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austin_n what_o say_v he_o to_o a_o donatist_n that_o wrong_v he_o in_o his_o reputation_n think_v of_o austin_n what_o you_o please_v as_o long_o as_o my_o conscience_n accuse_v i_o not_o with_o god_n i_o will_v give_v you_o leave_v to_o think_v what_o you_o will_n if_o so_o be_v that_o a_o man_n conscience_n clear_v he_o he_o care_v not_o a_o whit_n for_o report_n because_o a_o good_a man_n look_v more_o to_o conscience_n then_o to_o fame_n fame_n therefore_o if_o conscience_n tell_v he_o truth_n though_o fame_n lie_v he_o care_v not_o much_o for_o he_o square_n not_o his_o life_n by_o report_n but_o by_o conscience_n indeed_o he_o look_v to_o a_o good_a name_n but_o that_o be_v in_o the_o last_o place_n for_o a_o good_a man_n look_v first_o to_o god_n who_o be_v above_o conscience_n and_o then_o he_o look_v to_o conscience_n which_o be_v under_o god_n and_o then_o in_o the_o three_o place_n he_o look_v to_o report_v among_o man_n and_o if_o god_n and_o his_o conscience_n excuse_v 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not_o the_o spirit_n to_o witness_v the_o forgiveness_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o to_o sanctify_v and_o enable_v he_o to_o lead_v a_o good_a life_n all_o be_v to_o no_o purpose_n if_o there_o be_v a_o evil_a conscience_n the_o unsound_a body_n while_o it_o be_v sick_a it_o be_v in_o a_o kind_n of_o hell_n already_o again_o take_v a_o man_n in_o any_o cross_n whatsoever_o a_o good_a conscience_n do_v bear_v loss_n out_o the_o cross_n it_o bear_v a_o man_n up_o always_o because_o a_o good_a conscience_n be_v a_o witness_n with_o god_n it_o raise_v a_o man_n obove_o all_o earthly_a thing_n whatsoever_o there_o be_v no_o earthly_a discouragement_n that_o can_v dismay_v a_o good_a conscience_n because_o there_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o divinity_n in_o conscience_n put_v in_o by_o god_n and_o it_o witness_v together_o with_o god_n so_o that_o in_o all_o cross_v it_o comfort_v so_o likewise_o in_o loss_n in_o want_n in_o want_n of_o friend_n in_o want_n of_o comfort_n in_o want_n of_o liberty_n what_o do_v the_o witness_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n in_o all_o these_o in_o want_n of_o friend_n it_o be_v a_o friend_n indeed_o it_o be_v a_o inward_a friend_n a_o near_a friend_n to_o we_o put_v the_o case_n that_o a_o man_n have_v never_o a_o friend_n in_o the_o world_n yet_o he_o have_v god_n and_o his_o own_o conscience_n where_o there_o be_v a_o good_a conscience_n there_o be_v god_n and_o his_o holy_a spirit_n always_o in_o want_n of_o liberty_n in_o want_n of_o outward_a comfort_n he_o have_v the_o comfort_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n a_o man_n on_o his_o deathbed_n he_o see_v he_o want_v all_o outward_a comfort_n but_o he_o have_v a_o good_a conscience_n and_o so_o in_o want_n of_o liberty_n when_o a_o man_n be_v restrain_v his_o heart_n be_v at_o liberty_n a_o wicked_a man_n that_o have_v a_o bad_a conscience_n be_v imprison_v in_o his_o own_o heart_n though_o he_o have_v never_o such_o liberty_n though_o he_o be_v a_o monarch_n a_o bad_a conscience_n imprison_v he_o at_o home_n he_o be_v in_o fetter_n his_o thought_n make_v he_o afraid_a of_o thunder_n afraid_a of_o every_o thing_n afraid_a of_o himself_o and_o though_o there_o be_v no_o body_n else_o to_o awe_v he_o yet_o his_o conscience_n awe_v he_o where_o there_o be_v a_o conscience_n under_o the_o guilt_n of_o sin_n unrepented_a there_o be_v the_o great_a liberty_n in_o the_o world_n there_o be_v restraint_n for_o conscience_n be_v the_o worst_a prison_n where_o there_o be_v a_o good_a conscience_n there_o be_v a_o inward_a enlargement_n a_o good_a man_n in_o the_o great_a restraint_n have_v liberty_n paul_n and_o silas_n act._n 16._o in_o the_o dungeon_n in_o the_o hell_n of_o the_o dungeon_n in_o the_o worst_a place_n of_o the_o dungeon_n in_o