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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nine_o sermon_n on_o the_o two_o and_o twentieth_o chapter_n of_o the_o gospel_n according_a to_o s._n mathew_n the_o 34_o 35_o 36_o 37_o 38_o 39_o 40._o verse_n by_o the_o right_n reverend_a father_n in_o god_n arthure_n lake_n late_a bishop_n of_o that_o see_n london_n print_v by_o w._n s._n for_o nathaniel_n butter_n 1629._o nine_o sermon_n on_o the_o two_o and_o twentieth_o chapter_n of_o the_o gospel_n according_a to_o saint_n matthew_n the_o 34_o 35_o 36_o 37_o 38_o 39_o 40._o verse_n the_o text_n 34._o but_o when_o the_o pharisee_n have_v hear_v that_o jesus_n have_v put_v the_o sadducee_n to_o silence_n they_o be_v gather_v together_o 35._o then_o one_o of_o they_o which_o be_v a_o lawyer_n ask_v he_o a_o question_n tempt_v he_o and_o say_v 36._o master_n what_o be_v the_o great_a commandment_n 37._o jesus_n say_v unto_o he_o thou_o shall_v love_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n with_o all_o thy_o heart_n and_o with_o all_o thy_o soul_n and_o with_o all_o thy_o 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see_v how_o god_n deal_v with_o we_o he_o make_v our_o heart_n the_o chronicle_n of_o our_o life_n a_o chronicle_n indeed_o for_o hereinto_o be_v enter_v both_o what_o we_o do_v and_o when_o and_o we_o can_v as_o hardly_o deny_v the_o record_n as_o we_o be_v unwilling_a to_o belie_v ourselves_o and_o therefore_o we_o shall_v take_v heed_n what_o we_o do_v see_v the_o evidence_n thereof_o will_v remain_v with_o us._n neither_o be_v it_o a_o idle_a evidence_n but_o the_o presentment_n of_o a_o jury_n our_o conscience_n be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o whole_a jury_n empanel_v to_o try_v we_o whether_o guilty_a or_o not_o guilty_a it_o be_v always_o go_v upon_o we_o and_o present_v we_o as_o it_o find_v us._n and_o who_o will_v not_o bemoan_v his_o case_n that_o will_v he_o will_v he_o himself_o must_v be_v try_v by_o himself_o and_o that_o his_o sin_n be_v so_o palpable_a in_o his_o own_o eye_n that_o himself_o must_v bring_v in_o a_o verdict_n against_o himself_o this_o be_v woeful_a be_v cause_n the_o conscience_n that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o will_v not_o spare_v to_o doom_n ourselves_o if_o we_o find_v ourselves_o guilty_a we_o will_v power_n confusion_n upon_o our_o own_o soul_n and_o with_o confusion_n and_o horror_n &_o breed_v that_o worm_n sudden_o which_o will_v bite_v we_o intolerable_o we_o will_v bitter_a and_o sour_a our_o relish_n with_o the_o foretaste_n of_o hell_n mala_fw-la conscientia_fw-la tota_fw-la est_fw-la in_o desperatione_n 31._o august_n in_o psa_n 31._o we_o will_v make_v ourselves_o most_o forlorn_a creature_n in_o the_o conscience_n which_o be_v guilty_a there_o be_v sting_n dreadful_a which_o the_o patient_a feel_v but_o none_o other_o can_v be_v acquaint_v with_o and_o it_o be_v a_o true_a rule_n that_o tribulationes_fw-la tanto_fw-la acerbiores_fw-la quanto_fw-la sunt_fw-la interiores_fw-la the_o spirit_n of_o a_o man_n will_v sustain_v his_o infirmity_n but_o a_o wound_a 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conscience_n that_o load_v we_o with_o so_o much_o intolerable_a evil_n though_o a_o man_n grow_v so_o desperate_o wicked_a that_o he_o regard_v no_o body_n yet_o he_o have_v good_a reason_n to_o regard_v himself_o he_o that_o fear_v