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A61865 Conscience the best friend upon earth: or, The happy effects of keeping a good conscience Very useful for this age. By Henry Stubbes, Minister of the Gospel. Stubbes, Henry, 1606?-1678. 1677 (1677) Wing S6029C; ESTC R222100 33,441 135

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him smite me I will not be of●ended with him I will not smite a●ain when he fmites me it shall be ●s a precious Oyntment The mean●ng is Let him smite me with Re●roofs let him reprove me deal ●ithfully and plainly with me And Sirs I fear that my self and many of my Brethren in the Ministry may have much to answer for another day for that we do not deal more faithfully more plainly and downrightly with Souls Ministers are under a Temptation to please their Hearers as well as others and are loth to offend them but God forbid that Christs Ministers should be Servants of Men or Men-pleasers or Women-pleasers Let them look to it that they please their Lord and Master Christ. Direction IX Set upon nothing on which you cannot on which you dare not pray for a blessing Never undertake any thing never be imployed about any thing upon which thou dost not dare to pray for a blessing 1 Tim. 4. 4 5. Every thing is sanctified by the Word and Prayer I must have a Word to be my Rule for it and I must make a Prayer for a Blessing on it else I can not except that it should be sanctified and blessed to me Now Sirs how many things are there that we do that we dare not pray to God for a Blessing on It may be you spend two or three hours at the Looking Glass can you pray for a Blessing upon the time so spent can you pray for a Blessing upon your dressing and attiring your selves and habiting your selves in the way and manner that you do can you pray O Lord let this way of habiting and dressing my self be for thy Glory and for my Good and for the example of others Dare any of you go and make a prayer to God foe this Adventure not upon any thing upon which you dare not pray for a Blessing Direction X. If you would not have Conscience to reproach you Set about all in the name and strength of Christ. For that is the rule which the Apostle giveth Col. 3. 17. And whatsoever ye do i● word or deed do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Do all according to the will and the command of Christ do all by the strength and help of Christ and do all to the Glory of Christ. 1. Do all according to the will and command of Christ. In Mat. 18. 20. The name of Christ signifies his command 2. Do all by the strength and help of Christ. In this sense also is the name of Christ used Luke 10. 17. and Psa. 44. 5. Luke 17. 3. Do all to the Glory of Christ which is sometimes to be understood by his name as Psal. 31. 3. Oh that People would ask themselves Is this according to the will and command of Christ that I am now a doing can I expect the strength and help of Christ in that I am now a doing is this for the Glory of Christ which I am now ● doing When thou art about 〈◊〉 Duty say to Christ all our sufficien●●cy is of thee we have none of our own 2 Cor. 3. 5. Joh. 15. 5. Say as Paul I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me Phil. 4. 13. And thus I have given you ten Directions how you may so live that Conscience may not reproach you Case II. I come now to speak a little to the second case What if we have neglected these rules and directions which have been laid before us If you have neglected to walk according to rule and have given Conscience just cause to reproach you and if Conscience does reproach you and if you ask me How may we get the reproaches of Conscience wiped off and get Conscience quiet again I answer in two words Repent and Believe 1. Repent of that before the Lord which Conscience reproacheth you for mourn for it be ashamed of it judge and condemne your selves for what is past resolve against it for the time to come this is a good course If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 Cor. 11. 31. For if we would judge our selves we should not be judged and if we acknowledg our transgressions and accept of the punishment of our iniquity Read Lev. 26. 40 41 42. There is not a better way to wipe off ●he reproaches of Conscience then by the tears of repentance Follow the example of that Woman that came behind our Lord and Saviour and washed his feet with her tears and wiped them with the haires of her head A service perhaps that you would be loath to put your hair to but Sirs if you would have Conscience to be quiet then seriously set upon the work of Repentance 2. Believe By Faith set Christs Blood on work to wipe off the aspersions and reproaches of Conscience to purifie and pacifie Conscience get Conscience sprinkled with the Blood of Christ Heb. 9. 14. You read of one Mat. 15. 28. that set the Pity and Power of Christ on work to make her Daughter whole Jesus answered and said unto her O Woman great is thy Faith Be it to thee even as thou wilt Christ seemed not to regard her a while but she followed him and set his Pity and Power on work Faith will set the Blood of Christ on work to wipe of the reproaches of Conscience The Centurions Faith set Christ on work to heal his Servant Lord saith he my Servant lyeth at home sick of the Palsie grievously tormented And Jesus saith unto him I will come and heal him The Centurion answered and said Lord I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my Roof but speak the word onely and my Servant shall be healed And Jesus said unto the Centurion Go thy way and as thou hast believed so be it done unto thee And his Servant was healed in the self same hour Mat. 8. 13. The Lepers Faith did set Christ on work Mat. 8. 2 3. And there came a Leper and worshipped him saying Lord if thou wilt thou canst make me clean And Jesus put forth his hand and touched him saying I will be thou clean and immediately his Leprosie was cleansed The Father of the Child that had a deaf and a dumb Spirit his Faith set Christ on work Mark 9. 23 24 25. Jesus saith unto him If thou canst believe all things are possible to him that believeth And straight way the Father of the Child cryed out with teares Lord I believe help thou my unbelief The Faith of the Woman diseased with an Issue of Blood set Christ on work Mat. 9. 21. For she said within her self If I may but touch the Hem of his Garment I shall be whole And it followes the Woman was made whole from that hour The Faith of the poor Leper set Christ or work Luke 17. 19. And Jesus said unto him Thy faith hath made thee whole And likewise the Womans Faith Luke 7. 48. set Christ on
