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Heaven upon earth in the serene tranquillity and calm composure, in the sweet peace…
Heaven upon earth in the serene tranquillity and calm composure, in the sweet peace and solid joy of a good conscience sprinkled with the blood of Jesus and exercised always to be void of offence toward God and toward men : brought down and holden forth in XXII very searching sermons on several texts of Scripture ... / by James Durham.
Edinburgh: printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson, 1685
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HEAVEN upon EARTH in a Serene and Smiling good Conscience. › Sermons on acts n24.16 › Sermon 2
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A 5, Sort is a Weak and Infirm Conscience, which especially in indifferent things hindereth a man to use his liberty, as Rom. 14. 2. One believeth that he may eat all things, another that is weak eateth herbs; he will not take the liberty that God alloweth him, as it was with many in the primo▪ primitive times, who, thought not all mea•s to be a like lawful as to their use: Though this sort of Conscience should be informed, in order to its being brought up to the use of its lawful liberty; yet while it is infirm, and hath not clearness in the thing, it ought to lay on Bands for abstention; as the Apostle sayeth, 1 Cor. 8. and last, If meat make my brother to offend, I will not eat flesh while the world standeth least I make my brother to offend; because by the example of his eating (as he sayeth before) his weak brother is emboldened to eat also, and so his conscience being weak is wounded, all which saith that we ought to study to be well acquainted with the Word of God, that Conscience may be rightly informed thereby.
A 5, Sort is a Weak and Infirm Conscience, which especially in indifferent things hindreth a man to use his liberty, as Rom. 14. 2. One believeth that he may eat all things, another that is weak eateth herbs; he will not take the liberty that God alloweth him, as it was with many in the primo▪ primitive times, who, thought not all mea•s to be a like lawful as to their use: Though this sort of Conscience should be informed, in order to its being brought up to the use of its lawful liberty; yet while it is infirm, and hath not clearness in the thing, it ought to lay on Bands for abstention; as the Apostle sayeth, 1 Cor. 8. and last, If meat make my brother to offend, I will not eat flesh while the world stand•th least I make my brother to offend; because by the example of his eating (as he sayeth before) his weak brother is emboldned to eat also, and so his conscience being weak is wounded, all which saith that we ought to study to be well acquainted with the Word of God, that Conscience may be rightly informed thereby.