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sin_n	forgive_v	iniquity_n	transgression_n	3,500	5	9.5602	5	false

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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 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

Conscience co-witnessing my Conscience witnessing together with God God knows it and doth witness it and my Conscience knows it and doth witness it and my Conscience together with me knows it There is a double Act of the Understanding there is a Direct Act whereby we know a thing and there is a Reflect Act whereby we know that we know it And this is the Action of Conscience Isa. 59. 12. For our transgressions are multiplied before thee and our sins they testifie against us for our transgressions are with us and as for our iniquities we know them we know that we have sinned So that Conscience is a recoiling or a reflexion of the Soul upon it self according to that of Paul 1 Cor. 4. 4. II. General I come in the next place to shew about what Conscience is imploy'd it is imploy'd about the whole man and all his actions It hath a Commission thus to employ it self about the understanding how that doth act about the memory to observe how that doth act about the will how that doth act and the Affections how they do act it is imployed to observe whether the man be sanctified or not and it is imployed about his Actions whether they be good or bad about our actions towards God or Man towards our selves or others And it is imployed about every thing that is either a Sin or a Duty Conscience is imployed to observe how you eat and drink it is imployed to observe how you dress and habit your selves how you buy and sell and deal and trade in the World it is imployed to observe how you read the Scripture pray in your Family in your Clozet and in the Congregation how you sanctifie the Sabbath receive Sacraments how you spend your time how long you lye a Bed in a morning how late you set up at night and about what to observe how you carry your selves alone and how you carry your selves in Comyany to observe what you do in the Streets or in the Field in this place or in the other place in this Company or in the other Company it goeth along with you and it will never leave you God help me to mind this I hope you will make the same prayer for your selves that I make for my self III. General How Conscience is imployed From the Description of Conscience which I have given you you may understand that Conscience hath several Offices the Office of a Notary or Register the Office of a Witness or Accuser the Office of a Judge or a Condemner the Office of a Comforter or a Tormenter Conscience is imployed in such Offices as these are and Conscience will first or last be faithful in the execution of them and it will do it's Office to purpose 1. It is imployed as a Notary or Register to write down all we do to write it down as with the Point of a Diamond to Book it down and Seal it up that it may come to Light again 2. It is imployed as an Accuser when we do amiss when we warp from the Rule 3. It is imployed as a Judge to pass sentence of life or death Oh Sirs how many poor souls are condemned by their own hearts Their own Consciences tell them thou art a Damned Creature thou art an undone soul it may be Conscience as yet doth not set in Judgment it is not Sessions or Assizes time with you it may be it is adjourned and put of to a longer time But assure your selves the time will come the time is at hand 4. Conscience is also imployed as a Comforter as an Acquitter and Absolver if we do well 2 Cor. 1. 12. This is our rejoycing the testimony of our Conscience that in simplicity and godly sincerity c. we have had our conversation in the world What greater rejoycing then this When Conscience shall acquit me in the prescence of God when Conscience shall be able to say as Hezekiah Remember O Lord how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart and have done that which is good in thy sight Oh what a comfort will it be when Conscience shall reflect upon it's believing in Christ upon it's confession of sin repentance and tears sighs and groans for sin This is my rejoycing the testimony of my Conscience that I have been alone in a corner in my Clozet with tears in mine eyes and sorrow in my heart that I have rolled my self on Christ and cast all my ca●e upon him 5. Then as a Tormenter Conscience is imployed When Conscience shall recoil and thus reflect upon a man When thou shoulds● have been in thy Clozet thou wast here or there in the Street or in the Field in the Coffee House or Taverns when thou shouldst have been with God alone thou hast been elswhere Thou couldst lye down and rise up without having God be●fore thine Eyes thou couldst eat and drink without fear and without rule and buy and sell and habi● thy self without fear There is a● much danger in habiting and dressing our selves as in eating and drinking O what if this dress should be a snare what if this should occasion the committing of Adultery He that looks upon a Woman to lust after her saith Christ hath committed Adultery with her already in his heart Saith one There is a fine clear skin and so saith a second and a third but do you know what temptation may lye in a naked skin the Lord help us to take heed of it I would commend you a little Book it is but 3 pence price it is called The Hairy Comet very fit for an Hairy Age. This is indeed an Hairy Age God deliver us from False Hearts for we can see almost nothing but False Heads every where Assure your selves Conscience will have a bout with men for this another day Conscience will not let this go unobserved Conscience doth write down this and will hereafter find a time to read it to you It may be the Wife will say I must please my Husband and the Husband will say I must please my Wise. But have a care I beseech you to please Conscience that it may not be against you another day See that Conscience be for you and that Conscience may have no cause to upbraid you and torment you another day Let Jobs care be your care let not Conscience reproach you so long as you live I beseech you earnestly let it be your great care to have A Conscience void of offence towards God and towards Man towards your selves and others And if you so do you will have no cause to repent your being here to hear this Lesson SERMON II. JOB 27. 6. My Righteousness I hold fast and will not let it go my Heart shall not reproaoh me so long as I live THis was Jobs Resolution why should it not be ours Those that have felt the Reproaches of Conscience once would be loth to feel them a second time The very bruit Beasts when once they