The difference between the spots of the godly and of the wicked preached

And lastly, Let me speak to those to whom this Consolation doth belong, That thou hadst heed take heed to thy self, that thou preservest this thy consolation; for without great care it will hardly be preserved—I mean by that, this: Thou hadst need take heed that thou keepest thy Conscience as clean as may be, that thou mayest have a clear discerning of the difference of Gods dealing between one and the other.

And therefore, take, heed first of any sins against light; hath ever God given thee that comfort to thy soul, that though thou hast many failings, yet that God looks upon thee with another eye than upon the wicked? I say take heed ever after of any sin against conscience: Take heed of repeating that same sin again and again—Take heed of lying in sin a long time: And take heed of being hardened in sin: For if ever thou shouldst fall to sin against Light, against thy Conscience, thou wilt hardly be able to discern any difference between thy sin and the sin of the wicked: And therefore look to thy self in this ⟨p. 110⟩thing: Oh let those that are godly, take heed that they bring not themselves, in regard of their own sense. in to as lamentable a condition as the wicked are, to have as much horrors of Conscience in their own feeling, as the wicked and ungodly have O how great a pity is it that those between whom and the wicked, God hath made so great a difference, yet that through their negligence they shall bring themselves into as great a horror as the wicked and ungodly are in!

And therefore, take, heed first of any sins against light; hath ever God given thee that comfort to thy soul, that though thou hast many failings, yet that God looks upon thee with another eye than upon the wicked? I say take heed ever after of any sin against conscience: Take heed of repeating that same sin again and again—Take heed of lying in sin a long time: And take heed of being hardned in sin: For if ever thou shouldst fall to sin against Light, against thy Conscience, thou wilt hardly be able to discern any difference between thy sin and the sin of the wicked: And therefore look to thy self in this ⟨p. 110⟩