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A discovery of D. Jacksons vanity. Or A perspective glass, whereby the admirers of…A discovery of D. Iacksons vanitie. Or A perspective glasse, wherby the admirers of…
A discovery of D. Jacksons vanity. Or A perspective glass, whereby the admirers of D. Jacksons profound discourses, may see the vanity and weakness of them, in sundry passages, and especially so far as they tend to the undermining of the doctrine hitherto received. Written by William Twice, Doctor of Divinity, as they say, from whom the copy came to the pressA discovery of D. Iacksons vanitie. Or A perspective glasse, wherby the admirers of D. Iacksons profound discourses, may see the vanitie and weaknesse of them, in sundry passages, and especially so farre as they tende to the undermining of the doctrine hitherto received. Written by William Twisse, Doctor of Divinitie, as they say, from whom the copie came to the presse
Amsterdam: printed by the successors of Giles Thorp, 1631
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.
4. It is very true, an evil conscience will not suffer a man to be secure; for if a good conscience be a continual feast, surely 1an evil conscience holds a man continually upon the rack. Occultum quatiente animo tortore slagellum. The wicked fly when no man pursueth him, saith Solomon; and, There is no peace, saith 2the Lord, to the wicked. It was one of the Judgements God threatened to his own people, when they persisted in their obstinate courses against him; namely, that the sound of a leaf 3should chase them, and they should fly, no man pursuing them: but ⟨p. 414⟩this is no evidence of any impulsion unto goodness. And when Seneca saith, Even in minds drenched in the dregs of filthiness, there remains still a sense of goodness: this is no more then that which the Apostle informeth us of, when he saith, they have a conscience accusing them, by virtue of that law that is 4written in their hearts: yet the Apostle doth not extend this to them that are drenched in the dregs of filthiness. He acknowledgeth elsewhere, that some through the course of sin become past all feeling, and have their conscience seared with an hot iron. And it is a proverbial speech in the world, Nemo senex metuit Jovem. Yet it is one thing to have a sense of goodness by the conviction of their conscience, & a far 5different thing to have an impulsion unto goodness.
4. It is very true, an evill conscience will not suffer a man to be secure; for if a good conscience be a continuall feast, surely 1an evill conscience holds a man continually upon the racke. Occultum quatiente animo tortore slagellum. The wicked slye when no man pursueth him, saith Solomon; and, There is no peace, saith