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to_o perceive_v that_o the_o thraldom_n of_o sin_n which_o make_v division_n and_o separation_n betwixt_o the_o soul_n and_o god_n be_v abrogate_a or_o subdue_v this_o do_v the_o apostle_n call_v his_o chief_a rejoice_a our_o rejoice_v be_v the_o testimony_n of_o our_o conscience_n 1.12_o 2._o cor._n 1.12_o that_o we_o have_v have_v our_o conversation_n in_o simplicity_n and_o godly_a pureness_n this_o have_v uphold_v the_o heart_n of_o so_o many_o thousand_o bless_a martyr_n and_o make_v they_o to_o rejoice_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o all_o their_o torment_n because_o they_o have_v a_o testimony_n within_o themselves_o 2.19_o 1._o pet._n 2.19_o that_o for_o their_o conscience_n towards_o god_n they_o suffer_v grief_n undeserued_a this_o have_v make_v so_o many_o saint_n of_o god_n to_o depart_v so_o cheerful_o out_o of_o this_o world_n as_o hierom_n write_v of_o the_o death_n of_o nepotian_n intelligeres_fw-la eum_fw-la non_fw-la mori_fw-la sed_fw-la migrare_fw-la 3._o hierom_n ad_fw-la heliodor_n 3._o you_o may_v well_o perceive_v that_o his_o death_n be_v no_o death_n but_o a_o flit_a to_o a_o better_a place_n and_o this_o have_v bring_v comfort_n not_o only_o to_o the_o faithful_a 10.22_o heb._n 10.22_o who_o heart_n be_v by_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n sprinkle_v from_o a_o evil_a conscience_n &_o purge_v from_o dead_a work_n to_o serve_v the_o live_a lord_n 9.14_o heb._n 9.14_o but_o even_o the_o heathen_a man_n also_o by_o follow_v &_o obey_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n do_v in_o the_o testimony_n of_o their_o conscience_n receive_v exceed_v joy_n as_o the_o orator_n say_v write_v of_o the_o comfort_n of_o old_a age_n conscientia_fw-la bene_fw-la actae_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la mai_fw-gr tul._n in_o catone_n mai_fw-gr et_fw-la multorum_fw-la benefactorum_fw-la recordatio_fw-la iucundissima_fw-la a_o conscience_n of_o a_o life_n well_o lead_v and_o a_o remembrance_n of_o deed_n well_o do_v be_v the_o most_o pleasant_a thing_n that_o can_v be_v periander_n be_v ask_v what_o be_v the_o best_a liberty_n 22._o scob._n serm_n 22._o answer_v a_o good_a conscience_n 9_o greg._n epist_n 9_o unto_o which_o i_o think_v gregory_n do_v allude_v when_o he_o say_v libre_fw-la est_fw-la quem_fw-la conscientia_fw-la non_fw-la accusat_fw-la bias_n be_v ask_v what_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n be_v most_o free_a from_o fear_n answer_v a_o good_a conscience_n this_o be_v teach_v by_o the_o heavenly_a wisdom_n 28.1_o prou._n 28.1_o the_o wicked_a as_o solomon_n say_v do_v fly_v no_o man_n pursue_v he_o but_o the_o just_a be_v confident_a as_o a_o lion_n the_o orator_n account_v this_o a_o most_o principal_a comfort_n in_o all_o distress_n and_o calamity_n 6._o tul_n ad_fw-la toâ—q_fw-la fam_fw-la lib._n 6._o conscientia_fw-la rectae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la maxima_fw-la consolatio_fw-la est_fw-la rerum_fw-la incommodarum_fw-la a_o conscience_n of_o a_o man_n hart_n well_o incline_v be_v the_o chief_a consolation_n in_o all_o adversity_n and_o in_o another_o place_n nullum_fw-la theatrum_fw-la virtuti_fw-la conscientia_fw-la maius_fw-la tusc_n tul_n lib_n 2_o tusc_n there_o be_v no_o theatre_n that_o virtue_n do_v more_o desire_n than_o a_o man_n own_o conscience_n whereby_o he_o mean_v that_o good_a and_o virtuous_a man_n do_v not_o so_o much_o in_o their_o action_n respect_v the_o sight_n of_o man_n or_o desire_v the_o praise_n of_o man_n as_o they_o seek_v to_o keep_v that_o conscience_n sound_n which_o they_o be_v persuade_v they_o have_v receive_v from_o heaven_n cluentio_fw-la cicero_n pro_fw-la cluentio_fw-la as_o he_o affirm_v elsewhere_o conscientiam_fw-la à _fw-la diis_fw-la immortalibus_fw-la accepimus_fw-la quae_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la divelli_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la we_o have_v receive_v a_o conscience_n from_o the_o immortal_a god_n which_o can_v be_v pluck_v away_o but_o do_v always_o attend_v and_o wait_v upon_o man_n epictetus_n epictetus_n and_o another_o say_v well_o that_o as_o parent_n do_v commit_v child_n to_o be_v 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and_o a_o revenger_n of_o they_o that_o do_v ill_a which_o make_v honest_a mind_a man_n to_o come_v forth_o bold_o and_o the_o wicked_a to_o fear_v even_o their_o own_o shadow_n 98_o sene._n epist_n 98_o as_o seneca_n say_v bona_fw-la conscientia_fw-la prodire_fw-la vult_fw-la et_fw-la conspici_fw-la ipsas_fw-la nequitia_fw-la tenebras_fw-la timet_fw-la a_o good_a conscience_n appear_v bold_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o man_n but_o naughtiness_n do_v fear_v the_o darkness_n itself_o 43_o see_v epist_n 43_o etiam_fw-la in_o solitudine_fw-la est_fw-la anxia_fw-la et_fw-la sollicita_fw-la and_o even_o in_o solitariness_n be_v alone_o it_o be_v fearful_a and_o pensive_a chap._n x._o of_o the_o estate_n and_o condition_n of_o the_o soul_n after_o this_o life_n against_o the_o catabaptist_n the_o joy_n of_o the_o elect_a of_o god_n be_v call_v such_o a_o joy_n 22_o john_n 16_o 22_o as_o shall_v never_o be_v take_v from_o they_o it_o be_v a_o endless_a and_o perpetual_a joy_n it_o do_v not_o 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