Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n
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A03796
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St. Pauls exercise, or, A sermon of conscience Describing the nature of it; and declaring the manner and meanes how to obtaine, and retaine, a good conscience. Preached by Iohn Hughes, Doctor in Diuinitie.
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Hughes, John, fl. 1622.
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STC 13914; ESTC S104276
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the_o casuist_n and_o schoolman_n of_o purpose_n that_o i_o may_v speak_v to_o the_o people_n and_o to_o their_o conscience_n and_o therefore_o according_a to_o plainness_n of_o speech_n and_o soundness_n of_o truth_n conscience_n may_v thus_o be_v define_v define_v conscience_n be_v a_o noble_a and_o a_o notable_a faculty_n in_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n work_v upon_o itself_o and_o determine_v of_o all_o our_o particular_a thought_n word_n and_o work_n either_o with_o we_o or_o against_o us._n expound_v 1._o i_o call_v it_o a_o faculty_n because_o it_o produce_v act_n and_o be_v inseparable_a from_o its_o subject_n exui_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la deponipotest_fw-la it_o may_v be_v leave_v off_o for_o a_o time_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o use_n of_o it_o as_o reason_n in_o a_o drunken_a man_n but_o it_o can_v be_v cast_v off_o for_o ever_o or_o remove_v from_o the_o soul_n which_o make_v st._n bernard_n to_o say_v meditation_n quocunque_fw-la vado_fw-la conscientia_fw-la mea_fw-la wecum_fw-la wheresoever_o i_o go_v my_o conscience_n be_v with_o i_o it_o dog_n and_o follow_v i_o adest_fw-la vinâ—_n seqitur_fw-la mortâ—um_fw-la it_o be_v present_a with_o i_o while_o i_o live_v and_o when_o i_o die_v it_o die_v not_o for_o when_o my_o body_n be_v rot_v in_o the_o grave_n my_o conscience_n shall_v live_v and_o when_o i_o rise_v again_o my_o conscience_n will_v come_v with_o i_o before_o god_n and_o his_o judgement_n seat_n either_o to_o excuse_v or_o accuse_v i_o 2._o i_o call_v it_o noble_a and_o notable_a in_o respect_n of_o the_o reciprocal_a work_n thereof_o which_o be_v strange_a and_o admirable_a and_o it_o be_v on_o this_o manner_n first_o the_o mind_n think_v a_o thought_n either_o good_a or_o bad_a and_o then_o the_o conscience_n by_o double_v and_o reflect_v the_o same_o do_v think_v again_o of_o that_o thought_n and_o judge_v whether_o it_o be_v good_a or_o bad_a we_o have_v a_o good_a resemblance_n thereof_o in_o the_o eye_n for_o the_o eye_n that_o see_v all_o thing_n that_o may_v be_v see_v see_v not_o itself_o but_o by_o way_n of_o reflection_n and_o the_o help_n of_o a_o lookingglass_n so_o it_o may_v be_v say_v of_o the_o mind_n it_o mind_n and_o understand_v all_o thing_n that_o may_v be_v understand_v yet_o it_o understand_v not_o itself_o nor_o its_o own_o nature_n but_o by_o recoil_v reflect_v &_o recollect_v the_o beam_n &_o ray_n of_o that_o divine_a light_n in_o and_o upon_o itself_o which_o make_v some_o to_o say_v that_o conscience_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o anima_fw-la reflexa_fw-la the_o soul_n of_o man_n recoil_v and_o reflect_v upon_o itself_o 3._o i_o place_v it_o in_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n not_o as_o part_v of_o a_o part_n for_o anima_fw-la est_fw-la indivisa_fw-la aristot._n the_o soul_n be_v impartible_a but_o tota_fw-la in_o tota_fw-la whollyin_o the_o whole_a soul_n and_o all_o the_o faculty_n thereof_o where_o it_o keep_v a_o complete_a court_n the_o court_n of_o conscience_n in_o the_o understanding_n where_o it_o principal_o reside_v bonorum_fw-la malorumque_fw-la facinorum_fw-la est_fw-la index_n &_o index_n senâ—ca_n it_o sit_v as_o a_o judge_n determine_v and_o prescribe_v the_o jure_fw-la this_o may_v or_o may_v not_o be_v do_v and_o this_o be_v well_o or_o ill_o do_v in_o the_o memory_n it_o be_v a_o register_n a_o recorder_n and_o a_o witness_n qui_fw-la nec_fw-la fallit_fw-la nec_fw-la fallitur_fw-la which_o can_v neither_o deceive_v nor_o be_v deceive_v testify_a de_fw-fr facto_fw-la this_o be_v do_v and_o that_o be_v not_o do_v whereof_o the_o poet_n speak_v nocte_fw-la dieque_fw-la tuum_fw-la gestas_fw-la in_o pectore_fw-la testem_fw-la iâ—â—enal_n in_o the_o will_n and_o affection_n it_o be_v a_o layler_n or_o executioner_n ease_v or_o torment_v we_o for_o what_o be_v the_o approofe_n and_o reproof_n the_o joy_n and_o check_n of_o the_o conscience_n but_o action_n of_o the_o will_n and_o affection_n recoil_v upon_o the_o soul_n either_o comfort_v or_o torment_v we_o for_o deed_n past_a or_o else_o terrify_v we_o for_o evil_a deed_n to_o come_v which_o make_v one_o to_o compare_v it_o to_o a_o bridle_n and_o a_o whip_n pol._n frenum_fw-la ante_fw-la peccatum_fw-la flagrum_fw-la post_fw-la