Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	good_a	peace_n	sin_n	5,972	5	5.0702	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37635	A just apologie for the church of Duckenfield in Cheshire against certain slanderous reports received by Mr. Edwards his overmuch credulite of what may tend to the reproach of those that differ from himselfe in judgement (though but concerning matters meerly of externall order, and things of inferior ally to the substantiall doctrines of faith, and manners) rashly and without further examination of the truth of them, (together with an overplus of his own censures, and uncharitable animadversions) divulged by himselfe in a !--- book of his, intituled, The third part of Gangræna / by Samuel Eaton, teacher & Timothy Taylor, pastour of the Church of God at Duckerfeild ; whereunto also is annexed a letter of a godly minister, Mr. Henry Rootes ... in vindication of himselfe against a sinister and dangerous (yet false and groundlesse) insinuation, contained in the copie of a letter out of Yorkshire, sent unto the aforesaid Mr. Edwards, and by him published to the kingdome.	Eaton, Samuel, 1596?-1665.; Taylor, Timothy, 1611 or 12-1681.	1647 (1647)	Wing E122; ESTC R4168	19,141	36

Notwithstanding let him be sure his account be just and it will prove no disadvantage to Duckenfeild that he makes it The Ruling Elder is a Sequestrator in Cheshire Answ. If the Ruling Elder be an honest man and Sequestratorship an honest imployment we hope it is no disparagement to Duckenfeild Church that their Ruling Elder is a Sequestrator Their Deacon is a Sequestrator in Lancashire The Deacon I shall speedily being upon the Stage and make a notable discovery of his knavery in cou 〈…〉 ening the State Answ. As concerning the Deacon we shall give a true relation of the carriage of that matter M. Taylor preaching at Shrewsbury the last Summer in the beginning of the Moneth of August as he remembreth had discourse with a religious Gentleman a friend of his and of the Classicall way for matter of Judgement concerning the different Church-ways that are now matters of such hot digladiation amongst many in the Kingdome The Gentleman by way of discourse told him that there were some in the Church of Duckenfeild as bad as were to be found in the Parish Assemblies and named Laurence Owen a Deacon of our Church and referred Mr. Taylor for further satisfaction to Mr. Thomas Smith Book-seller in Manchester and to Thomas Hartley for proofe of his dishonest dealing with the State Mr. Taylor at his returne communicated this businesse to the Elders of the Church and in a short time after wee both conferred with Thomas Hartley and received from him a report that he was not satisfied that L. Owen had carried the matter well and gave some Instances Hereupon wee resolved so soon as possibly we could get a convenient time to call Laurence Owen before us and to require an account of him concerning his Negotiation for the State and to desire Mr. Smith Thomas Hartley and whomsoever els might fall under our Intelligence as a person able to witnesse any thing materiall concerning L. Owen his proceeding to give us the meeting That if it might appeare that L. Owen had done any thing to the prejudice of the State or peace of a good conscience wee might use our best endeavours to bring him to the sight of his sinne and repentance for it and also to make due satisfaction to the State But many importune occasions falling in in that conjunction of time deferred the execution of our determinations for a short time till a fit season was by the good hand of providence opened unto us But when wee were fully ripened by a universall conflux of all conce●●●ring requisites for the issuing of this businesse which had not suffered the least delay but that we had probable and promising grounds of hope that the charges against him were founded upon mistakes in his accusers wee resolved to bring it under examination with a most requisite and impartiall endeavour of discovering so far as God should help us the whole truth Now in this juncture of time Mr. Smith had drawne up a charge and brought it before the Committee of Lancashire who upon a full and impartiall hearing of the cause did not find him guiltie of the things charged upon him and so dismissed him from their Board without any censure And this was the issue of Mr. Smiths confidence that he should speedily discover the Knavery of the Deacon in his first attempt And though this businesse issuing before the Gentlemen according to our former then present apprehensions might have given reasonable satisfaction to us in point of the Deacons innocency yet because wee understood that Mr. Smith was not herewithall satisfied wee resolved as unforestalled in point of the innocency of the accused by any thing that passed before the Gentlemen or fell otherwise under our observation to give Mr. Smith a full and faire hearing that so if he could make any reall discovery wee might improve it to the glory of God the States satisfaction and our Brothers spirituall good and accordingly desired Mr. Smith when he was ripe for the purpose to let us understand After some weekes past Mr. Smith sent a Declaration to Mr. Taylor subscribed with his own hand and the hands of George Jackson and Tho Hartley containing divers charges against L. O. Upon the receipt hereof the Church assembled to fast and pray before God to seek assistance of grace on the behalfe of the Brother that was afresh accused that he might carry it candidly and sincerely in his Answer as in the presence of God and be as ready to take shame to himselfe if any thing were justly charged as to stand upon the defence of his innocency in things wherein his Conscience bore witnesse to the integritie of his Actions as also that the Elders might be inabled to conceive aright of things and to make report of them accordingly to the Church The Dutie being ended the severall Charges were drawne out of the Declaration the most materiall of them being the same as we have been informed that were agitated formerly before the Committee and L. O. required to make Answers to them which accordingly he did After we had thus heard both parties severally wee desired to heare them joyntly and that they might come face to face for which purpose Mr. Taylor writ a Letter to Mr. Smith and his two friends desiring them to give us the meeting at some convenient place and to bring with them such persons as might give in evidence against L. O. concerning any thing contained in the Declaration that might stand in need of further proofe He also desired that Mr. Johnson of Ashton and Mr. Angier of Denton two godly and grave Ministers of the Classicall way might be present as witnesses of what passed on both sides This desired meeting Mr. Smith and his two friends thought fit to decline for these two Reasons as they pretended First That matters of fact were laid downe with that distinctnesse and clearenesse in the Declaration that they needed to adde no more words for the satisfaction of any ingenuous Reader Secondly and that by way of implication that wee were not authorized to take their Examination upon Oath To which M. Taylor in his Letter to them answered That our designe was according to our dutie to endeavour to bring our Brother to the sight of his sinne and repentance for it in case he should prove guiltie according to the severall charges contained in the Declaration or any of them That this we could not doe except wee could convince him That we could not convince him and upon conviction proceed against him but by the proofe of two witnesses at the least since he confidently denied divers things contained in the Declaration and in his Answer avoyded the dint and scope of the rest That he desired to have his accusers come face to face and that he might have libertie to Answer for himselfe and that this Justice neither they since they had laid a charge against him nor wee if wee would carry it righteously a could deny