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A91988	The picture of the conscience drawne to the life, by the pencell of divine truth. VVherein are set out 1. Its nature. 2. Infirmities. 3. Remedies. 4. Its duties. Consisting first in the truths to be beleived [sic]. 2. The vertues to be practised. 3. The vices to bee avoyded. 4. The heresies to bee rejected. All seasonable for these distracted times. By Alexander Rosse.	Ross, Alexander, 1591-1654.	1648 (1648)	Wing R1980; Thomason E1195_1; ESTC R208720	46,614	212

partaker of his sinne qui non vetat peccare cum possit jubet 33 We are bound to make vowes only to God and having made them to performe them for this is a part of Gods worship he only knowes the heart and purpose of him that vowes and can punish the violation therof the Iewes were bound to vow many ceremoniall duties from which we are exempted but we are tyed to the vow of moral obedience which we tooke in baptisme and which we renew as often as we repent as for the vowes of such bodyly exercise which may help devotion wee are bound to make them if we see that our devotion will be helped and increased by such vowes otherwayes we are left to our Christian liberty 34 We are not bound to vow or to keep the vow if we have made it of voluntary poverty for so we make our selves unable to do good nor of monasticall obedience for so we infringe our christian liberty and become the servants of men in submitting and binding our Consciences to the ordinances of man nor of perpetuall chastity which is not in our power and by which wee wrong our own nature by hindering the continuation of the species which is effected by propagation 35 As we are bound to rest upon the Sabbath or Lords day from our bodyly labour so we are also bound to do the works of piety of mercy or charitie and of necessity upon that day yea the works of liberty too as to dresse meat to make beds c. if so be they are not scandalous nor offensive nor hindrances to Gods worship for the Sabbath was made for man not man for the Sabbath I say such workes may be done with a safe Conscience 36 We are bound in Conscience to hasten our conversion to God with what speede we can because God requires it and delayes are dangerous procrastiation argues unwillingnesse and the custome of sin takes away the sense of sinning so the longer we put off our repentance the more obdurate wee grow in sin and the greater wrong we offer to God and to our own soules in delaying to cast out sin which is his and our enemy and the more difficult we make our conversion by increasing the number and guilt of our sins thereby incensing Gods anger the more against us which fire we ought to quench without delay least it suddenly consume us our life is uncertaine and we are not sure to live till we be old or if we live we are not sure then of that grace of repentance which now we reject the times and seasons are not in our power late repentance is seldome true let us then strike the iron while it is hot and enter into this poole of Bethesda whilst the waters are stirring 37 We are bound in Conscience to meditate seriously in the Law of God that there as in a glasse we may see our own filthynesse and inabilitie to goodnesse and so we may in all humilitie fly from our selves and from all other creatures in which there is no helpe and with true sorrow and feare may lay hold on the promises of the Gospell and hunger earnestly after the righteousnesse of CHRIST by true faith 38 We are bound to make our election and calling sure by cleansing our Consciences from evill workes by setling our affections upon God by hearkning to his word by obeying his voice by delighting in the company of the Saints by slighting the honors riches and pleasures of this world accounting them but dung in respect of CHRIST and by cherishing the holy spirit by whom we are sealed unto the day of redemption 39 We are bound seriously to repent our wicked lives by considering the majesty of God whom we have offended the greatnesse of his goodnesse towards us the fiercenesse of his anger against sinne the great happynesse we have lost and the multitude of miseries befallen to us by reason of sinne by considering also what Christ hath suffered for us how impenitency is the greatest of all sins and how without repentance wee cannot attaine true happynesse now this repentance consisteth in sorrow for sinne in a constant fervent implacable hatred against every sinne and in a serious and assiduous purpose to avoyd all sinne to walke in all righteousnesse and to use all the meanes whereby wee may attaine the