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conscience_n lay_v a_o sin_n to_o his_o charge_n though_o all_o the_o world_n free_a him_z yet_o he_o bear_v guilt_n and_o terror_n about_o with_o he_o quid_fw-la proderit_fw-la tibi_fw-la non_fw-la habere_fw-la conscium_fw-la habenti_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la or_o else_o which_o be_v more_o probable_a it_o be_v call_v conscience_n or_o knowledge_n with_o in_o respect_n of_o god_n so_o that_o in_o the_o act_n of_o conscience_n there_o be_v a_o sense_n and_o apprehension_n of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n and_o his_o presence_n therefore_o conscience_n do_v always_o bear_v some_o aspect_n to_o god_n this_o god_n will_v see_v this_o god_n will_v punish_v this_o god_n have_v forbid_v and_o therefore_o let_v i_o betimes_o take_v heed_n how_o i_o do_v it_o so_o that_o while_o conscience_n have_v any_o stir_n and_o vigorous_a act_n there_o be_v some_o hope_n in_o a_o man_n although_o it_o be_v thus_o general_o receive_v by_o all_o that_o conscience_n belong_v to_o the_o understanding_n yet_o 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that_o parent_n be_v to_o be_v honour_v be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d à _fw-la conservando_fw-la because_o these_o be_v keep_v and_o preserve_v still_o or_o rather_o as_o martinius_n in_o his_o lexicon_n out_o of_o hierom_n because_o these_o do_v instigate_v and_o incline_v to_o keep_v we_o from_o sin_n in_o our_o action_n the_o scholman_n common_o call_v it_o synderisis_z and_o say_v it_o be_v as_o much_o as_o con-electio_a but_o this_o be_v because_o of_o their_o ignorance_n of_o the_o greek_a tongue_n these_o relic_n of_o god_n image_n be_v lest_o in_o we_o still_o even_o as_o after_o some_o great_a fire_n of_o a_o stately_a palace_n there_o remain_v some_o spark_n long_o after_o or_o in_o the_o demolish_n of_o glorious_a town_n there_o will_v some_o rudera_fw-la some_o remnant_n appear_v of_o such_o a_o building_n it_o be_v true_a this_o be_v question_v by_o some_o illyricus_n out_o of_o his_o vehement_a desire_n to_o aggravate_v sin_n deny_v there_o be_v any_o sense_n or_o knowledge_n of_o a_o god_n leave_v in_o a_o man_n more_o than_o in_o a_o bruit_n and_o endeavour_v to_o answer_v those_o place_n of_o scripture_n which_o be_v bring_v to_o prove_v those_o common_a principle_n or_o implant_v knowledge_n in_o a_o man_n by_o nature_n the_o socinian_o also_o though_o plough_v with_o another_o heifer_n do_v deny_v any_o implant_v knowledge_n by_o a_o god_n but_o that_o it_o come_v by_o same_o and_o tradition_n on_o the_o other_o side_n pelagian_n arminian_n and_o some_o papist_n fall_v into_o another_o extreme_a for_o they_o hold_v such_o principle_n about_o god_n and_o what_o be_v good_a that_o they_o may_v be_v light_a enough_o to_o guide_v we_o to_o salvation_n it_o be_v not_o my_o work_n now_o to_o examine_v either_o of_o these_o for_o the_o truth_n be_v between_o these_o two_o there_o be_v some_o implant_v practical_a notion_n in_o we_o about_o god_n and_o what_o be_v good_a agha_v those_o that_o err_v in_o the_o defect_n and_o yet_o they_o be_v no_o way_n able_a to_o conduct_v to_o eternal_a happiness_n against_o those_o that_o err_v in_o the_o excess_n to_o prove_v this_o will_v be_v to_o anticipate_v myself_o in_o the_o protract_v of_o this_o discourse_n about_o original_a sin_n therefore_o here_o only_o we_o take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o there_o be_v such_o principle_n as_o also_o a_o conscience_n to_o discern_v between_o good_a and_o evil_n which_o though_o it_o be_v great_o pollute_v yet_o this_o candle_n of_o the_o lord_n as_o it_o be_v call_v prov_n 20._o 27._o search_v the_o inward_a thing_n of_o a_o man_n be_v not_o quite_o extinct_a whether_o these_o common_a principle_n be_v natural_o propagate_v as_o the_o body_n be_v as_o the_o lutheran_n say_v who_o hold_v the_o traduction_n of_o soul_n from_o parent_n or_o whether_o they_o be_v de_fw-fr novo_fw-la create_v in_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o soul_n as_o the_o dissentient_a party_n from_o that_o opinion_n must_v hold_v be_v not_o here_o to_o be_v debate_v we_o 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