_n be_v that_o sin_n unto_o death_n have_v no_o more_o sacrifice_n for_o it_o but_o become_v eternal_o unpardonable_a but_o because_o it_o be_v ever_o perpetrate_v and_o commit_v in_o despite_n of_o 26._o 1_o jo._n 5._o 16._o heb._n 10._o 26._o conscience_n against_o his_o most_o clear_a and_o strong_a conviction_n and_o against_o the_o most_o peremptory_a check_n and_o dissent_v restraint_n of_o the_o awaken_v and_o enlighten_v conscience_n nothing_o heighten_v sin_n so_o fast_o conscience_n may_v say_v if_o i_o have_v not_o come_v unto_o you_o you_o have_v no_o sin_n if_o i_o have_v not_o do_v my_o office_n faithful_o you_o have_v some_o cloak_n for_o your_o sin_n which_o now_o you_o have_v not_o this_o make_v sin_n of_o know_a man_n great_a than_o of_o ignorant_a england_n sin_n great_a than_o the_o indies_n judas_n perfidiousness_n worse_o than_o saul_n persecution_n the_o one_o do_v it_o ignorant_o and_o therefore_o obtain_v mercy_n the_o other_o have_v no_o cloak_n 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sense_n of_o his_o misery_n he_o be_v like_o 20._o isa_n 57_o 20._o the_o rage_a sea_n that_o can_v rest_v out_o he_o cry_v i_o have_v sin_v take_v your_o money_n it_o have_v damn_v i_o from_o person_n to_o person_n from_o place_n to_o place_n he_o go_v but_o his_o hell_n he_o carry_v with_o he_o from_o the_o terror_n and_o sting_n of_o conscience_n he_o can_v run_v to_o death_n he_o say_v fall_v on_o i_o to_o hell_n bury_v i_o so_o i_o may_v be_v hide_v from_o sight_n of_o conscience_n he_o strangle_v himself_o because_o he_o can_v not_o strangle_v conscience_n into_o hell_n he_o leap_v not_o long_a able_a to_o abide_v himself_o and_o indeed_o if_o there_o be_v any_o place_n in_o hell_n where_o this_o apollyon_n of_o destroy_a conscience_n come_v not_o into_o it_o will_v all_o the_o damn_a get_v to_o case_n themselves_o hell_n be_v not_o hell_n if_o rage_a conscience_n rule_v not_o there_o if_o this_o worm_n can_v ever_o die_v that_o fire_n may_v then_o be_v quench_v judas_n hang_v himself_o to_o ease_v himself_o but_o then_o be_v death_n and_o hell_n cast_v into_o the_o lake_n of_o fire_n revel_v 20._o 14._o he_o at_o first_o break_v the_o neck_n of_o conscience_n that_o at_o last_o break_v his_o neck_n he_o have_v strangle_v good_a conscience_n a_o ill_a conscience_n strangle_v he_o and_o be_v dead_a all_o his_o bowel_n fall_v out_o of_o his_o body_n because_o all_o his_o conscience_n fall_v out_o of_o his_o bowel_n while_o he_o be_v alive_a to_o conclude_v this_o corollary_n the_o wrack_n of_o 14._o mat._n 15._o 11_o subijciatur_fw-la corpus_fw-la in_o paena_fw-la in_fw-la jeiunijs_fw-la macere●ur_fw-la verber_fw-la ibus_fw-la lanietur_fw-la equuleo_fw-la disiendatur_fw-la gladio_fw-la trucidetur_fw-la crucis_fw-la supplicio_fw-la affligatur_fw-la secura_fw-la erit_fw-la conscientia_fw-la bern._n de_o in_o it_o dom_n c._n 22._o pro._n 18._o 14._o good_a conscience_n be_v the_o sad_a shipwreck_n for_o poena_fw-la damni_fw-la it_o be_v the_o great_a loss_n and_o 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all_o the_o woe_n and_o misery_n of_o hell_n in_o his_o soul_n a_o fire_n not_o blow_v shall_v consume_v he_o as_o zophar_n excellent_o allegorize_v job_n 20._o 24._o 25._o 26._o coral_n 5._o when_o conscience_n have_v do_v all_o these_o four_o office_n faithful_o and_o then_o give_v peace_n this_o be_v the_o right_a peace_n of_o conscience_n this_o be_v the_o son_n of_o peace_n upon_o which_o the_o peace_n 6._o luk._n 