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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

him as Peter to Simon Magus Acts 8. 23. I perceive thou art in the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity a child of wrath and the wrath of God will come upon thee if thou continue so Eph. 5. 6. If my Reader do live after the flesh and sure thou canst tell whether he does so or no. Good Conscience tell him that he does so and that if he shall continue so to do he shall die and shew him Rom. 8. 13. and bid him read it If my Reader do the work of the Lord negligently deceitfully if he offer to God a corrupt thing when he has a male to offer tell him of the curse which hangs over his head and make him read Jer. 48. 10. Mat. 1. 14. If he have no prayer in his Family cause him to read Jer. 10. 25. If he remember not the Sabbath day to keep it holy give him no rest till thou hast gotten him to read and ponder upon what is written Jer. 17. 27. If he be an idle slothful unprofitable servant in the Lords work shew him Matth. 25. 30. If he be an unfruitful tree in the Lords vineyard prevail with him for thou canst do it to read again and again the words of Christ Luke 13. 7 8 0. shew him also Matth. 7. 17. and Heb. 6. 7 8. Say to him Why dost thou not take the Bible and read it Conscience if my Reader believe not in Jesus Christ if he do not obedientially rest upon him alone for salvation tell him that if he do not believe the sooner he must be damned Mark 16. 16. If he have not repented if he have not confessed his sin and mourned for it and turned from it unto God tell him he must do it or perish and shew him Luke 13. 3 5. If he be unrighteous good Conscience tell him that if he continue such he shall never inherit the Kingdom of God Compell him to read 1 Cor. 6. 9 10. If he be unholy tell him that he shall never see the Lord and let him not be quiet till he has taken the Bible and read it in Heb. 12. 14. If he be unregenerate tell him he cannot if he continue so see the Kingdom of God Put the Bible into his hand and bid him read John 3. 3●5 Conscience if my Reader be a neglecter of that great Salvation profered in the Gospel and continue so tell him that he cannot escape damnation and shew him Heb. 2. 3. If he turn away from him that speaketh from Heaven to him tell him that he cannot escape the wrath of God and shew him Heb. 12. 25. and Acts 3. 23. and ask him whether he be not afraid of destruction And if he shall still refuse to hearken and still pull away the shoulder and stop his ears and make his Heart like an Adamant stone tell him that great wrath will come upon him Zech. 7. 11 12. Conscience if my Reader be one of that black catalogue 1 Cor. 6. 9 10. or a doer of the works of the flesh Gal. 5. 19 20 21. tell him that he shall not inherit the Kingdom of God And if he ask thee what warrant thou hast to say so refer him to the forecited Scriptures Conscience if my Reader should be fearful unbelieving abominable if he should be a Murderer a Whoremonger a Sorcerer an Idolater a Liar tell him that if he continue such he must have his part in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone and make him read Rev. 21. 8. Conscience if my Reader be a proud person tell him from God that God is able to abase him Dan. 4. 37. and will be above him Exod. 18. 11. and bring him down Psal. 18. 27. and low Prov. 29. 23. even to destruction Prov. 16. 18. and 15. 25. Get him also to read Isa. 2. 11. to 18. and Isa. 3. 16. to the end If my Reader be a covetous person good Conscience let him know from the Word of God 1. That he is a troubler of his own house Prov. 15. 27. 2. That he is in Gods account an Idolater Col. 3. 5. Eph. 5. 5. 3. That he is hated and abhorred of God Psal. 10. 3. 4. That he is sorely threatned Isa. 5. 8. Isa. 10. 1 2. Job 20. 15 19 20. and 27. 16 17 18. 1 Cor. 6. 10. And get him to read 1 Tim. 6. 9 10. And Conscience if my Reader be a voluptuous person an adulterous unclean person I must intreat thee to send him to the Bible and to see that he read and consider these following Scriptures of the Old and New Testament Prov. 2. 18 19. Prov. 5. 3 4 5 6 to 14. Prov. 6. 26 32 ●3 Prov. 7. 21. to the end of the chap. Prov. 22. 14. Prov. 23. 27. Prov. 29. 3. Eccles. 7. 26. 1 Cor. 5. 9. 1 Cor. 6. 9 10. Eph. 5. 5 6. Heb. 13. 4. Rev. 21. 8. and 22. 15. Good Conscience be at him again and again and never leave him till thou hast gotten him to go into his Closet and there to spend one quarter or half an hour in pondering on these Scri●●●●● Conscience do thy office thou art Gods Deputy fail not to be faithful Possibly thou mayest say That thou hast done it again and again but they will not hear they are deaf to me as well as to you But Conscience if thou be a good Conscience speak louder speak not with so low a voice lift up thy voice like a trumpet for thou art ordained a Preacher to shew my Readers their transgressions and sins Be not silent whether they will hear or whether they will forbear yet speak unto them I know my Readers many of them will endeavour to silence and stop thy mouth they do not love to be told of their faults or what their estate is but Conscience be not thou rebellious but do that which is thine Office to do I know thou hast much to charge my Readers with Some of them thou knowest do neither read the S●riptures nor pray in their Families nor Cathechize them that are committed to their charge Others pray not in their Closets nor do they commune with their own hearts about their spiritual estates they examine not themselves whether they be in the Faith or whether Christ be in them they compare not themselves with the Word of God to know how it is with them Some spend their time and strength and Estates in Rioting and Drunkenness in Chambering and Wantonness in Strife and Envying Some trifle away their precious time in Taverns Ale-houses Play-houses Coffee-houses Some embrace this present World with Demas Some are lovers of Pleasures more then lovers of God Some acknowledge God in their words and in their works deny him Some have left their first love Some are lukewarm neither hot nor ●●ld Some say Lord Lord but will not do the things that he says unto them Some believe not with their Hearts what with their Mouth they say they do believe Some confess sin with their