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A29138
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A moderate short discourse concerning tenderness of conscience by John Bradshaw ...
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Bradshaw, John, 1602-1659.
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know_v 6._o in_o place_n therefore_o dubious_a and_o difficult_a it_o be_v not_o good_a sense_n to_o say_v my_o conscience_n tell_v i_o this_o or_o that_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o such_o a_o text_n because_o conscience_n be_v manifest_o seat_v in_o the_o practical_a intellect_n who_o work_n be_v not_o to_o find_v out_o true_a or_o false_a in_o any_o matter_n 7._o yet_o where_o the_o 3.7_o the_o but_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n will_v not_o hearken_v unto_o thou_o for_o they_o will_v not_o hearken_v to_o i_o ezek._n 3.7_o church_n have_v authoritative_o give_v the_o interpretation_n of_o dubious_a place_n a_o tender_a conscience_n shall_v be_v tender_a of_o reject_v it_o as_o both_o charitable_o and_o dutiful_o hope_v that_o the_o church_n will_v not_o give_v a_o interpretation_n either_o contrary_a to_o other_o express_a scripture_n the_o analogy_n of_o faith_n or_o to_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n in_o the_o most_o pure_a and_o ancient_a time_n of_o it_o 8._o nor_o be_v it_o less_o than_o equity_n that_o if_o the_o people_n trust_v the_o church_n first_o in_o set_v out_o the_o bound_n of_o canonical_a scripture_n against_o such_o as_o will_v romanist_n will_v the_o romanist_n add_v or_o he_o or_o si_fw-mi &_o petrus_n accedat_fw-la locus_fw-la ex_fw-la epistola_fw-la ejus_fw-la priore_fw-la quae_fw-la sola_fw-la genuina_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n petrus_n quoque_fw-la vetus_fw-la auctor_fw-la epistolae_fw-la posterioris_fw-la quae_fw-la sub_fw-la petri_n nomine_fw-la jam_fw-la olim_fw-la vulgata_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n walo_n messalinus_n alias_o salmasius_n de_fw-fr episcopis_fw-la &_o presbyteris_fw-la and_o other_o beside_o he_o subtract_v second_o in_o translate_n it_o against_o such_o as_o will_v lock_v it_o up_o they_o shall_v also_o cheerful_o and_o grateful_o receive_v the_o church_n interpretation_n it_o be_v not_o imaginable_a to_o a_o ingenuous_a and_o charitable_a man_n that_o they_o who_o have_v be_v faithful_a and_o industrious_a in_o fix_v the_o canon_n and_o translate_n it_o will_v be_v careless_a and_o deceitful_a in_o the_o interpretation_n 9_o i_o do_v therefore_o but_o with_o humble_a submission_n to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o church_n affirm_v that_o a_o tender_a conscience_n be_v guide_v in_o her_o rule_n by_o the_o church_n translation_n may_v also_o be_v guide_v by_o her_o interpretation_n 10._o but_o beside_o ambiguous_a place_n there_o be_v clear_a scripture_n enough_o to_o show_v we_o what_o be_v good_a and_o what_o be_v evil_a deut_n 30.15_o see_v i_o have_v set_v before_o thou_o this_o day_n life_n and_o good_a and_o death_n and_o evil_n but_o more_o pregnant_o mic._n 6.8_o he_o have_v show_v thou_o o_o man_n what_o be_v good_a etc._n etc._n 11_o yet_o may_v clear_a place_n be_v obscure_v by_o unsound_a interpretation_n and_o by_o none_o more_o than_o by_o over_o lax_n and_o large_a synechdoche_n for_o of_o all_o place_n the_o moral_a law_n be_v most_o clear_a yet_o be_v the_o synechdoch_v some_o make_v so_o large_a that_o a_o man_n know_v not_o when_o he_o break_v they_o or_o keep_v they_o 12._o above_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n none_o seem_v more_o clog_v with_o the_o trope_n aforesaid_a than_o the_o second_o commandment_n so_o that_o as_o they_o be_v guilty_a of_o one_o gross_a extreme_a who_o expunge_v it_o out_o of_o the_o decalogue_n so_o they_o in_o some_o degree_n of_o another_o