10._o 6._o of_o god_n and_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o minister_n ever_o come_v thus_o have_v you_o see_v what_o a_o good_a conscience_n be_v h._n e._n when_o it_o be_v purify_v and_o when_o it_o be_v pacify_v purify_v from_o ignorance_n error_n deadness_n pacify_v from_o the_o reign_n of_o sin_n the_o rage_n of_o satan_n and_o displeasure_n of_o god_n both_o purify_v and_o pacify_v by_o the_o word_n blood_n and_o spirit_n of_o christ_n and_o after_o all_o do_v his_o fourfold_a office_n in_o due_a time_n and_o place_n of_o a_o minister_n of_o a_o king_n of_o a_o witness_n 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for_o be_v weaken_v the_o hand_n of_o the_o people_n and_o he_o seek_v not_o the_o welfare_n of_o this_o people_n but_o the_o hurt_n he_o be_v no_o way_n well_o affect_v to_o the_o state_n but_o a_o malignant_a so_o they_o act._n 5._o 33._o &_o 7._o 54._o be_v cut_v to_o the_o heart_n and_o gnash_v at_o steven_n with_o their_o tooth_n as_o if_o they_o can_v have_v eat_v he_o up_o thus_o tender_a be_v the_o high_a priest_n who_o rend_v his_o clothes_n at_o 65_o mat._n 26._o 65_o christ_n suppose_a blasphemy_n when_o he_o shall_v have_v rend_v his_o heart_n for_o his_o own_o treason_n cruelty_n and_o hypocrisy_n all_o this_o be_v not_o tenderness_n but_o effeminate_a softness_n outward_o and_o inward_o the_o great_a hardness_n there_o may_v be_v mollity_n animi_fw-la where_o be_v maxima_fw-la durity_n cordis_fw-la as_o in_o the_o godly_a there_o may_v be_v summa_fw-la durity_n or_o be_v &_o vultus_fw-la when_o maxima_fw-la mollitudo_fw-la cordis_fw-la ezek._n 3._o 9_o christ_n face_n 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the_o great_a warmth_n of_o the_o prophet_n this_o the_o lively_a and_o evangelical_n preach_v let_v conscience_n be_v thy_o study_n library_n concordance_n let_v conscience_n be_v thy_o text_n thy_o doctrine_n thy_o use_n let_v conscience_n be_v thy_o first_o and_o last_o and_o all_o eat_v up_o this_o little_a book_n and_o receive_v it_o into_o thy_o bowel_n than_o prophecy_n to_o study_v book_n make_v the_o scholar_n to_o study_v man_n make_v the_o statesman_n to_o study_v the_o time_n make_v the_o politician_n to_o study_v thy_o conscience_n make_v the_o good_a christian_n to_o study_v thy_o own_o conscience_n first_o and_o then_o thy_o people_n make_v the_o able_a and_o accomplish_a minister_n errata_fw-la pag._n 22._o lin_v 32._o for_o uniformity_n read_v unanimity_n p._n 106._o in_o the_o margin_n read_v sed_fw-la pharisaei_n non-sunt_a infirmi_fw-la sed_fw-la malitiosi_fw-la calumniarores_fw-la pertinaces_fw-la nebulone_n jubet_fw-la dominus_fw-la ne_fw-la de_fw-la eorum_fw-la scandalo_fw-la sint_fw-la soliciti_fw-la other_o mistake_n will_v not_o much_o disturb_v the_o sense_n what_o they_o be_v either_o pardon_n or_o amend_v perlegi_fw-la hunc_fw-la librum_fw-la cvi_fw-la titulus_fw-la est_fw-la good_a conscience_n the_o strong_a hold_n in_o quo_fw-la nihil_fw-la reperio_fw-la sanae_fw-la et_fw-la orthodoxae_fw-la fidei_fw-la contrarium_fw-la sed_fw-la quam_fw-la plurima_fw-la quae_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la de_fw-la conscientia_fw-la erudite_fw-la acutè_fw-la et_fw-la perspicuè_fw-fr illustrant_fw-la quaeque_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la piè_fw-la instituendam_fw-la maximè_fw-la conducunt_fw-la faculatem_fw-la igitur_fw-la concedo_fw-la ut_fw-la typis_fw-la mandetur_fw-la decemb._n 17._o 1649._o tho_o temple_n