A17384:3186
A commentary
A commentary: or, sermons upon the second chapter of the first epistle of Saint Peter wherein method, sense, doctrine, and use, is, with great variety of matter, profitably handled; and sundry heads of divinity largely discussed. By Nicholas Byfield, late preacher of God's Word at Isle-worth in Middlesex.A commentary: or, sermons vpon the second chapter of the first epistle of Saint Peter vvherein method, sense, doctrine, and vse, is, with great variety of matter, profitably handled; and sundry heads of diuinity largely discussed. By Nicholas Byfield, late preacher of God's Word at Isle-worth in Middlesex.
London: printed by Humphrey Lownes for George Latham, 1623London: printed by Humfrey Lownes for George Latham, 1623
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The signs then of an unregenerate still Conscience are these.
The signes then of an vnregenerate still Conscience are these.
1First, when it is quiet in the committing, and after the committing of known sin, whether open, or secret: For open sins; as for drunkenness, swearing, lying, profanation of the Sabbath, and the like; the Conscience cannot be good, when these, or the like open wickednesses are committed: and so when it is quiet notwithstanding secret whoredom, or filthiness of any kind, or continual wickedness in the thoughts, or desires, that Conscience that can abide a foul hart, is a wicked Conscience.
1First, when it is quiet in the committing, and after the committing of knowne sinne, whether open, or secret: For open sins; as for drunkennes, swearing, lying, prophanation of the Sabbath, and the like; the Conscience cannot bee good, when these, or the like open wickednesses are cōmitted: and so when it is quiet notwithstanding secret whoredome, or filthines of any kinde, or continuall wickednes in the thoughts, or desires, that Conscience that can abide a foule hart, is a wicked Conscience.
- 1The signs of an evil Conscience that is still.The signes of an euil Conscience that is still.
Secondly, when it excuseth for doing notorious evils: and so they have evil Consciences, that ⟨p. 767⟩