that_o have_v overmuch_o enlarge_v it_o for_o if_o it_o must_v be_v extend_v to_o all_o invention_n of_o man_n whereby_o they_o clothe_v the_o worship_n of_o god_n with_o fit_v circumstantial_o we_o can_v stir_v a_o foot_n but_o we_o must_v stumble_v over_o some_o grave_a image_n then_o be_v the_o toll_n a_o bell_n the_o turn_v a_o glass_n the_o tune_v a_o psalm_n or_o almost_o any_o thing_n else_o not_o express_o command_v a_o grave_a image_n then_o be_v every_o christian_a congregation_n in_o the_o world_n a_o congregation_n of_o idolater_n which_o be_v gross_o absurd_a 13._o by_o what_o therefore_o have_v be_v say_v in_o this_o and_o the_o former_a chapter_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o object_n of_o the_o tender_a conscience_n be_v clear_a or_o manifest_a evil_n or_o good_a 14._o therefore_o bare_a resemblance_n of_o evil_a be_v not_o the_o object_n of_o tenderness_n nor_o be_v that_o place_n 1_o thes_n 5.22_o abstain_v from_o every_o appearance_n of_o evil_n so_o to_o be_v understand_v because_o if_o that_o be_v the_o sense_n man_n life_n shall_v be_v a_o perpetual_a thraldom_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d also_o be_v as_o well_o kind_a as_o appearance_n and_o estius_n say_v well_o it_o be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o ch._n 4.12_o to_o walk_v honest_o towards_o they_o without_o many_o good_a thing_n carry_v a_o resemblance_n of_o evil_n as_o diligence_n in_o calling_n of_o covetuousness_n cheerfulness_n of_o levity_n reservedness_n of_o anger_n lawful_a recreation_n of_o voluptuousness_n and_o common_o all_o virtue_n and_o grace_n of_o some_o one_o extreme_a 15._o the_o restriction_n be_v these_o 1._o it_o must_v be_v clear_o evil_a of_o which_o it_o be_v a_o appearance_n 2._o such_o a_o appearance_n it_o must_v be_v as_o do_v necessary_o infer_v we_o guilty_a or_o that_o we_o love_v or_o like_a that_o evil_a 3._o such_o a_o appearance_n as_o we_o have_v freedom_n to_o forbear_v 16._o work_n yet_o be_v the_o tender_a conscience_n tender_a of_o another_o man_n conscience_n 1_o cor._n 10.29_o conscience_n i_o say_v not_o thy_o own_o but_o of_o the_o other_o vid._n pag._n ult_n gal._n 6.4_o but_o let_v every_o man_n prove_v his_o own_o work_n there_o be_v but_o one_o consideration_n more_o in_o the_o object_n viz._n that_o a_o tender_a conscience_n be_v conversant_a about_o the_o evil_a and_o good_a of_o our_o own_o action_n and_o not_o of_o other_o man_n for_o however_o grief_n may_v arise_v in_o our_o heart_n for_o the_o misdoing_n of_o other_o yet_o can_v it_o not_o be_v call_v trouble_n of_o conscience_n but_o sorrow_n of_o mind_n chap._n ix_o of_o the_o subject_n of_o a_o tender_a conscience_n the_o remote_a subject_n be_v as_o have_v be_v show_v the_o practical_a intellect_n in_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o will_n but_o more_o approximate_o a_o regenerate_a and_o sanctify_a soul_n for_o if_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n and_o true_a softness_n of_o heart_n be_v only_o subject_v in_o a_o regenerate_v soul_n so_o likewise_o be_v this_o 2._o tenderness_n therefore_o be_v not_o only_o the_o adjunct_n of_o such_o a_o soul_n defile_v tit._n 1.15_o but_o to_o they_o that_o be_v defile_v and_o unbelieving_a be_v nothing_o pure_a but_o even_o their_o mind_n and_o conscience_n be_v defile_v but_o the_o adequate_a adjunct_n of_o it_o and_o therefore_o be_v reciprocate_v with_o the_o subject_n so_o that_o there_o be_v no_o regenerate_a man_n without_o a_o tender_a conscience_n no_o tender_a conscience_n but_o in_o a_o regenerate_a man_n as_o it_o be_v a_o gracious_a disposition_n 3._o hence_o it_o be_v as_o ridiculous_a for_o a_o wicked_a man_n as_o a_o thief_n a_o perjure_a person_n or_o traitor_n to_o pretend_v to_o tenderness_n of_o conscience_n as_o for_o a_o beast_n to_o pretend_v to_o rationality_n if_o