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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07213	The tribunall of the conscience: or, A treatise of examination shewing vvhy and how a Christian should examine his conscience, and take an account of his life. By Henry Mason, parson of St. Andrews Vndershaft, London.	Mason, Henry, 1573?-1647.	1626 (1626)	STC 17613; ESTC S112441	37,697	74

(b) Matt. 25.26 Thou wicked and slothfull seruant c. and if wee haue beene diligent and in some measure haue encreased our Lords talents that then wee may cheere our soules out of the comfort of our wel-doing and praise our God that hath both giuen vs talents to trade with and grace to vse them to his glory For this practice will whett our diligence for time to come 2. Rule 2 That euery morning before wee begin our worke we cōsider what we are going about what occasions of doing good either to our selues or others we may meete with and what tentations may assault vs in the businesses of that day that so wee may lay hold vpon all occasions of doing good and prepare our selues to stand out with courage against all oppositions and tentations that may hinder vs in our duties or draw vs into sinne For by this meanes occasions of doing well shall not ouerslip vs vn-espied nor will tentations surprize vs at vnawares 3. Rule 3 That if we haue profited in grace and haue taken occasions of doing good we consider at fit times by what meanes wee haue profited and haue beene enabled to doe well that so we may make more constant vse of such meanes by which we haue found so much sensible good already And if wee haue decayed or forslowed our opportunities or haue runne into any sinne then we should obserue what it was that did misleade vs and by what tentations wee were ouercome that our former errors may make vs more warie and more resolute against cases of danger for the time to come For by this meanes we shall euery day gaine some experience how to behaue our selues in the daily conflicts of our Christian warfare 4. Rule 4 That we recall home our thoughts as wee meete with any occasions of moment or light vpon any such businesse as concerning which we haue formerly conceiued a purpose of warie and religious behauiour that while we are in doing of the worke we may remember to make vse of our former resolution and now practise what before we did purpose For by this meanes wee shall be sure that our good purposes shall not bee idle and without fruite as in many men it falleth out who are like sluggish people that ouer-night appoint to rise early but when the morning commeth cannot abide to leaue their warme beds These Rules I haue thought on as beeing in mine opinion fit to backe our examination and to make it more powerfull for an holy life Others as I said before may in their daily obseruation adde moe and perhaps finde out some better then these And as in the ordering of our bodily health Physicians aduise their Patients to follow that whereof they finde good and to auoyd that which doth not agree with their temper so it is good counsell in the ordering of our soules to make daily vse of that which by experience wee finde either to strengthen grace or to weaken sinne in vs and contrariwise to flee from all such occasions and vsages as wee see or haue found to hurt or endanger vs. I onely adde thus much more That these later sort of acts whereof now I haue beene speaking though in themselues simply considered they bee but Adiuncts and Attendants on Examination without which it may subsist in its bare nature and therefore are not necessary ad esse as the Schooles doe speake yet in the vse of the word and in the intendment of the Scripture they are implyed included and presupposed to goe with it and attend it as being necessary ad bene esse to the well doing of this worke as may appeare by these reasons 1. Reason 2 It is the vse and custome of Scripture vnder words of knowledge belonging to the vnderstanding to comprehend affections and practice As when Saint Iohn faith Ioh. 2.4 Hee that saith I knowe God and keepeth not his Commandements is a lyer and the truth is not in him hee meaneth not by the word know a bare and simple knowing and apprehending which the learned call cognitio apprehensina but he meaneth an effectuall and working knowledge which breedeth or bringeth forth such affections in the heart and such actions in the life as that knowledge directeth men to which knowledge they call cognitio affectiua And so in this case Examination is properly a worke of the vnderstanding fingling things out of the confused heape that they may appeare what they are but by way of consequent it doth imply such affections and actions as this worke of the vnderstanding is intended for which is the bettering and a heading of our spirituall estates and of ordering euery thing for the best aduantage of our soules and sa●●ations 2. Reason 2 Secondly that thus much is implyed and intended by this word may hereby appeare that the Apostle speaking of the danger of vnworthy receiving of the Lords Supper and prescribing meanes to correct all abuse that way 1 Cor. 11.23 saith Let a man examine himselfe and so let him eate of this Bread and drinke of this Cup. For if by the vvord examine he meant nothing but discussing and sifting without correcting and amending hee should allow men to go to the Communion with the conscience of sinne and without reformation of life And which is yet worse should approue of a man as a worthy guest at the Lords Table onely because he hath learned to know his estate though he no way meane to amend it whereas this knowledge of a mans selfe would increase his sinne and make him the lesse welcome vnto God according to that rule of our Sauiour Luk. 12.47 That seruant which knew his Lords will and prepared not himselfe neither did according to his will shall bee beaten with many stripes But he that knew not and did commit things worthy of stripes shall bee beaten with few stripes And therefore when the Apostle saith Let a man examine and so let him eate c. hee meaneth that after hee hath examined hee should amend whatsoeuer is amisse and perso●●●e whatsoeuer vpon examination he shall finds necessary or fit to bee done And hence it followeth that a purpose to amend our life and to doe what vpon our examining shall appeare necessary for our soules is a necessary duty as an antecedent act that should goe before Examination and that a practice of such things as by tryall shall appeare vsefull for this purpose is another necessary duty as a consequent act that should follow after it And so in conclusion it appeareth that there are three especiall acts required for the right performance of this worke 1 a constant resolution to amend and better the estate of the soule 〈◊〉 a diligent search thereby to gaine the right knowledge of it and 3 an effectuall performance of all such things as are auaileable for this purpose And out of all these laid together we may make a more full description to this purpose Examination is a Discussion of a mans