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sed_fw-la plus_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la there_o be_v more_o mean_v than_o be_v express_v and_o indeed_o it_o can_v be_v otherwise_o for_o if_o the_o conscience_n be_v a_o work_n as_o it_o condemn_v he_o who_o it_o find_v guilty_a so_o who_o it_o sind_v guiltless_a he_o it_o absolu_v it_o do_v iustilie_o and_o here_o also_o we_o must_v observe_v that_o our_o conscience_n if_o it_o be_v good_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o know_v all_o the_o good_a we_o do_v it_o record_n it_o yea_o and_o tender_v the_o record_n that_o we_o may_v solace_v ourselves_o with_o the_o contemplation_n of_o it_o and_o indeed_o conscientia_fw-la recte_fw-la factorum_fw-la to_o be_v conscious_a to_o ourselves_o of_o well_o do_v be_v no_o small_a comfort_n especial_o when_o goodness_n be_v little_o regard_v in_o the_o world_n yea_o be_v common_o persecute_v by_o the_o world_n it_o be_v no_o small_a matter_n to_o have_v in_o our_o soul_n that_o which_o can_v sweeten_v all_o the_o cross_n which_o be_v lay_v 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the_o law_n so_o do_v it_o award_v unto_o we_o the_o sanction_n thereof_o all_o the_o benediction_n that_o god_n have_v annex_v unto_o it_o corporal_a benediction_n benediction_n spiritual_a temporal_a benediction_n and_o benediction_n eternal_a although_o well-doing_n be_v full_a of_o contentedness_n yet_o the_o reward_n of_o welldoing_a make_v no_o small_a access_n unto_o it_o a_o good_a conscience_n be_v accompany_v with_o both_o it_o be_v accompany_v with_o bonum_fw-la in_o re_fw-la and_o bonum_fw-la in_o spe_fw-la good_a in_o possession_n and_o good_a in_o expectation_n wherefore_o bless_a be_v the_o man_n that_o can_v enter_v into_o his_o own_o heart_n and_o find_v there_o so_o good_a evidence_n and_o so_o good_a a_o sentence_n but_o how_o may_v a_o man_n have_v such_o a_o good_a conscience_n st._n austin_n teach_v the_o method_n of_o it_o 31._o psal_n 31._o ut_fw-la habeat_fw-la quis_fw-la bonam_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la credat_fw-la &_o operetur_fw-la he_o that_o will_v have_v 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colligentem_fw-la in_o aestate_fw-la videre_fw-la potes_fw-la commedentem_fw-la in_o hieme_n videre_fw-la non_fw-la potes_fw-la the_o outward_a mean_n which_o he_o use_v be_v visible_a but_o the_o inward_a comfort_n which_o when_o time_n serve_v he_o reap_v be_v invisible_a thus_o do_v saint_n austin_n moralize_v that_o simile_n of_o solomon_n and_o we_o must_v not_o look_v to_o have_v such_o not-condemning_a or_o absolve_a conscience_n except_o we_o be_v such_o pismire_n of_o god._n but_o here_o be_v two_o rock_n to_o be_v heed_v at_o which_o many_o suffer_v shipwreck_n while_o they_o mistake_v the_o doctrine_n of_o a_o not-condemning_a and_o a_o condemn_a conscience_n first_o of_o a_o not-condemning_a some_o confound_v herewith_o a_o sear_a con-and_a because_o they_o be_v senseless_a they_o do_v not_o think_v themselves_o graceless_a custom_n in_o sin_n or_o the_o busy_a pursuit_n of_o their_o corrupt_a lust_n silence_v their_o conscience_n that_o it_o speak_v
not_o to_o they_o or_o stop_n their_o ear_n that_o they_o hear_v it_o not_o but_o this_o do_v rather_o suspend_v the_o work_n then_o alter_v the_o nature_n of_o their_o conscience_n it_o do_v not_o make_v it_o a_o not-condemning_a conscience_n of_o a_o condemn_a one_o how_o many_o theive_n and_o murderer_n be_v very_o frolic_a not_o only_a when_o they_o act_v their_o wickedness_n but_o when_o they_o be_v in_o the_o jail_n when_o they_o be_v bring_v to_o the_o bar_n yea_o when_o they_o be_v cast_v off_o the_o gallow_n but_o wise_a man_n that_o see_v they_o in_o this_o humour_n censure_v it_o for_o unreasonable_a stupidity_n and_o desperateness_n they_o hold_v it_o not_o to_o be_v comfortable_a security_n no_o more_o be_v that_o which_o we_o see_v in_o sinner_n who_o while_o they_o drink_v in_o iniquity_n with_o greediness_n have_v stony_a heart_n and_o brazen_a forehead_n if_o in_o the_o day_n of_o grace_n we_o make_v unto_o ourselves_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n and_o sift_v 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thereof_o it_o will_v make_v we_o more_o careful_a to_o prepare_v ourselves_o for_o god_n when_o we_o be_v remember_v so_o to_o do_v by_o our_o own_o heart_n god_n then_o and_o our_o heart_n agree_v in_o one_o work_n their_o work_n be_v like_a like_o it_o be_v but_o not_o equal_a you_o may_v perceive_v it_o in_o st._n johns_n inference_n that_o he_o make_v according_a to_o the_o difference_n of_o the_o work_n of_o conscience_n one_o work_n of_o the_o conscience_n be_v to_o condemn_v thereupon_o st._n john_n make_v a_o inference_n if_o our_o heart_n condemn_v we_o god_n be_v great_a than_o our_o heart_n and_o know_v all_o thing_n wherein_o appear_v a_o double_a inequality_n the_o first_o be_v of_o authority_n our_o heart_n be_v great_a it_o be_v king_n in_o this_o little_a world_n of_o we_o for_o it_o do_v season_v all_o that_o come_v from_o we_o our_o work_n be_v good_a or_o evil_n so_o far_o as_o our_o conscience_n be_v a_o party_n to_o they_o they_o be_v good_a if_o she_o be_v good_a 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