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sin_n unto_o the_o lord_n confession_n confession_n and_o so_o thou_o forgave_v the_o iniquity_n of_o my_o sin_n i_o think_v on_o my_o way_n and_o turn_v my_o heart_n unto_o thy_o testimony_n to_o this_o end_n the_o conscience_n must_v be_v set_v a_o work_n and_o make_v to_o do_v its_o office_n by_o discourse_v with_o ourselves_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 4.4_o psal_n 4.4_o sym._n &_o aug._n ventilabam_fw-la roman_n psalt_n scopabam_fw-la vulg_n to_o commune_v with_o our_o own_o heart_n in_o our_o chamber_n and_o be_v still_o to_o dig_v and_o delve_v into_o our_o spirit_n to_o hunt_v there_o to_o winnow_v the_o chaff_n from_o the_o corn_n to_o sweep_v and_o search_v diligent_o in_o every_o corner_n of_o the_o heart_n this_o be_v the_o great_a neglect_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n that_o they_o do_v not_o exercise_v their_o faculty_n nor_o use_v the_o reason_n that_o be_v in_o they_o that_o they_o may_v know_v themselves_o nemo_n in_o sese_fw-la tentat_fw-la descendere_fw-la 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why_o how_o when_o reminiscentia_fw-la animi_fw-la dilatatio_fw-la reflexio_n mentis_fw-la dictio_fw-la cum_fw-la cord_n reputation_fw-la viarum_fw-la reditio_fw-la ad_fw-la cor_fw-la positio_fw-la super_fw-la cor_fw-la etc._n etc._n sect_n i._o i_o shall_v drive_v in_o these_o wedge_n to_o keep_v this_o cause_n from_o stir_v 1._o conscientia_fw-la obnubilari_fw-la potest_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la extingui_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la collection_n collection_n quia_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la the_o conscience_n may_v be_v cloud_v and_o obscure_v because_o it_o be_v not_o god_n but_o it_o can_v be_v extinguish_v because_o it_o be_v from_o god_n 2._o conscientia_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la potestatem_fw-la legislativam_fw-la sed_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la tantùm_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la frinceps_fw-la sed_fw-la judex_n non_fw-la jus_fw-la facit_fw-la sed_fw-la dicit_fw-la the_o conscience_n have_v no_o supreme_a legislative_a power_n but_o jurisdiction_n only_o because_o she_o be_v not_o a_o prince_n but_o a_o judge_n she_o do_v not_o make_v right_o but_o declare_v what_o right_a be_v 3._o conscientia_fw-la est_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la rationalibus_fw-la angelis_n &_o hominibus_fw-la the_o conscience_n be_v in_o all_o rational_a creature_n angel_n and_o men._n 4._o conscientia_fw-la non_fw-la extinguitur_fw-la in_o damnatis_fw-la the_o conscience_n be_v not_o extinguish_v in_o the_o damn_a but_o most_o of_o all_o awaken_v 5._o nemo_fw-la semper_fw-la fuit_fw-la atheus_n no_o man_n have_v be_v a_o atheist_n at_o all_o time_n 6._o peccatum_fw-la semper_fw-la ambulat_fw-la cum_fw-la capite_fw-la sin_n ever_o accompany_v the_o person_n of_o a_o sinner_n 7._o maxima_fw-la violatio_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la est_fw-la maximum_fw-la peccatum_fw-la the_o great_a violation_n of_o the_o conscience_n be_v the_o great_a sin_n 8._o maximus_fw-la angor_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la est_fw-la maxima_fw-la poena_fw-la the_o great_a torment_n of_o the_o conscience_n be_v the_o great_a