same 40. VVee are bound to cherish the good motions of Gods Spirit in us and not by our wicked lives to quench or grieve the Spirit now the meanes to cherish the Spirit are Prayer Meditation Obedience Faith Hope and Love 41. VVe are bound to be holy because wee are commanded because God is holy because without holinesse no man shall see the Lord neither can there be true faith nor justification without it holinesse was a part of Gods Image which we lost it is also the end of our Election and calling and 't is a part of our future happinesse now this holinesse consisteth in our walking with God in our wrestling against the flesh in running the wayes of Gods Commandements in avoyding sin and the occasions of sinne and in a perfect Reformation of all our powers and faculties of our soule 42. VVee are bound to trust and rely on Gods promises for hope is our Anchor it is hope that supports us in all our actions and sufferings and makes us goe on with courage and constancy it is the end of our calling it is hope that saves us and it will not make us ashamed because it cannot bee frustrated it bringeth also patience and true spirituall joy 43. Wee are bound in all afflictions to comfort our selves and to be cheerefull because we have God who afflicts us for our Father Christ for our Advocate and Redeemer the Holy Ghost for our guide and comforter the Scriptures for our instructers besides Gods love towards us and his decrees are unchangable our afflictions are short our reward is Eternall no thing befals us without Gods providence God will give us strength with the temptation Christ hath suffered and overcome all for us nothing doth befall us but what hath befallen others and let us consider the fruit or end of affliction which is sweet and comfortable 44. VVhen wee are tempted to evill we are bound to avoyd all occasions of entertaining such a temptation to resist it as an enemy to extinguish the first sparkles of this fire to betake our selves to prayer and meditation and to kill this Cockatrice in the Egge and to put on the whole Armour of God against it and not to give way to this enemy for it is the chiefe part of our spirituall warfare to fight against temptations 45. In our spirituall desertions wee are bound to comfort our selves with the remembrance of Gods love and promises who will never utterly forsake us but onely for a time even for a moment will hide his face from us because wee have angered him and this is for our good that wee may the more earnestly seeke him that

34. The Monkish 3. vowes unlawfull 35. What works must be done on the Sabbath 36. We must hasten our conversion 37. We must meditate on Gods law why 38. And we must make our Election sure how 39. We are bound seriously to repent 40. And to cherish the spirit how 41. And to be holy 42. And to hope in Gods promises 43. And to be comforted in afflictions 44. And to resist temptations 45. And to bee cheerefull in our spirituall desertions 46. And to be comforted against the feare of death 47. And in all our infirmities to bee cheerfull 48. We are bound to obedience for many causes 49. And to humility 50. And to the knowledge of God in Christ 51. And to sincerity 52. And to speake truth 53. Wee are still bound to speake the truth 54. Wee must speake truth when commanded 55. The duties of Judges 56. We are bound to be zealous 57. We must labour for contentation 58. We must doe good works 59. And must search for true wisdome 60. And are bound to be vigilant 61. We may use worldly policy how 62. We are bound to forgive wrongs 63. We may safely goe to Law 64. Wee may safely in our owne or brothers defence kill the invader 65. We must not kill our selves 66. Wars when and how lawfull 67. Souldiers should know the justice of the cause for which they fight 68. We are bound to suffer for Christ 69. We must labour for patience 70. And for sobriety or temperance 71. We must avoyd drunknesse 72. Hereticks may be punished how 73. We must submit our selves to Gods correcting hand 74. We must love God for himselfe 75. And wee must love him above all things 76 Wee must subdue our pride 77. How we must pray at all times 78. We must avoyd evill spirits Witches Southsayers Inchanters c. 79. We are bound to confesse our sinnes 80 Lotteries how farr lawfull 81. Marriage how and when lawfull 82. Consent is required in marriage 83. Polygany unlawfull 84. The mutuall duties of husband and wife 85. Divorce when lawfull 86. Wanton and fleshly lusts to be avoyded 87. In what cases we may separate our selves from a Church or congregation 88. The Ministers duties and of