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nor_o yet_o towards_o themselves_o who_o be_v far_o from_o be_v either_o and_o thus_o i_o have_v show_v you_o the_o first_o ground_n upon_o which_o the_o testimony_n of_o conscience_n concern_v a_o man_n spiritual_a estate_n come_v to_o be_v so_o authentic_a and_o so_o much_o to_o be_v rely_v upon_o to_o wit_n the_o high_a office_n which_o it_o hold_v as_o the_o vicegerent_n of_o god_n himself_o in_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n together_o with_o the_o two_o grand_a inference_n draw_v from_o thence_o the_o first_o of_o they_o show_v the_o absurdity_n folly_n and_o impertinence_n of_o pretend_v conscience_n against_o any_o thing_n when_o there_o be_v no_o law_n of_o god_n mediate_v or_o immediate_a against_o it_o and_o the_o other_o set_v forth_o the_o intolerable_a blasphemy_n and_o impiety_n of_o pretend_v conscience_n for_o any_o thing_n which_o the_o know_a law_n of_o god_n be_v direct_o against_o and_o stand_v in_o open_a defiance_n of_o proceed_v we_o now_o to_o the_o second_o ground_n 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may_v as_o we_o have_v show_v elsewhere_o very_o much_o dimn_v and_o darken_v the_o discern_a faculty_n of_o conscience_n for_o so_o the_o apostle_n assure_v we_o it_o do_v with_o those_o in_o rom._n 1._o 21._o and_o the_o same_o no_o doubt_n it_o do_v every_o day_n but_o still_o so_o as_o to_o leave_v such_o person_n both_o then_o and_o now_o many_o notable_a lucid_a interval_n sufficient_a to_o convince_v they_o of_o their_o deviation_n from_o reason_n and_o natural_a religion_n and_o thereby_o to_o render_v they_o inexcusable_a and_o so_o in_o a_o word_n to_o stop_v their_o mouth_n though_o not_o save_v their_o soul_n in_o short_a their_o conscience_n be_v not_o stark_o dead_a but_o under_o a_o kind_n of_o spiritual_a apoplexy_n or_o deliquium_fw-la the_o operation_n be_v hinder_v but_o the_o faculty_n not_o destroy_v and_o now_o if_o conscience_n be_v natural_o thus_o apprehensive_a and_o sagacious_a certain_o this_o aught_o to_o be_v another_o great_a ground_n over_o and_o above_o 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or_o accuse_v we_o as_o we_o have_v do_v or_o not_o do_v according_a to_o those_o direction_n and_o it_o be_v altogether_o as_o nice_a delicate_a and_o tender_a in_o feel_v as_o it_o can_v be_v perspicacious_a and_o quick_a in_o see_v for_o conscience_n you_o know_v be_v still_o call_v and_o account_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o how_o troublesome_a be_v the_o least_o mote_n or_o dust_n fall_v into_o the_o eye_n and_o how_o quick_o do_v it_o weep_v and_o water_n upon_o the_o least_o grievance_n that_o afflict_v it_o and_o no_o less_o exact_a be_v the_o sense_n which_o conscience_n preserve_v in_o its_o native_a purity_n have_v of_o the_o least_o sin_n for_o as_o great_a sin_n waste_v so_o small_a one_o be_v enough_o to_o wound_v it_o and_o every_o wound_n you_o know_v be_v painful_a till_o it_o fester_v beyond_o recovery_n as_o soon_o as_o ever_o sin_n give_v the_o blow_n conscience_n be_v the_o first_o thing_n that_o feel_v the_o smart_n no_o soon_o do_v the_o poison_a arrow_n 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