peccatum_fw-la a_o bridle_n to_o curb_v we_o before_o we_o sin_n and_o a_o scourge_n to_o whip_v we_o after_o we_o have_v sin_v 4._o the_o four_o and_o last_o thing_n in_o the_o definition_n be_v the_o subject_n or_o object_n whereupon_o conscience_n do_v work_v or_o the_o matter_n wherewith_o it_o intermeddle_v it_o meddle_v not_o with_o universality_n as_o art_n and_o science_n nor_o with_o other_o man_n matter_n as_o busybody_n do_v but_o it_o deal_v whole_o and_o sole_o in_o our_o own_o proper_a and_o particular_a action_n and_o of_o these_o it_o give_v judgement_n by_o a_o kind_n of_o reason_v and_o dispute_v in_o &_o with_o itself_o call_v by_o the_o schoolman_n a_o practical_a syllogism_n who_o mayor_n be_v some_o maxim_n in_o reason_n or_o religion_n which_o can_v be_v deny_v and_o who_o minor_a be_v some_o act_n fact_n or_o duty_n of_o we_o ill_a or_o well_o do_v omit_v or_o commit_v and_o then_o follow_v the_o conclusion_n of_o itself_o either_o with_o we_o or_o against_o we_o as_o conscience_n bear_v witness_v sometime_o it_o speak_v for_o god_n against_o we_o and_o sometime_o for_o we_o unto_o god_n be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o middle_n 〈…〉_z ng_z perkins_n and_o a_o indifferent_a arbitrator_n between_o god_n and_o man_n and_o it_o be_v call_v conscientia_fw-la quasi_fw-la cordis_fw-la scientia_fw-la say_v s._n bernard_n or_o rather_o scientia_fw-la cum_fw-la alia_fw-la a_o knowledge_n join_v with_o our_o knowledge_n whereby_o it_o know_v that_o of_o we_o which_o god_n only_o know_v with_o us._n it_o be_v a_o co_z witness_n with_o god_n for_o no_o man_n know_v what_o be_v in_o man_n but_o god_n only_o &_o the_o spirit_n of_o man_n which_o be_v his_o conscience_n and_o this_o be_v instar_fw-la mille_fw-la testium_fw-la worth_n a_o thousand_o witness_n which_o make_v the_o philosopher_n to_o say_v 1._o o_o te_fw-la miserum_fw-la si_fw-la contemnis_fw-la hunc_fw-la testem_fw-la 43._o o_o wretched_a man_n if_o thou_o despise_v the_o judgement_n and_o testimony_n of_o thy_o own_o conscience_n illustrate_v the_o father_n have_v many_o say_n and_o simile_n to_o express_v the_o nature_n of_o conscience_n s_o bernard_n compare_v it_o to_o a_o book_n domo_fw-la conscientia_fw-la est_fw-la libre_fw-la ad_fw-la quem_fw-la emendandum_fw-la omnes_fw-la scripti_fw-la sunt_fw-la libri_fw-la conscience_n be_v a_o live_a book_n annex_v to_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n indeed_o a_o power_n or_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n like_v unto_o a_o book_n for_o the_o inform_a and_o reform_v whereof_o all_o other_o book_n be_v write_v and_o print_v for_o what_o be_v all_o the_o divinity-booke_n and_o all_o the_o law-booke_n but_o gloss_n and_o commentary_n upon_o this_o text_n et_fw-la maledicta_fw-la glossa_fw-la quae_fw-la corrumpit_fw-la textum_fw-la curse_v be_v that_o lawbook_n or_o gloss_n that_o go_v against_o conscience_n this_o book_n consist_v of_o two_o part_n cade_n or_o volume_n the_o one_o be_v a_o lawbook_n wherein_o be_v set_v down_o the_o ground_n and_o principle_n of_o truth_n and_o equity_n call_v by_o the_o ancient_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sive_fw-la relicta_fw-la rationis_fw-la scintilla_fw-la the_o relic_n and_o remain_v or_o the_o record_n of_o the_o law_n and_o light_n of_o nature_n the_o other_o part_n be_v a_o chronicle_n or_o a_o registrie_n wherein_o all_o our_o work_n be_v write_v which_o make_v s._n chrysostome_n use_v the_o same_o comparison_n which_o s._n bernard_n long_v before_o conscientia_fw-la est_fw-la codex_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la quotidiana_fw-la peccata_fw-la conscribuntur_fw-la a_o book_n wherein_o all_o our_o daily_a sin_n be_v write_v now_o conscience_n when_o it_o give_v judgement_n it_o first_o read_v over_o the_o lawbook_n and_o examine_v what_o be_v write_v there_o what_o be_v bid_v or_o forbid_v by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n &_o nature_n and_o then_o it_o turn_v over_o the_o record_n and_o see_v what_o be_v do_v or_o leave_v undo_v and_o according_o it_o give_v judgement_n either_o with_o we_o or_o against_o us._n s._n origen_n compare_v conscience_n to_o a_o schoolmaster_n pedagogus_fw-la animae_fw-la sociatus_fw-la &_o affectuum_fw-la corrector_n a_o master_n or_o monitor_n to_o direct_v our_o way_n and_o to_o correct_v our_o error_n s._n austin_n to_o a_o lookingglass_n speculo_fw-la similis_fw-la even_o a_o clear_a crystal_n glass_n wherein_o we_o may_v see_v our_o own_o virtue_n and_o vice_n and_o behold_v the_o image_n of_o the_o inner_a man_n tertullian_n call_v it_o praeiudicium_fw-la extremi_fw-la iudicij_fw-la a_o forerunner_n of_o god_n last_o judgement_n even_o the_o best_a almanac_n in_o our_o own_o breast_n and_o bosom_n to_o foretell_v we_o what_o shall_v become_v of_o we_o at_o the_o last_o day_n application_n these_o thing_n i_o pray_v you_o to_o