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spirit_n	contrite_a	humble_a	revive_v	5,567	5	11.6295	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93060	A good conscience the strongest hold. A treatise of conscience, handling the nature acts offices use of conscience. The description qualifications properties severall sorts of good conscience. The excellency necessity utility happiness of such a conscience. The markes to know motives to get meanes to keep it. By John Sheffeild, Minister of Swythins London.	Sheffeild, John, d. 1680.	1650 (1650)	Wing S3062; Thomason E1235_1; ESTC R208883	228,363	432

kinswoman 7. This man will sooner suffer any prejudice himself then prejudice his neighbour Hee sweareth to his own hurt and damage but changeth not No Prejudice valuable to the wronging Psal 15. 4. of his Neighbours exspectation and his own Conscience It was a famous speech of that noble Pomper when in a time of a great dearth at Rome hee was chosen Curator Annonae and had now made great provision of Corn for the relief of his Citizens being readie to set forward there arose a storm the Pilot persuaded him to stay because of the danger It matters not saith hee hoist up sail put out to Sea it is necessarie for us to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sail to live is not necessarie To stay and reserve our selves is less agreeable with our honour then to go and releeve our countrey is agreeable to our dutie CHAP. XII The tender Conscience THe next good Conscience is the tender The Tender Conscience Conscience a disposition which the world calls Niceness Simpleness Peevishness Timorousness Scrupulousness and what not But it is the Right Temper ever of the gratious heart it is that heart of flesh promised in the New Covenant Ezek. 36. 25. and is that new Divine Nature wrought in the New Creature when once the old heart of stone is taken out it is that Tremulous and Contrite Spirit in which God delights to dwell Isai 57. 15. next to the Companie of an Angel or a glorified Saint Thus saith the High and loftie One that inhabiteth Eternitie whose Name Isa 66. 1 2. is Holie I dwell in the high and holy place with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit to revive the Spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite ones This was that gracious disposition for which Josiah was praised and spared Because thy heart was tender and thou hast humbled thy self when thou heardest what I spake against this place c. and hast rent thy clothes and wept before mee behold I will gather thee unto thy fathers in peace and thine eies shall not see the evil which I will bring upon this place saith the Lord 2 King 22. 19 20. This was that self-smiting that was still observed in David's heart which shewed him to bee of a right tender Conscience When hee had done a verie small injurie to his deadly enemie Saul the Lords Anointed not touching his life but his lap not cutting his Throat but his Coat his Heart smote him much hee wished it had been to do again hee would not then have done it 1 Sam. 24. 5. and 2 Sam. 24. 10. when hee had committed that other sin of pride in numbering the people His heart smote him again hee cries out I have sinned greatly I have done very foolishly This is that tenderness in converted Ephraim Jer. 31. 19. who smote on his thigh when sensible of his sinful miscarriage and in the penitent Publican who smote himself on his breast Luke 18. 13. A gracious and blessed frame of heart it is But opposite hereunto is that temper of the wicked and graceless heart which the Scripture brands with many ignominious names The Heart of Stone Ezek. 36. 26. The heart of Adamant Zech. 7. 12. The Brawny dedolent Conscience Eph. 4. 19. The spirit of slumber or Lethargie Rom. 11. 8. Eies without sight set in the head The whores forehead Jer. 3. 3. The stiff neck iron sinew and brow of brass Isai 48. 4. The seared Conscience 1 Tim. 4. 2. Greediness of sin Eph. 4. 19. Isai 56. 11. The Enlarged Capacious Grave-like or Hell-like conscience which is as an Open sepulchre receiving all that comes near it entertaineth the most stinking carcase Hab. 2. 5. and is not sensible or offended A whole man at one morsell and is not satisfied Hee is as Hell saith the Prophet that cannot bee filled Prov. 1. 12. or as the daughter of the hors-leach crying unsatiably Give give yet never saith Enough can swallow a whole house yea it may bee a widows house yet can make a Long Praier after all But hath no remorse before nor makes any Restitution after This rusheth furiously into the Battle cryeth Aha at sin as the Job 39. 25. horse at danger This Conscience could drink up Jordan is as impenetrable as Leviathan which esteemeth iron as straw brass as rotten wood when sharp stones are under him he plaies upon them He laughes at the shaking of the speare his heart is a● the nether milstone Job 41. Per totum This hath made a Covenant with Death and is at agreement with Hell He regards neither one nor other nor feareth either God or man But eates the bread of wickedness and drinks the wine of violence whose sleep is less that night when he hath done no mischief in the day Prov. 4. 16 17. No surer note of one going to hell in all the world then this temper This is Satans flesh-brand or the mark of Cain as there is no one surer note of the state and truth of Grace then tenderness of Conscience wheresoever it is found These are past knowledge Psal 14. 4. Past shame Jer. 8. 12. Past feeling Eph. 4. 19. Past sorrow Rom. 2. 5. yea Past fear Psal 36. 1. and at last after these many steps to Hell come to bee Lamech-like Gen. 4. 24. Past hope in this life Jer. 2. 25. And past Recovery or past salvation in the next To prevent this labour after tenderness of Conscience which is that that doth make and keepe and manifest a good Christian A two-fold tenderness But here I must distinguish of tenderness it is two-fold one Culpable faulty and diseased Laudable necessary and from soundnes There is a tenderness of body sometimes which proceeds from Soreness sickness infirmity As there is a lively sen●ibleness proceeding from health and a right constitution So there is a faulty and vicious tenderness and imbecillity of spirit which is five-fold There are five tender Consciences thus A faultie tenderness of Conscience and never an one of them good 1. When one is so tender that he cannot endure to be touched with a reproofe This is a tenderness indeed but an unsound and discased tenderness not so tender but that hee dare adventure on a sinne but he must not be told of his sinne The man who hath a byle when you touch him saith gently I pray it is tender when indeed it is sore and putrifi'd and harbors much filth within it This is an ill tenderness Thus onely wicked ones are tender and squeamish prophecy to us smooth things say they Isa 30. 10. Give us of your softest Pillows Ez. 13. 18. Oh how tender was Amaziah the priest of Bethel Amos 7. 10. He complaines of Amos as a turbulent and factious Preacher The Land is not able to bear al his words he must be restrained How tender were Jeremies accusers Jer. 38. 4. We beseech thee let this man be put to death