no_o body_n eye_n shall_v fear_v his_o own_o and_o fear_v the_o power_n that_o he_o have_v over_o himself_o though_o he_o fear_v not_o the_o power_n of_o any_o other_o though_o we_o hide_v our_o sin_n from_o other_o we_o can_v hide_v they_o from_o ourselves_o neither_o will_v we_o spare_v ourselves_o though_o all_o the_o world_n will_v spare_v us._n he_o never_o want_v a_o accuse_a jury_n nor_o a_o condemn_a judge_n that_o be_v infest_a with_o a_o guiltâ—â—_n conscience_n as_o the_o conscience_n deal_v uncomfortable_o with_o they_o that_o be_v guilty_a so_o with_o they_o that_o be_v guiltless_a it_o deal_v very_o comfortable_o it_o do_v not_o condemn_v so_o speak_v st._n john_n but_o in_o his_o phrase_n there_o be_v a_o litote_n minus_n dicitur_fw-la 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 upon_o our_o body_n goodness_n have_v pleasure_n inseparable_o link_v unto_o it_o as_o in_o god_n so_o in_o godly_a man_n and_o our_o conscience_n will_v not_o suffer_v we_o to_o be_v defraud_v of_o this_o heavenly_a pleasure_n which_o keep_v a_o memorial_n of_o our_o bypass_a virtue_n and_o sweeten_v our_o life_n with_o the_o relation_n thereof_o it_o come_v not_o to_o absolve_v we_o per_fw-la saltum_fw-la but_o do_v it_o upon_o as_o good_a a_o ground_n and_o as_o fair_a evidence_n bring_v out_o for_o we_o as_o the_o condemn_a conscience_n work_v upon_o evidence_n bring_v against_o us._n it_o be_v then_o the_o first_o benefit_n of_o a_o absolve_a conscience_n that_o it_o keep_v and_o show_v soorth_o when_o it_o may_v best_a steed_n we_o the_o record_n of_o our_o well-doing_n neither_o do_v it_o only_o tender_v it_o as_o a_o jury_n but_o also_o as_o a_o judge_n sentence_v we_o according_a to_o it_o as_o it_o keep_v in_o mind_n how_o well_o we_o have_v observe_v the_o precept_n of_o 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 a_o conscience_n that_o shall_v give_v in_o good_a evidence_n for_o he_o and_o pronounce_v a_o comfortable_a sentence_n on_o he_o must_v believe_v well_o and_o live_v well_o faith_n do_v purify_v the_o heart_n and_o a_o good_a life_n bear_v the_o fruit_n that_o abound_v to_o our_o reckon_n when_o we_o judge_v our_o own_o soul_n but_o a_o man_n must_v not_o look_v to_o have_v this_o blessing_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n sudden_o 66._o aug_v in_o psal_n 66._o vade_fw-la ad_fw-la formicam_fw-la piger_fw-la get_v to_o the_o pismire_n thou_o sluggard_n she_o gather_v grain_n in_o summer_n whereof_o she_o make_v use_v in_o winter_n et_fw-la formica_fw-la dei_fw-la surgit_fw-la quotidiè_fw-la currit_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la etc._n etc._n god_n emmet_n that_o be_v a_o man_n that_o will_v have_v such_o a_o good_a conscience_n rise_v early_o hasten_v to_o the_o church_n hear_v often_o pray_v often_o meditate_v often_o and_o so_o do_v acquire_v this_o absolve_a conscience_n 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