the_o stock_n and_o at_o the_o worst_a time_n of_o the_o day_n of_o the_o natural_a day_n i_o mean_v at_o midnight_n and_o in_o the_o worst_a usage_n when_o they_o be_v misuse_v and_o whip_v with_o all_o they_o have_v all_o the_o discouragement_n that_o can_v be_v and_o yet_o they_o sing_v at_o midnight_n these_o bless_a man_n paul_n and_o silas_n because_o their_o heart_n be_v enlarge_v there_o be_v a_o paradise_n in_o the_o very_a dungeon_n as_o where_o the_o king_n be_v there_o be_v his_o court_n so_o it_o be_v where_o god_n be_v god_n in_o the_o prison_n in_o the_o noisome_a dungeon_n by_o his_o spirit_n so_o enlarge_v their_o heart_n that_o they_o sing_v at_o midnight_n where_o as_o if_o conscience_n be_v ill_a if_o it_o be_v in_o paradise_n conscience_n will_v fear_v as_o we_o see_v in_o adam_n saint_n paul_n in_o prison_n be_v better_a than_o adam_n in_o paradise_n when_o he_o have_v offend_v god_n adam_n have_v outward_a comfort_n enough_o but_o when_o he_o have_v sin_v his_o conscience_n make_v he_o afraid_a of_o he_o from_o who_o he_o shall_v have_v all_o comfort_n it_o make_v he_o afraid_a of_o god_n and_o hide_v himself_o among_o the_o leaf_n alas_o a_o poor_a shift_n we_o see_v then_o conscience_n do_v witness_v and_o the_o witness_n of_o it_o when_o it_o be_v good_a do_v cause_n the_o soul_n to_o glory_n and_o rejoice_v not_o only_o in_o positive_a ill_n in_o slander_n and_o cross_n but_o in_o loss_n in_o want_n of_o friend_n in_o want_n of_o comfort_n in_o want_n of_o liberty_n and_o so_o for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v in_o evil_n threaten_v a_o good_a conscience_n be_v bold_a it_o fear_v no_o ill_a tiding_n psalm_n 112._o my_o heart_n be_v fix_v my_o heart_n be_v fix_v say_v david_n wicked_a man_n be_v like_o the_o tree_n of_o the_o forest_n isaiah_n 7._o wicked_a ahaz_n his_o heart_n do_v tremble_v and_o shake_v as_o the_o leaf_n with_o the_o wind_n the_o noise_n of_o fear_n
natural_a to_o man_n much_o more_o to_o the_o spirit_n of_o a_o man_n for_o if_o a_o man_n know_v what_o be_v in_o himself_o natural_o his_o own_o wit_n and_o understanding_n which_o be_v always_o with_o he_o breed_v up_o with_o he_o much_o more_o he_o know_v by_o his_o spirit_n the_o thing_n that_o be_v adventitious_a that_o come_v from_o without_o he_o that_o be_v the_o work_n of_o grace_n if_o a_o man_n by_o a_o reflect_v knowledge_n know_v what_o natural_o be_v in_o he_o in_o what_o part_n he_o have_v it_o and_o how_o he_o exercise_v it_o if_o he_o know_v and_o remember_v what_o he_o have_v do_v and_o the_o manner_n of_o it_o whether_o well_o or_o ill_o than_o he_o may_v know_v the_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n that_o come_v from_o without_o he_o that_o work_v a_o change_n in_o he_o we_o say_v of_o light_n that_o it_o discover_v itself_o and_o all_o other_o thing_n so_o the_o soul_n it_o be_v lightsome_a and_o therefore_o know_v itself_o and_o know_v other_o thing_n the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v much_o more_o lightsome_a where_o it_o be_v it_o discover_v itself_o and_o lighten_v the_o soul_n it_o discover_v the_o party_n in_o who_o it_o be_v as_o the_o apostle_n say_v 1_o cor._n 2._o 12._o we_o have_v the_o spirit_n whereby_o we_o know_v the_o thing_n that_o we_o receive_v of_o god_n it_o not_o only_o work_v in_o we_o but_o it_o teach_v we_o what_o it_o have_v wrought_v therefore_o a_o christian_a know_v that_o he_o be_v in_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n he_o know_v his_o virtue_n and_o his_o disposition_n except_o it_o be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o temptation_n and_o upon_o those_o ground_n name_v before_o therefore_o we_o shall_v labour_v to_o know_v our_o estate_n to_o examine_v ourselves_o whether_o we_o be_v in_o the_o faith_n or_o no_o except_o we_o be_v reprobate_n and_o cast_v away_o as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v a_o christian_n shall_v