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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
A discourse of conscience wherein is set down the nature, properties, and differences thereof: as also the way to get and keep good conscience.A discourse of conscience wherein is set downe the nature, properties, and differences thereof: as also the way to get and keepe good conscience.
Cambridge: printed by John Legate, 1596Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legate, 1596
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
As regenerate conscience gives testimony of our new obedience: so it doeth also by certain sweet motions stir men forward to perform the same Psal. 16. 7. my reins that is, the mind and conscience enlightened by the spirit of god teach ⟨p. 147⟩me in the night season. Isai. 30 22. And thi•• ••res shall hear a •••d behind th••, saying, This is the way, walk ye […] it when thou […] to the right hand, & […] thou t•rnest to the le•t. Now this word is not only the voice of ••s•ors & teach in the open ministry, but also the voice of r•ed conscience inwardly by many secret •• gitations s•ibb••• them that are about to sin. A christian man is not only a priest & a prophet, but also a spiritual king even in this life: and the Lord in mercy hath vouchsafed him this honour that his conscience •ed within him shall be his solli•r to put him in mind of all his […] and duties which he is to per• to God yea it is the controller to see all things kept in order in the heart which is the […] and habitation of the holy ghost.
As regenerate conscience giues testimony of our new obedience: so it doeth also by certaine sweet motiōs stirr men forward to perform the same Psal. 16. 7. my reines that is, the mind and conscience inlightned by the spirit of god teach ⟨p. 147⟩