lips but do neither mourn for it nor hate it nor turn from it with their Hearts Some pray for that they would not have Some hear the Word but will not do it Some love in word and tongue but not in deed and in truth Some fashion themselves according to this world yet would not be thought to be of the world Some Dedicate and Devote their Children to God to the service of that one God who is Father Son and Holy Ghost and when they have so done they alienate them from his service to the service of the World Flesh and Devil breeding them np in Idleness Pride and Wantonness Never or never to any purpose minding them of their Baptis●al Covenant and Engagements to be ●holy and only the Lords Some neglect relative Duty as thou Conscience knowest very well Are not some Husbands bitter to ●heir Wives and some Wives disobedient to their Husbands Do not some Parents provoke their Children to wrath and do not some Children dishonour their Parents Do not some Masters deny that which is just and equal to their Servants and are not some Servants unfaithful to their Masters Dost thou not know all this to be true Conscience Doubtless thou doest and doubtless thou doest often nip and twinge them for it But good Conscience make them feel make them smart let them not go on in peace disturb them hannt them continually tell them their own and take a fit time and season for it My Reader does frequently or some●imes at least hear Sermons Sermons of the necessity of the New-birth Faith Repentance Holiness Take this opportunity Conscience of telling him the truth Say to him Hearest thou what the Preacher sayes hath he not clearly proved the necessity of New birth Faith Repentance Holiness unto Life Eternal What wilt thou do Man Woman Thou art not New-born thou hast not believed nor repented thou art not Holy Sure thou canst not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven Joh. 3. 3. Sure thou must be Damned Mat. 16. 16. Sure thou must perish Luke 13. 3. Thou canst not see the Lord to thy comfort in that unholy Estate thou art now in Heb. 12. 14. My Reader prayes constantly or sometimes at least and sayes Lord give me a better Heart a new Heart a clean Heart a soft Heart a single Heart Lord write thy Law in my Heart plant thy Fear in my Heart put thy Spirit into me cause me to walk in thy Statutes Now Conscience tell h●● the truth say to him Thou drawest ●igh to God with thy lips but thy Heart is far from him Thy Lip doth ask these things of God but thy Heart does not desire them thou art well enough satisfied and contented though thou be denied My Reader is sometimes busy in his Calling Conscience go to him and say O how busy thou art for back and belly what provision makest thou for thy soul My Reader is sometimes at a Feast or at his own Table go to him Conscience and say O how sweet this meat is to thy taste when shall the Word of God and the meat indeed and the drink indeed be as sweet My Reader is sometimes in a Tavern Ale-house or Coffee-house Conscience when he has done his necessary business there go to him and say Is not thy Family or Closet a fitter●place for thee to be in Sometimes he is walking in the fields Conscience go to him and ask him what ●e is meditating on and put him in mind of Isaac's practice Gen. 24. 6. My Reader is sometimes sick go ●t him Conscience and say This is th● just hand of God upon thee and bi● him take his Bible and read Jer. 4. 18 Sometimes my Reader takes Physick go to him Conscience and say to him When wilt thou be at so much cost for thy soul when wilt thou spare so much time from thy business for thy soul when wilt thou keep thy Chamber a day or two for thy souls health Possibly my Reader has lately been recovered out of a dangerous fit of sickness go to him Conscience and put him in mind of ●is sick●bed prayers and purposes and say to him Sin no more lest a worse thing come unto thee Conscience have but a very little patience more and I have done Some of my Readers thou knowest have lain under the meanes of Grace a long time Vnconverted would I could perswade thee 〈◊〉 force them to read Heb. 6. 7 8. Jer. ● 29. Ezek. 24. 13 14. Mat. 23. 37 38. Luke 19. 41 42. 2 Cor. 13. 5. and not let them be quiet until they have mused a while on each Conscience I am in care and fear about my Readers lest that dreadful Message be sent to them that once was sent to Israel of old Isa. 6. 9 10. with Rom. 11. 18. I beseech thee Conscience suffer them not to eat drink or sleep in quiet until they have fixed their thoughts a while on this Message after the reading of it Conscience I am out of hopes of my Readers welfare unless thou be the more vigilant a●●gent and faithful in doing thy office Wherefore I beseech you nay I charge you as once Paul charged Timothy 2 Tim. 4. 1. before God and the Lord Jesus Christ who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom preach the Word to my Reader be instant in season out of season Reprove Rebuke Exhort him and continue thy speech to him as once Paul did to his Hearers Acts 20. 7. until midnight rather then fail of prevailing with him There are a few other Scriptures which I desire my Reader might peruse viz. 1 Sam. 2. 25. 2 Chro. 25. 16. Pro. 29. 1. But Conscience if thou wilt not by earnest and continual urging compel him he will not bestow the time nor take the paines to do it In hope thou wilt be faithful to my Reader I shall add no more save only the promise of my prayers that thou mayst be so SERMON I. JOB 26. 7. My Righteousness I hold fast and will not let it go my Heart shall not reproach me so long as I live MY Righteousness I hold fast His Friends would have robb'd him of it would have persuaded him out of it would have argued and disputed him out of it but you shall not do it saith Job I stand up in the defence of it I hold it fast I will not let it go● Say what you will do what you can I will maintain my Integrity I am not an Hypocrite as you would have me think I am I am not an unrighteous man as you would speak me to be and as you would have me take my self to be no my Righteousness I will hold fast I will not let it go pull while you will I will hold it fast Take we up the like Resolution there are some that pretend to be friends pretend friendship and kindness but act the part of Job's friends here Oh how many are there that would spoil us of our