Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	end_n	good_a	unfeigned_a	1,203	5	10.8412	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11162	A sermon preached at Richmond before Queene Elizabeth of famous memorie, vpon the 28. of March, 1596. By the reuerend father in God Anthony Rudd, Doctor in Diuinitie, and Lord Bishop of S. Dauids	Rudd, Anthony, 1549 or 50-1615.; R. S., fl. 1603.	1603 (1603)	STC 21432; ESTC S103177	19,634	62

vttering such wordes as be good to the vse of edifying that Eph. 4. 29. they may minister grace vnto the hearers because he desireth to profite 1. Cor. 2. 1. 4. 5. them rather then to delight them Him do I iudge the best Geometrician who ordereth all his doings in measure number and weight by VVis 11. 17 the example of God aboue who maketh the word of God the rule Psal 119. 9 105. and the squire the line and the leuell of all his actions who being rooted and grounded in loue is able to comprehend with all Saints what is the Eph. 3. 18. breadth and length depth and height that is the excellencie and perfection of the loue of Christ which passeth knowledge being fully perswaded that neither height nor Rom. 8. 38. 39. depth nor farre distance nor any other creature shall be able to separate him from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesus our Lord. I count him the best Astronomer who by the view of the host of heauen can Gods spirit directing him Rom. 1. 20. picke out the eternall power God-head of the Creator or his maiestie and glorie which resulteth of his power wisedome and goodnesse therby taking occasion to glorifie him accordingly Who when he looketh vp to the skie not onely acknowledgeth Psal 19. 1. that the heauens declare the glorie of God and the firmament sheweth his handiworke but also concludeth in a good conscience that as high as the Psal 103. 11 heauen is aboue the earth so great is his mercie toward them that feare him And casting in his mind the sundrie Clymates of the world resolueth by assurance of faith that as farre as the East is from the West so farre hath God remoued our sinnes Ib. vers 12. from vs. I reckon them the best Musitians which speake to thēselues in Psalmes Eph. 5. 19. and hymnes and spirituall songs singing and making a melodie to the Lord in their hearts whose thoughts wordes and deedes are in tune with Gods holy Scriptures making a consort or harmonie among themselues without any iarre or discord from Gammuth to Ela that is from the cradle to the graue And vndoubtedly they are the best Arithmeticiās whom God hath taught to number their dayes in such sort that they may apply their hearts vnto wisedome The mind of man is the dwelling place of vnderstanding and the heart of man is the seat of the affections Now it sufficeth not that the knowledge of goodnesse be swimming or floating in the braine vnlesse the affection of godlinesse be setled in the heart For of the aboundance of the Mat. 12. 34. heart the mouth speaketh either words of edification whereby thou mayest be iustified or euill wordes Ib. ver 37. 1. Cor. 15. 33 corrupting good manners whereby thou shalt deserue to be condemned Out of the heart I meane the corrupt Mat. 15. 19 affection of the heart proceede those things which defile the man as euill thoughts murders adulteries fornications thefts false testimonies slaunders and therefore no maruel if the floud drowned them of Gen. 6. 5. the old world because all the imaginations of their hearts were onely euil continually Yea let Simon Magus Act. 8. 20. 21. with his money perish hauing neither part nor fellowship in the Apostolicall businesse because his hart was not right in the sight of God But on the other side the end of the commaundement is loue out of 1. Tim. 1. 5. a pure heart and of a good conscience and of faith vnfained Therefore blessed are the pure in heart for they Mat. 5. 8. shall see God The seede which fell in good ground are they which with Luk. 8. 15. Act. 15. 9. an honest and good heart purifyed by faith heare the word and keepe it and bring forth fruite with patience Be glad then ye righteous and reioyce Psal 32. 11 in the Lord and be ioyfull all ye that are vpright in heart applying it wholly vnto wisedome Now if it be demaunded what true wisedome is it may out of Moses be briefly defined The vnderstanding and obseruing of Gods commaundements For these be the wordes of Moses in his exhortation Deu. 4. 5. 6. to the people Behold I haue taught you ordinances and lawes as the Lord my God commaunded me Keepe them therefore and do them for that is your wisedome and your vnderstanding in the sight of the people which shall heare all these ordinances and shall say Onely this people is wise and of vnderstanding yea God himselfe vttereth in Iob words of the same meaning saying vnto man Behold the feare of the Iob. 28. 28. Lord is wisdome and to depart from euill is vnderstanding Wherefore though a man were as well experienced and worldly politicke as Achitophel whose aduice 2. Sam. 16. 23. was like as one had asked counsell at the oracle of God in ciuill pollicie matchable with the children of the East the Priests of Egypt the Philosophers of Greece wiser then Ethan 1. Reg. 4. 30. 31. Heman Chalcol and Darda the sons of Mahol excelling also in wisdome them of Tyrus which deemed them Ezck. 28 3. selues wiser then Daniel briefly though a man were as wise as Salomo to whome God gaue prudence and knowledge exceeding much and a large heart euen as the sand that is on the sea shore so that he could speake of beasts fowles creeping things fishes 1. Reg. 4. 29. c. and of trees from the Cedar in Lebanon euen vnto the hyssope that springeth out of the wall with the admiration of all that heard him or heard of him vttering his Prouerbes and Songs by thousands Yet shall he be counted but vnwise in the sight of God if against the rule of pietie he admit in his hart a pluralitie of gods Exod. 20. 1. to the 18. or bow downe his bodie to the worship of Imagerie or take the name of the lord his God in vain or prophane the Lords day or if contrarie to the rule of charitie contained in the second Table of the Decalogue he dishonour the parents of his life by procreation or the parents of his countrie by office against the first Commaundement or if he do wrong to his neighbour in his owne person breaking the sixth Commandement Thou shalt not kill or in the persons of those of his familie transgressing the seuenth Commandement Thou shalt not commit adulterie or in his goods violating the eighth Commaundement Thou shalt not steale or in his good name preiudicing the ninth Commandement Thou shalt not beare false witnesse against thy neighbour or if he haue in his mind any lewde cogitation or wandering conceipt offending against the tenth Commaundement Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours house neither shalt thou couet thy neighbours wife nor his man-seruant nor his mayde nor his oxe nor his asse nor any thing that is thy neighbours Saule may thinke himselfe politicke