god_n not_o only_a all-seeing_a 13â—_n psal_n 13â—_n but_o also_o foreseeing_a eye_n god_n himself_o answer_v the_o question_n in_o jeremie_n concern_v man_n heart_n who_o can_v search_v that_o intricate_a and_o wicked_a labyrinth_n i_o the_o lord_n the_o lord_n only_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o searcher_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o we_o be_v much_o better_o know_v to_o he_o than_o we_o be_v to_o ourselves_o this_o inequality_n be_v observe_v mark_v now_o the_o apostle_n inference_n be_v 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 if_o we_o regard_v the_o judge_n in_o our_o bosom_n how_o much_o more_o must_v we_o regard_v the_o judge_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n if_o we_o stand_v in_o awe_n of_o the_o knowledge_n which_o we_o have_v of_o ourselves_o how_o much_o more_o must_v we_o reverence_v the_o pierce_a eye_n of_o god_n nay_o if_o cain_n and_o judas_n and_o such_o other_o wretch_n be_v so_o distress_v and_o perplex_v when_o they_o be_v but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d only_o condemn_v by_o themselves_o and_o it_o be_v so_o fearful_a a_o thing_n for_o wickedness_n to_o be_v condemn_v by_o its_o own_o testimony_n â—â—_o wisd_v â—â—_o how_o will_v they_o be_v at_o their_o wit_n end_v when_o they_o shall_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arraign_v before_o christ_n come_v in_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o father_z and_o all_o his_o holy_a angel_n with_o he_o when_o the_o book_n shall_v be_v open_v and_o the_o jury_n give_v evidence_n unto_o the_o judge_n according_a to_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v write_v in_o those_o book_n the_o misery_n must_v needs_o be_v answerable_a and_o it_o be_v fit_a that_o our_o fear_n be_v answerable_a to_o the_o misery_n certain_o it_o be_v the_o drift_n of_o the_o apostle_n to_o work_v a_o affection_n in_o we_o suitable_a to_o the_o object_n that_o he_o set_v before_o us._n and_o we_o shall_v do_v well_o to_o make_v that_o use_n of_o it_o use_v of_o the_o inference_n which_o he_o make_v argue_v from_o a_o condemn_a conscience_n unto_o a_o condemn_v god_n who_o no_o judge_n can_v equal_v in_o omnipotency_n no_o jury_n in_o omnisciencie_n my_o text_n intreat_v not_o only_o of_o a_o condemn_v but_o also_o of_o a_o absolve_a conscience_n and_o it_o make_v a_o comfortable_a inference_n thereupon_o and_o here_o we_o be_v first_o to_o observe_v the_o absolute_a comfort_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n that_o from_o thence_o we_o may_v ascend_v unto_o the_o comparative_a the_o absolute_a be_v boldness_n boldness_n in_o judgement_n for_o so_o you_o must_v understand_v it_o suitable_o to_o the_o argument_n the_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d freedom_n of_o speech_n a_o guilty_a man_n be_v tongue_n tie_v as_o you_o may_v perceive_v in_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o marriage_n feast_n the_o man_n that_o want_v a_o wedding_n garment_n be_v no_o soon_o ask_v friend_n how_o come_v thou_o in_o hither_o but_o he_o be_v even_o speechless_a the_o eloquent_a man_n will_v become_v mute_a out_o of_o the_o guilt_n of_o his_o conscience_n it_o be_v no_o small_a comfort_n that_o a_o servant_n can_v utter_v his_o own_o defence_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o his_o lord_n the_o syriac_a paraphrase_n render_v the_o word_n by_o revelationem_fw-la faciei_fw-la a_o guilty_a man_n hang_v down_o his_o head_n he_o hide_v his_o face_n so_o the_o scripture_n describe_v cain_n and_o indeed_o confusion_n be_v inseparable_a from_o guilt_n the_o philosopher_n can_v tell_v we_o that_o blush_v in_o child_n be_v nothing_o but_o the_o veil_n of_o consciousness_n and_o man_n that_o do_v not_o easy_o blush_v supply_v that_o defect_n by_o hide_v their_o face_n but_o innocence_n need_v no_o such_o covert_n