two_o thief_n shall_v rob_v a_o man_n and_o one_o persuade_v to_o murder_v he_o and_o the_o other_o refuse_v and_o hinder_v it_o be_v not_o tenderness_n of_o conscience_n proper_o in_o he_o but_o either_o some_o degree_n of_o good_a nature_n or_o god_n restrain_v grace_n or_o fear_v of_o a_o divine_a hand_n of_o punishment_n that_o frequent_o find_v out_o murderer_n conscience_n be_v as_o true_o tender_a of_o theft_n as_o of_o murder_n gen._n 37.22_o when_o reuben_n say_v shed_v no_o blood_n it_o can_v be_v think_v such_o a_o tenderness_n in_o he_o who_o be_v not_o afraid_a to_o defile_v his_o father_n bed_n 4._o to_o conclude_v this_o the_o sanctify_a soul_n in_o regard_n of_o this_o adjunct_n be_v not_o only_a subjectum_fw-la recipiens_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la but_o in_o se_fw-la tenderness_n have_v a_o inherence_n in_o such_o a_o soul_n and_o can_v be_v sever_v from_o it_o how_o ever_o at_o some_o time_n it_o may_v be_v more_o dull_a then_o at_o other_o chap._n x._o of_o the_o adjunct_n of_o a_o tender_a conscience_n the_o adjunct_n property_n or_o the_o effect_n of_o this_o holy_a disposition_n will_v serve_v for_o the_o mark_n or_o character_n of_o it_o by_o which_o it_o may_v in_o some_o sort_n be_v discover_v where_o it_o be_v 1._o a_o proportionality_n to_o the_o object_n the_o great_a the_o evil_a the_o more_o tender_a the_o conscience_n those_o evil_n especial_o it_o must_v check_v we_o for_o and_o keep_v we_o from_o which_o be_v 1._o most_o dishonourable_a to_o god_n and_o his_o gospel_n 2._o such_o as_o most_o wound_v the_o conscience_n those_o that_o most_o dishonour_n god_n and_o his_o gospel_n be_v sin_n against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n nation_n and_o humane_a society_n such_o as_o
rev._n 19.8_o yet_o the_o chief_a and_o lead_a man_n of_o that_o way_n do_v at_o certain_a time_n in_o the_o fight_n of_o many_o thousand_o wear_v scarlet_n gown_n and_o hood_n in_o the_o university_n not_o only_o at_o disputation_n and_o congregation_n but_o at_o sermon_n yea_o if_o i_o mistake_v not_o do_v preach_v ad_fw-la clerum_fw-la in_o their_o scarlet_a cope_n one_o of_o the_o grave_a habit_n in_o the_o world_n and_o much_o use_v in_o one_o of_o the_o university_n at_o solemn_a time_n wherein_o a_o man_n may_v wonder_v as_o why_o they_o shall_v not_o scruple_n as_o much_o at_o scarlet_a as_o as_o at_o white_a so_o much_o more_o why_o they_o shall_v stumble_v more_o at_o white_a of_o linen_n then_o at_o the_o white_a of_o miniver_n wherewith_o that_o habit_n be_v large_o endorse_v of_o school-writer_n none_o that_o i_o know_v speak_v more_o to_o the_o purpose_n than_o antoninus_n from_o who_o some_o modern_a writer_n seem_v to_o borrow_v that_o little_a that_o they_o have_v upon_o that_o subject_n 9_o a_o quibusdem_fw-la voco_fw-la erronea_fw-la conscientia_fw-la ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la timor_fw-la consc_fw-la entiae_fw-la ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la pusillanimitas_fw-la anton._n sum._n part_n 1._o tract_n 3_o c._n 10._o sect._n 9_o first_o he_o show_v the_o several_a name_n give_v to_o scrupulosity_n some_o call_v it_o say_v he_o pusillanimity_n some_o fear_n of_o conscience_n some_o a_o erroneous_a conscience_n and_o give_v this_o definition_n est_fw-fr vacillatiâ—_n quaedam_fw-la consurgens_fw-la cum_fw-la formidine_fw-la ex_fw-la aliquibus_fw-la conjecturis_fw-la debilibus_fw-la &_o incertis_fw-la i_o e._n a_o waver_a of_o mind_n rise_v in_o we_o with_o fear_n upon_o some_o uncertain_a and_o weak_a conjecture_n he_o after_o distinguish_v betwixt_o fides_fw-la scientia_fw-la opinio_fw-la ibid._n secundum_fw-la albertum_n in_fw-la libro_fw-la de_fw-la quatuor_fw-la câ—aevis_fw-la differentia_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la scientiam_fw-la sâ—dem_fw-la opinionem_fw-la dubitationem_fw-la &_o sâ—rupulum_fw-la seu_fw-la fusp_n cionem_fw-la demum_fw-la scrupulus_fw-la ex_fw-la levibus_fw-la conjecturis_fw-la seu_fw-la mediis_fw-la &_o multum_fw-la debil_n bas_fw-fr movetur_fw-la ad_fw-la unam_fw-la partium_fw-la ibid._n dubitatio_fw-la and_o scrupulus_fw-la and_o tell_v we_o that_o a_o doubt_a conscience_n be_v pendulous_a betwixt_o both_o part_n but_o a_o scrupulous_a fasten_v upon_o one_o part_n draw_v by_o weak_a reason_n i_o see_v but_o little_a difference_n betwixt_o vacillatio_fw-la and_o dubitatio_fw-la nor_o be_v it_o necessary_a either_o to_o conceive_v of_o a_o dubious_a conscience_n as_o not_o fasten_v because_o when_o it_o do_v so_o it_o may_v be_v doubt_v nor_o do_v a_o scrupulous_a conscience_n seem_v always_o to_o close_v with_o one_o part_n have_v after_o lay_v down_o the_o effect_n of_o scrupulosity_n timidorum_fw-la causatur_fw-la quandoque_fw-la ex_fw-la complexione_fw-la ad_fw-la timorem_fw-la idonea_fw-la viz._n frigidâ_fw-la quandoque_fw-la ex_fw-la agritudine_fw-la manica_fw-la vel_fw-la melancholicâ_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la laeditur_fw-la imaginatio_fw-la causatur_fw-la ex_fw-la tentatione_n diabolica_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la societate_fw-la timidorum_fw-la he_o proceed_v to_o the_o cause_n viz._n melancholy_a hurt_v the_o brain_n temptation_n from_o satan_n stir_v up_o the_o melancholy_a humour_n and_o he_o produce_v avicenna_n so_o teach_v sometime_o overmuch_o fast_v and_o watch_v sometime_o the_o society_n of_o scrupulous_a person_n one_o be_v apt_a to_o possess_v another_o with_o scruple_n scrupalum_fw-la scruple_n non_fw-la debent_fw-la scrupulosi_fw-la durè_fw-la corrâ—pi_fw-la sed_fw-la animari_fw-la ad_fw-la deponendum_fw-la pusillanimitatem_fw-la &_o scrupalum_fw-la next_o he_o proceed_v to_o the_o remedy_n of_o it_o as_o 1._o that_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v over_o harsh_o reprove_v he_o shall_v have_v add_v judge_n add_v of_o which_o danger_n our_o governor_n be_v judge_n except_o the_o scruple_n be_v dangerous_a to_o church_n or_o state_n 2._o that_o they_o shall_v be_v persuade_v to_o lay_v it_o aside_o 3._o interpretatio_fw-la 3._o debita_fw-la ad_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la praeparatio_fw-la solliâ—ta_fw-la sacrae_fw-la scripturae_fw-la in_o dagatio_fw-la orationis_fw-la devota_fw-la continuatâ—o_fw-la opinionis_fw-la alicujus_fw-la tuta_fw-la electio_fw-la obedientiae_fw-la humilis_fw-la imitatio_fw-la scrupulorum_fw-la animosa_fw-la abjectio_fw-la discreta_fw-la praeceptorum_fw-la interpretatio_fw-la diligent_o search_v the_o scripture_n jam._n 1._o if_o any_o man_n lack_v wisdom_n etc._n etc._n 4._o by_o godly_a sorrow_n to_o prepare_v for_o the_o receive_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n 5._o by_o subject_v their_o understanding_n and_o judgement_n to_o their_o superior_n in_o wisdom_n and_o office_n prov._n 3_o lean_v not_o to_o thy_o own_o understanding_n he_o cite_v to_o this_o purpose_n the_o word_n of_o the_o learned_a chancellor_n of_o paris_n vnum_fw-la hoc_fw-la damus_fw-la generale_fw-mi documentum_fw-la viz._n facile_a credere_fw-la sapientium_fw-la &_o bonorum_fw-la judicio_fw-la &_o contra_fw-la commune_v eorum_fw-la sententias_fw-la non_fw-la leviter_fw-la sibi_fw-la formare_fw-la scrupulos_fw-la anxios_fw-la &_o timidos_fw-la we_o give_v this_o general_a instruction_n easy_o to_o yield_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o wise_a and_o good_a man_n and_o not_o light_o to_o frame_v to_o ourselves_o troublesome_a scruple_n against_o their_o common_a judgement_n and_o if_o a_o scrupulous_a person_n shall_v say_v utinam_fw-la talis_fw-la esset_fw-la praelatus_fw-la noster_fw-la qualis_fw-la bernardus_n crederem_fw-la faciliter_fw-la imperanti_fw-la &_o acquiescerem_fw-la consulenti_fw-la if_o our_o