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A88592 The souls cordiall in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the guilt of sin. II. Discovering advantages by Christs ascension. The third volum. / By that faithfull labourer in the Lords vineyard Mr. Christopher Love, pastor of Lawrence Jury, London. Love, Christopher, 1618-1651. 1653 (1653) Wing L3176; Thomason E1230_1; ESTC R211061 183,257 401

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a_o natural_a conscience_n rebuke_v abraham_n for_o it_o abimelech_n a_o heathen_a do_v tell_v abraham_n thou_o have_v do_v deed_n that_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v do_v and_o thus_o i_o have_v go_v very_o far_o in_o answer_v this_o objection_n and_o i_o have_v do_v it_o for_o to_o stay_v the_o trouble_n of_o a_o perplex_a conscience_n not_o to_o make_v any_o man_n presumptuous_a these_o six_o step_n be_v near_o go_v down_o to_o the_o shambles_n of_o death_n yet_o it_o be_v possible_a that_o a_o pardon_v sinner_n may_v have_v his_o conscience_n thus_o delude_v and_o out_o of_o office_n i_o think_v i_o hear_v many_o a_o presumptuous_a heart_n allege_v if_o this_o be_v true_a that_o you_o say_v a_o pardon_v sinner_n may_v go_v thus_o near_o hell_n and_o yet_o come_v to_o heaven_n if_o good_a man_n may_v sin_v a_o sin_n and_o yet_o conscience_n never_o trouble_v they_o than_o i_o hope_v that_o i_o may_v have_v my_o sin_n pardon_v as_o well_o as_o the_o best_a object_n 1_o now_o lest_o this_o 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he_o clean_o that_o have_v the_o plague_n it_o be_v all_o turn_v white_a he_o be_v clean_o yet_o if_o a_o man_n have_v rawness_n in_o the_o sore_n he_o be_v to_o be_v unclean_a to_o note_v that_o a_o man_n may_v have_v many_o sin_n yet_o not_o be_v unclean_a in_o god_n sight_n but_o if_o he_o sin_n against_o the_o very_a dictate_v of_o conscience_n and_o be_v bold_a and_o adventurous_a against_o the_o gawling_n of_o a_o perplex_a conscience_n he_o shall_v be_v unclean_a second_o take_v this_o for_o a_o difference_n though_o the_o conscience_n of_o a_o pardon_a man_n may_v not_o for_o a_o time_n smite_v he_o for_o sin_n commit_v yet_o he_o do_v not_o take_v that_o course_n to_o stifle_v the_o check_n and_o to_o still_o the_o voice_n of_o conscience_n as_o reprobate_n do_v wicked_a man_n take_v sensual_a delight_n to_o still_o the_o check_n and_o voice_n of_o conscience_n so_o saul_n do_v 1_o sam._n 16.14_o but_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n depart_v from_o saul_n and_o a_o evil_a 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