In Heb. 10.22. Let us draw near with a pure heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Having your hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience; ⟨p. 223⟩whereas before you came to me, you had an evil conscience, that was ready to fly in your face, and that did fear you, vex you, and trouble you, I appeal unto you that understand what God is, and what it is for the creature to have to do with God, have not your consciences kept you from sleeping a nights, an evil conscience that hath lain grating within you, you have lain upon your beds and could not sleep, when your wife was asleep by you; now to such is this said, Let us draw near upon this ground, here is the ground, Let us draw near with a pure heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, that is, the blood of Christ comes now to be sprinkled upon our souls and consciences, and that is it that takes away the worm of our conscience, perhaps other things may trouble conscience for a while, but now the blood of Christ can wash you from that, now when you come to Christ, the conscience comes then to be able to answer what shall be laid to its Charge. Perhaps those who are believers and are come to Christ, the devil will be ready to object and labour to disturb them, usually after they first come to Christ, there is as great a disturbance in the heart of a sinner as before. But mark that text you have in the first of Peter the 3. and the 21. The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience towards God, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Through Christs Resurrection a believer comes to have a good conscience, having been sprinkled by his blood before & through this resurrection he is able to answer the conscience, that is whatsoever accusation the Devil shall lay against the soul, the soul that is sprinkled with the blood of Christ is able to answer it, and this is the comfort that such have, that we find our conscience satisfied in the blood of Jesus Christ, perhaps at the first coming thou ⟨p. 224⟩doest not feel it, but at the first coming thou beginnest to be able to do it.
In Heb. 10.22. Let us draw near with a pure heart in ful assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Having your hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience; ⟨p. 223⟩whereas before you came to me, you had an evil conscience, that was ready to fly in your face, and that did fear you, vex you, and trouble you, I appeale unto you that understand what God is, and what it is for the creature to have to do with God, have not your consciences kept you from sleeping a nights, an evil conscience that hath layen grating within you, you have layen upon your beds and could not sleep, when your wife was asleep by you; now to such is this said, Let us draw neer upon this ground, here is the ground, Let us draw neer with a pure heart in ful assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, that is, the blood of Christ comes now to be sprinkled upon our soules and consciences, and that is it that takes away the worme of our conscience, perhaps other things may trouble conscience for a while, but now the blood of Christ can wash you from that, now when you come to Christ, the conscience comes then to be able to answer what shal be laid to its Charge. Perhaps those who are beleevers and are come to Christ, the devil wil be ready to object and labor to disturb them, usually after they first come to Christ, there is as great a disturbance in the heart of a sinner as before. But mark that text you have in the first of Peter the 3. and the 21. The like figure whereunto even baptisme doth also now save us, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience towards God, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Through Christs Resurrection a beleever comes to have a good conscience, having been sprinkled by his blood before & through this resurection he is able to answer the conscience, that is whatsoever accusation the Devil shal lay against the soul, the soul that is sprinkled with the blood of Christ is able to answer it, and this is the comfort that such have, that we find our conscience satisfied in the blood of Jesus Christ, perhaps at the first coming thou ⟨p. 224⟩doest not feel it, but at the first coming thou beginnest to be able to do it.