church-governour_n be_v such_o a_o one_o as_o bernard_n i_o will_v believe_v easy_o what_o he_o shall_v tell_v i_o and_o rest_n in_o what_o he_o shall_v counsel_v i_o he_o answer_v erras_fw-la debes_fw-la illi_fw-la obedire_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la homini_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la deo_fw-la cujus_fw-la vice_n gerit_fw-la nam_fw-la christus_fw-la dicit_fw-la qui_fw-la vos_fw-la audit_n i_o audit_n thou_o err_v for_o thou_o ought_v to_o obey_v he_o not_o as_o man_n but_o as_o god_n in_o who_o stead_n he_o be_v thus_o far_o antonine_n archbishop_n of_o florence_n 8._o by_o what_o he_o write_v or_o other_o from_o he_o themselves_z or_o other_o it_o be_v manifest_a there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o a_o scrupulous_a conscience_n that_o this_o conscience_n be_v anxious_a and_o no_o doubt_n in_o some_o degree_n dubious_a there_o be_v little_a difference_n betwixt_o dubitatio_fw-la &_o vacillatio_fw-la that_o this_o scrupulosity_n be_v a_o sin_n in_o whosoever_o it_o be_v as_o proceed_v from_o evil_a cause_n viz._n ignorance_n error_n 35.4_o say_v to_o they_o that_o be_v of_o a_o fearful_a heart_n be_v strong_a isa_n 35.4_o or_o instability_n of_o mind_n or_o pride_n some_o affect_v and_o profess_v scrupulosity_n for_o by_o this_o they_o make_v that_o to_o be_v sin_n which_o else_o have_v be_v none_o faciunt_fw-la sibi_fw-la peccata_fw-la ubi_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la peccata_fw-la say_v one_o it_o proceed_v also_o from_o other_o ill_a cause_n aforesaid_a 9_o there_o be_v a_o kind_n or_o rather_o show_v of_o conscience_n 35._o disc_n de_fw-fr temp_n conscientia_fw-la mala_fw-la est_fw-la conscientia_fw-la perversa_fw-la quam_fw-la habent_fw-la qui_fw-la peccata_fw-la parva_fw-la ponderunt_fw-la magnanon_fw-la curant_fw-la minima_fw-la observatis_fw-la maxima_fw-la contemnitis_fw-la aug._n quaest_n evang_v lib._n 1._o qu._n 35._o which_o some_o call_v a_o perverse_a or_o preposterous_a conscience_n such_o be_v that_o of_o the_o pharisee_n mat_n 23.23_o who_o pay_v tithe_n of_o mint_n annis_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o neglect_a etc._n etc._n who_o strain_v at_o a_o gnat_n and_o swallow_v a_o camel_n mat._n 23.24_o or_o to_o give_v a_o more_o modern_a and_o too_o well_o know_v a_o instance_n to_o be_v so_o narrow_a throat_a as_o to_o strain_v at_o the_o church_n prayer_n and_o to_o be_v so_o wide_o throated_a as_o to_o swallow_v the_o church_n land_n to_o scruple_n to_o give_v a_o penny_n to_o the_o building_n or_o repair_v of_o a_o church_n a_o thing_n laudable_a pious_a and_o necessary_a and_o to_o stick_v at_o no_o cost_n towards_o the_o dethron_a and_o destroy_v of_o their_o sovereign_n a_o thing_n unnatural_a and_o impious_a but_o this_o be_v but_o a_o hypocritical_a pretence_n of_o conscience_n can_v be_v refer_v to_o this_o head_n which_o treat_v of_o real_a scrupulosity_n chap._n iu._n of_o the_o left_a hand_n extreme_a viz._n a_o wide_a loose_a and_o sear_a conscience_n 9_o conscientia_fw-la dilatata_fw-la quam_fw-la habent_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la ponderant_fw-la crassiora_fw-la peccata_fw-la &_o de_fw-la communibus_fw-la non_fw-la curant_fw-la disc_n de_fw-fr temp_n ser._n 9_o 1._o a_o wide_a or_o loose_a conscience_n be_v that_o which_o be_v not_o tender_o sensible_a of_o have_v do_v nor_o tender_o wary_a of_o do_v what_o be_v clear_o and_o manifest_o evil_a out_o of_o a_o inward_a principle_n 2._o if_o a_o man_n forbear_v evil_a to_o be_v do_v or_o be_v trouble_v for_o evil_n do_v only_o because_o it_o be_v punish_v or_o punishable_a by_o humane_a law_n this_o be_v not_o tenderness_n and_o therefore_o looseness_n of_o conscience_n be_v chief_o see_v and_o discern_v in_o the_o commission_n and_o admission_n of_o such_o sin_n distinguish_v rom._n 13._o wrath_n and_o