aim_v at_o this_o to_o understand_v his_o own_o estate_n in_o grace_n upon_o good_a ground_n but_o it_o may_v be_v object_v 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sincerity_n in_o our_o walk_n in_o our_o conversation_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v here_o this_o be_v our_o reoyce_n etc._n etc._n therefore_o christian_n when_o they_o be_v set_v upon_o by_o temptation_n of_o their_o own_o misdoubt_v heart_n and_o by_o satan_n they_o must_v not_o go_v to_o the_o great_a measure_n of_o grace_n that_o be_v in_o other_o that_o they_o have_v not_o so_o much_o as_o other_o and_o therefore_o they_o have_v none_o nor_o to_o the_o great_a measure_n of_o grace_n that_o they_o want_v themselves_o but_o to_o the_o truth_n of_o their_o grace_n the_o truth_n of_o their_o desire_n and_o endeavour_n the_o truth_n of_o their_o affection_n hereby_o we_o know_v that_o we_o be_v translate_v from_o death_n to_o life_n because_o we_o love_v the_o brethren_n this_o shall_v stir_v we_o up_o to_o have_v a_o good_a conscience_n that_o we_o may_v rejoice_v why_o shall_v we_o labour_v that_o we_o may_v rejoice_v why_o what_o be_v our_o life_n joy_n without_o joy_n and_o what_o be_v joy_n without_o a_o good_a conscience_n what_o be_v our_o life_n with_o out_o joy_n without_o joy_n we_o can_v do_v nothing_o we_o be_v like_o a_o instrument_n out_o of_o tune_n a_o instrument_n out_o of_o tune_n it_o yiel_n but_o harsh_a music_n without_o joy_n we_o be_v as_o a_o member_n out_o of_o joint_n we_o can_v do_v nothing_o well_o without_o joy_n and_o a_o good_a conscience_n which_o be_v the_o ground_n of_o joy_n a_o man_n without_o joy_n be_v a_o palsie-member_n that_o move_v itself_o unfit_o and_o uncomely_a he_o go_v not_o about_o thing_n as_o he_o shall_v a_o good_a conscience_n breed_v joy_n and_o comfort_n it_o enable_v a_o man_n to_o do_v all_o thing_n comely_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n and_o comfortable_o to_o himself_o it_o make_v he_o go_v cheerful_o through_o his_o business_n a_o good_a conscience_n be_v a_o continual_a feast_n without_o joy_n we_o can_v suffer_v affliction_n we_o can_v die_v well_o without_o it_o simeon_n die_v comfortable_o because_o he_o die_v in_o peace_n when_o he_o have_v embrace_v christ_n in_o his_o heart_n and_o in_o his_o arm_n without_o joy_n and_o the_o ground_n of_o joy_n we_o can_v neither_o do_v nor_o suffer_v any_o thing_n therefore_o in_o psalm_n 51._o david_n when_o he_o have_v lose_v the_o peace_n and_o comfort_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n he_o pray_v for_o the_o free_a spirit_n of_o god_n alas_o till_o god_n have_v enlarge_v his_o heart_n with_o the_o sense_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n in_o the_o pardon_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o give_v he_o the_o power_n of_o his_o spirit_n to_o lead_v a_o better_a life_n for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v his_o spirit_n be_v not_o free_a before_o he_o can_v not_o praise_v god_n with_o a_o large_a spirit_n he_o want_v freedom_n of_o spirit_n his_o conscience_n be_v bind_v his_o lip_n be_v seal_v up_o open_v my_o lip_n and_o my_o mouth_n shall_v show_v forth_o thy_o praise_n his_o heart_n be_v bind_v and_o therefore_o he_o pray_v to_o have_v it_o enlarge_v restore_v to_o i_o thy_o joy_n and_o salvation_n intimate_v that_o we_o can_v have_v a_o free_a spirit_n without_o joy_n and_o we_o can_v have_v joy_n without_o a_o good_a conscience_n sprinkle_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o pardon_n of_o our_o sin_n if_o it_o be_v so_o that_o we_o can_v do_v any_o thing_n nor_o suffer_v any_o thing_n as_o we_o shall_v that_o we_o can_v praise_v god_n that_o we_o can_v live_v nor_o die_v without_o joy_n and_o the_o ground_n of_o it_o the_o testimony_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n let_v we_o labour_v then_o that_o conscience_n may_v witness_v well_o unto_o