A most sweet and assured comfort for all those that are afflicted in conscience…A most sweete and assured comfort for all those that are afflicted in consciscience…

and others are fear •o hide their gifts, which cannot be without some decay of Gods glory, without offence to the weak, without the loss of many souls, which otherwise might be won to the Gospel, and without strengthening the hand of the Adversary to slander our dark and dumb profession. All which things will in the end ⟨image 36⟩bring terror gf mind: because if the Lord cannot work upon us by taking away goods, credit, wife, children, or such like, to bring us to Repentance; he will surely whip our naked consciences, he will enter even into our very entrails, and pierce our secrete bowels.

and others are feare •o hide their gifts, which cannot bee without some decay of Gods glory, without offence to the weake, without the losse of manie soules, which otherwise might bee wonne to the Gospell, and without strengthening the hand of the Aduersarie to slander our darke and dumbe profession. All which things will in the end ⟨image 36⟩bring terror gf mind: because if the Lord cannot work vpon vs by taking away goods, credit, wife, children, or such like, to bring vs to Repentance; he will surely whippe our naked consciences, hee will enter euen into our very entrayles, and pierce our secrete bowells.

As we must examine our selves thus for sin past and present; so must we use this practise in sins that are to come: and this is very needful; for were it so, that our life and conversation were such, as neither before nor after our calling, any man could justly accuse us: ⟨image 37⟩Yet the hidden corruption of our nature, may threaten some heinous downfall in time to come. Which hath made men of very good report and conversation hang down their heads, and fear their secret hypocrisy; as that which may break forth to the shame of all their former life in time to come.