excommunication 89 How they should be qualified 90. In what cases we must make restitution 91. How we are bound to reprove 92. And how to receive reprooffe 93. How we must love our neighbour as our selves 94. The necessity of a holy life 95 How farr schisme must be avoyded 96 We must be carefull of our good name 97 Wee must speake and think well of all men till we know the contrary 98 How far we may conceale our neighbours sinnes 99 Wee are bound to imploy our talents well 100 The duty of Magistrates and people 101 Of Masters and Servants 102 Of Parents and children 103 Of Ministers and their Flocks 104 When we are to stand to our bargaines 105 What usury is lawfull what is not 106. Callings needfull Beggers condemned 107 Rich mens duties 108. We are bound to be bountyfull 109. And to shun covetousnesse 110 What wee are to eat and when to refraine 111. Of apparaell and cautions in wearing it 112. Of recreations and when to be used and how 113. We are bound to abhor slanderers 114. We are bound to avoyd sinne 115. In things indefferent we must use liberty 116. Wee must not omit duties for feare of scandal 117. How farr forth the Law is necessary 118 We must rely on Gods Providence as not to neglect the meanes 119. Ministers marriage is lawfull 1.20 Religion ought to be the Princes cheife care 121. Christians may be Kings or Magistrates 122. Princes may with a good Conscience demand tribute The contents of Heresies and Doctrines to be avoyded 1 COncerning God we must avoyd Idolaters Epicures Atheists Anthropomorphits Blasphemers Manich●es Gentiles Stoics Orpheus Homer Hesiod Chrysippus Tertullian Simon Magus Cerinthus c. 2 Concerning the Trinity Samosatcnus Arius Servelus Iewes Sabellius Tritheists Antitrinitaries 3 Concerning Gods Omnipotency Euripides Simon Magus c. 4 Concerning the Creation Aristotle Democritus c. 5 Concerning Christ the Ebionites Arians Cerinthus c. 6 Concerning Christs Nativity Saturninus Basilides c. 7 Concerning Christs two natures Samosatenus Monothelits c. 8 Concerning Maryes Virginity Cerinthus Carpocrates c. 9 Concerning the personall Vnion Nestorius c. 10 Concerning Christs death Simonians Saturninians c. 11 Concerning the indissoluble Vnion Nestorians c. 12 Concerning Christs Resurrection Iewes Ceri●hians c. 13 Concerning Christs Ascention Christolyts Manichees c. 14 Concerning Christs sitting at Gods right hand Papists c. 15 Concerning Christs Iudiciary power Astrologers c. 16 Concerning the Holy Ghost Macedonians Servetians c. 17 Concerning the Catholick Church Papists Pepuzians c. 18 Concerning Communion of Saints Nicolaitans c. 19 Concerning Remission of finnes Donatists c. 20 Concerning the Resurrection Menandrians c. 21 Concerning life eternal Millenaries c. 22 Concerning the Scriptures Marcionits c. 23 Concerning Angels Sadduces c. 24 Concerning mans creation Rabbins c. 25 Concerning mans soule Epicurees c. 26 Concerning Gods Jmage Saturninians c. 27 Concerning original sin Armenians c. 28 Concerning Predestination Celestinians c. 29 Concerning Iustification Papists c. 30 Concerning Gods Providence Epicures c. THE Picture of a Christianmans Conscience Where in wee may see 1. its nature 2. Infirmities 3 Remedies 4. Duties Breifly and plainly Delineated with the Pencill of Divine Truth COnscience which is the invisible Iudge that sits upon the Tribunall of our Soules sentencing our good and bad actions shewing us what is to be done what to be undone a witnes either excusing or accusing us a schoolemaster having in one hand a booke to instruct us in the other a rod to correct us and like a Horsman having a bit to curbe us that we may not run out and a whipe to slash us when wee are unruly which the Poets expressed by the snakie haired Furies by the raven of Prometheus continually eating up his heart and by the dart that sticks in the side of the wounded Deere This Conscience I say is an act not a habit of the reason or intellect not of the will by which it prescribes what is good or evil right or wrong to be done or undone if we do wel it affords us a continuall Feast if evill Phalaris his brasen Bull is not such a tormentor somuch the crueller in that it is unavoydable accompanying us where ever we go as the shaddow doth the body as the evill spirit haunted Saul There are foure infirmities to which the Conscience is obnoxious 1. Error 2 Opinion 3. Doubts 4. Scrupulosite 1 An erring Conscience is a bad Iudge yet the Dictats thereof must be obeyed because it is conceived to be the law will and Oracle of God who therefore resisteth such a conscience resisteth Gods will in his