we_o especial_o consider_v that_o a_o ill_a conscience_n it_o be_v the_o worst_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n there_o be_v no_o friend_n so_o good_a as_o a_o good_a conscience_n there_o be_v no_o foe_n so_o conscience_n ill_o as_o a_o bad_a conscience_n it_o make_v we_o either_o king_n or_o slave_n a_o man_n that_o have_v a_o good_a conscience_n that_o witness_v well_o for_o he_o it_o raise_v his_o heart_n in_o a_o princely_a manner_n above_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n a_o man_n that_o have_v a_o bad_a conscience_n though_o he_o be_v a_o monarch_n it_o make_v he_o a_o slave_n a_o bad_a conscience_n imbitter_v all_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n to_o he_o though_o they_o be_v never_o so_o comfortable_a in_o themselves_o what_o be_v so_o comfortable_a as_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n what_o be_v so_o comfortable_a as_o the_o light_n yet_o a_o bad_a conscience_n that_o will_v not_o be_v rule_v it_o hate_v the_o light_n and_o hate_v the_o presence_n of_o god_n as_o we_o see_v adam_n when_o he_o have_v sin_v he_o flee_v from_o god_n a_o bad_a conscience_n can_v joy_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o joy_n it_o be_v like_o a_o gouty_a foot_n or_o a_o gouty_a toe_n cover_v with_o a_o velvet_n shoe_n alas_o what_o do_v it_o ease_v it_o what_o do_v glorious_a apparel_n ease_v the_o disease_a body_n nothing_o at_o all_o the_o ill_a be_v within_o there_o the_o arrow_n stick_v and_o so_o 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the_o church_n of_o philadelphia_n and_o why_o because_o thou_o have_v a_o little_a strength_n how_o be_v that_o discover_v thou_o have_v keep_v my_o word_n and_o have_v not_o deny_v my_o name_n so_o then_o if_o that_o little_o be_v true_a god_n respect_v not_o that_o little_a as_o it_o be_v little_a in_o quantity_n but_o as_o he_o mean_v to_o make_v it_o ere_o long_o he_o look_v upon_o the_o earnest_n as_o he_o mean_v to_o make_v up_o the_o bargain_n he_o look_v upon_o the_o foundation_n as_o he_o mean_v to_o rear_v up_o a_o goodly_a building_n he_o look_v upon_o the_o first-fruit_n as_o he_o mean_v to_o add_v the_o harvest_n and_o therefore_o ephes._n 1._o and_o other_o place_n we_o be_v elect_v to_o be_v holy_a and_o blameless_a in_o his_o sight_n so_o ephes._n 5._o latter_a end_n he_o purge_v the_o church_n that_o she_o may_v be_v present_v to_o he_o without_o spot_n so_o christ_n look_v upon_o his_o church_n as_o he_o be_v purge_v and_o wash_v till_o he_o have_v make_v it_o holy_a 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ay_o but_o how_o shall_v we_o know_v the_o truth_n of_o his_o earnest_n that_o it_o be_v true_a though_o little_a it_o be_v little_a to_o speak_v a_o word_n or_o two_o of_o that_o for_o trial_n where_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v with_o the_o relation_n of_o a_o earnest_n he_o be_v as_o a_o earnest_a by_o way_n of_o grace_n and_o comfort_n for_o those_o two_o way_n the_o spirit_n discover_v himself_o in_o we_o to_o sanctify_v our_o nature_n or_o by_o comfort_n and_o peace_n and_o joy_n and_o such_o like_a then_o it_o do_v stir_v up_o the_o soul_n to_o mourn_v that_o be_v but_o a_o earnest_n little_a as_o i_o say_v before_o and_o to_o wait_v for_o the_o accomplishment_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v in_o rom._n 8._o we_o that_o have_v receive_v the_o first-fruit_n of_o the_o spirit_n mourn_v in_o ourselves_o that_o it_o be_v no_o better_o with_o we_o than_o it_o be_v and_o withal_o we_o wait_v for_o the_o redemption_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n the_o adoption_n of_o the_o son_n of_o 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this_o hope_n say_v the_o apostle_n purge_v himself_o he_o that_o find_v some_o little_a beginning_n of_o grace_n and_o comfort_n the_o begining_n of_o heaven_n upon_o earth_n he_o frame_v himself_o to_o the_o