A discourse of conscience wherein is set down the nature, properties, and differences thereofA discourse of conscience wherein is set downe the nature, properties, and differences thereof

The second What soever thing is done with an erroneous conscience, is a sin. For example, in the primitive Church divers of the Gentiles held this error, that fornication ⟨p. 92⟩was a thing indifferent, and therefore conscience told them that they might do i• and yet nevertheless fornication in them was a sinne• because conscience erred in her judgement. And evil r• mains evil, though conscience ••y the contrary a thousand times.

The second What soeuer thing is done vvith an erroneous conscience, is a sinne. For example, in the primitiue Church diuers of the Gentiles helde this errour, that fornication ⟨p. 92⟩was a thing indifferent, and therfore •onscience told them that they might doe i• and yet neuerthelesse fornication in them was a sinne• becaus• conscience erred in her iudgement. And euill r• maines euill, though conscience ••y the contrarie a thousand times.

The third. What soever is done ^*against conscience, though it err & be deceived, it sin in the d•er. Example. An Anabaptist holding it utterly unlawful to swear, is brought before a magistrate; and urged either through fear or so […] cause, takes an oath & that against his o•ne conscience: now the question is, whether he hath sinned or no. Ans. He hath indeed sinned not so much because he hath taken an oath, for that is the ordinance of God: but because he hath taken an oath in a bad manner, that is, against his conscience, and therefore not in faith.