it_o shame_v not_o to_o be_v see_v the_o cheerfulness_n of_o the_o countenance_n do_v speak_v unto_o the_o world_n the_o guiltlesnesse_n of_o the_o conscience_n st._n 1._o â—_o corinth_n 1._o paul_n call_v this_o boldness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o gloriation_n because_o it_o be_v the_o only_a thing_n wherein_o a_o man_n may_v glory_v yea_o and_o joy_n too_o for_o a_o good_a conscience_n be_v a_o continual_a feast_n 25._o preâ—_n 25._o whatsoever_o man_v state_n be_v in_o this_o world_n he_o can_v never_o be_v defraud_v of_o this_o glorious_a joy_n he_o that_o have_v a_o good_a conscience_n have_v more_o comfort_n under_o the_o cross_n than_o he_o that_o have_v a_o ill_a conscience_n can_v find_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o all_o his_o pleasure_n for_o conscientiam_fw-la malam_fw-la non_fw-la sanat_fw-la preconium_fw-la laudantis_fw-la nec_fw-la bonam_fw-la vulnerat_fw-la convitiantis_fw-la opprobrium_fw-la this_o be_v the_o general_a comfort_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v find_v aswell_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o heart_n as_o of_o god_n but_o from_o the_o absolute_a consideration_n hereof_o let_v we_o come_v to_o the_o comparative_a if_o we_o feel_v this_o boldness_n in_o the_o inward_a judgement_n we_o shall_v feel_v it_o much_o more_o in_o the_o outward_a if_o the_o imperfect_a verdict_n of_o our_o own_o heart_n so_o cheer_v we_o what_o cheer_n shall_v we_o conceive_v out_o of_o the_o perfect_a verdict_n of_o god_n but_o the_o boldness_n that_o we_o have_v to_o god-ward_o do_v appear_v special_o in_o three_o thing_n first_o in_o prayer_n in_o that_o a_o good_a heart_n bring_v we_o to_o god_n 10._o hebr._n 10._o in_o full_a assurance_n of_o faith_n and_o the_o answer_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n make_v intercession_n for_o we_o to_o god_n 3._o 1_o pet._n 3._o second_o at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n when_o a_o man_n of_o good_a conscience_n will_v not_o fear_v the_o wicked_a nor_o be_v trouble_v he_o stand_v confident_a like_o a_o lion_n while_o the_o other_o fly_n a_o good_a conscience_n be_v that_o same_o oil_n which_o the_o wise_a virgin_n have_v to_o trim_a their_o lamp_n when_o they_o meet_v the_o bridegroom_n which_o make_v they_o stand_v with_o boldness_n before_o the_o son_n of_o man_n three_o in_o heaven_n when_o they_o shall_v appear_v before_o the_o throne_n of_o god_n there_o to_o attend_v with_o angel_n and_o saint_n bless_a be_v the_o pure_a in_o heart_n say_v christ_n for_o they_o shall_v see_v god_n argue_v then_o thus_o if_o it_o be_v comfort_n to_o behold_v god_n by_o faith_n what_o comfort_n will_v it_o be_v to_o behold_v he_o by_o sight_n if_o it_o be_v comfort_n to_o find_v a_o quietus_n est_fw-la when_o we_o call_v ourselves_o to_o a_o account_n what_o comfort_n will_v it_o be_v to_o receive_v our_o discharge_n from_o god_n if_o it_o be_v comfort_n to_o i_o to_o talk_v familiar_o with_o my_o own_o soul_n what_o comfort_n will_v it_o be_v for_o i_o to_o talk_v familiar_o with_o god_n we_o must_v argue_v from_o the_o one_o to_o the_o other_o as_o from_o a_o finite_a unto_o a_o infinite_a thing_n and_o so_o conclude_v the_o greatness_n of_o the_o one_o from_o the_o little_a taste_n that_o we_o have_v of_o the_o other_o to_o draw_v towards_o a_o end_n the_o 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