perfect_a state_n in_o heaven_n for_o it_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o faith_n and_o hope_v wheresoever_o they_o be_v to_o frame_v the_o disposition_n of_o the_o person_n in_o who_o those_o grace_n be_v plant_v by_o the_o spirit_n to_o the_o condition_n of_o that_o that_o soul_n believe_v and_o hope_n for_o it_o be_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n it_o shall_v be_v so_o for_o do_v not_o hope_n in_o any_o man_n that_o hope_v to_o appear_v before_o some_o great_a person_n make_v he_o alter_v his_o attire_n and_o fashion_v his_o carriage_n and_o deportment_n as_o may_v be_v plausible_a before_o the_o person_n who_o he_o go_v to_o and_o do_v not_o faith_n and_o hope_n of_o better_a thing_n where_o they_o be_v in_o truth_n fashion_n and_o dispose_v every_o man_n to_o be_v such_o as_o may_v be_v fit_a for_o heaven_n the_o title_n to_o heaven_n we_o have_v indeed_o by_o christ_n but_o the_o soul_n know_v there_o must_v be_v a_o qualification_n no_o unclean_a thing_n shall_v enter_v into_o heaven_n and_o therefore_o where_o the_o earnest_n be_v there_o be_v a_o continual_a desire_n to_o be_v better_o a_o continual_a relinquish_a of_o corruption_n more_o and_o more_o a_o perfect_a of_o the_o work_n of_o mortification_n and_o the_o work_n of_o grace_n more_o and_o more_o for_o the_o same_o spirit_n that_o be_v a_o earnest_n and_o give_v we_o any_o beginning_n of_o a_o better_a life_n it_o likewise_o stir_v we_o up_o it_o fit_v and_o prepare_v we_o for_o that_o state_n that_o be_v keep_v for_o we_o it_o be_v impossible_a it_o shall_v be_v otherwise_o in_o what_o strength_n the_o earnest_n be_v in_o that_o strength_n sanctification_n and_o mortification_n be_v and_o therefore_o person_n that_o live_v in_o sin_n against_o conscience_n that_o defile_v their_o tongue_n and_o defile_v their_o body_n let_v they_o talk_v what_o they_o will_v it_o be_v but_o a_o presumptuous_a conceit_n it_o be_v not_o the_o voice_n of_o god_n spirit_n but_o of_o carnal_a presumption_n for_o wheresoever_o the_o spirit_n be_v a_o earnest_a of_o heaven_n it_o be_v always_o prepare_v and_o fit_v the_o soul_n for_o that_o glorious_a &_o happy_a estate_n and_o wheresoever_o likewise_o this_o earnest_n of_o the_o spirit_n be_v wheresoever_o accomplishment_n this_o grace_n be_v begin_v in_o truth_n there_o be_v a_o desire_n of_o accomplishment_n a_o earnest_a desire_n of_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n to_o finish_v all_o to_o finish_v the_o bargain_n rev._n 22._o the_o spirit_n and_o the_o spouse_n say_v come_v that_o be_v the_o spouse_n by_o direction_n of_o the_o spirit_n where_o the_o spouse_n be_v guide_v by_o the_o spirit_n and_o so_o far_o as_o the_o spouse_n be_v guide_v by_o the_o spirit_n she_o say_v come_v come_v lord_n jesus_n come_v quick_o except_o in_o two_o case_n except_o the_o christian_a have_v grieve_v and_o wound_v caution_n his_o conscience_n grieve_v the_o spirit_n and_o then_o it_o be_v loath_a to_o go_v hence_o wound_v unless_o likewise_o the_o spirit_n of_o a_o christian_a be_v careless_a and_o will_v settle_v thing_n in_o better_a order_n before_o he_o go_v to_o christ_n for_o this_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o presumption_n careless_a and_o carelessness_n that_o it_o grieve_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n and_o the_o spirit_n be_v grieve_v grieve_v they_o he_o make_v that_o which_o shall_v be_v their_o comfort_n their_o go_v to_o christ_n by_o death_n he_o make_v it_o terrible_a for_o as_o we_o see_v a_o weak_a eye_n can_v endure_v the_o light_n so_o a_o gaul_v guilty_a conscience_n tremble_v to_o think_v of_o christ_n come_n though_o the_o earnest_n be_v there_o yet_o if_o the_o soul_n tremble_v that_o the_o soul_n be_v wound_v stay_v a_o while_n oh_o stay_v say_v the_o psalmist_n before_o i_o go_v hence_o and_o be_v no_o more_o see_v 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