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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 3
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The Uses of the Doctrine (as we show) are four, the 1. For Instruction. The 2. For Trial. The 3. For Conviction or Reproof. The 4. For Exhortation. We spoke a little to the Use of Instruction the last day, to which now we add; that if men should so walk as their Conscience may have nothing to charge them with, nor▪ to cast up to them wherein they have thwarted with it; then every mans design in his Christian walk ought to be as extensive as his Conscience is in its office, either in directing, or in accusing or excusing; otherways he cannot have peace in his way, if he dispense with himself in any thing which his Conscience doth not dispense with him in; and it will be impossible to have solid peace if he do otherways; so then the walk of a Christian ought to be equally and exactly extended (no less then is the Conscience) according to the rule of the Word.
The Uses of the Doctrine (as we shew) are four, the 1. For Instruction. The 2. For Tryal. The 3. For Conviction or Reproof. The 4. For Exhortation. We spoke a little to the Use of Instruction the last day, to which now we add; that if men should so walk as their Conscience may have nothing to charge them with, nor▪ to cast up to them wherein they have thwarted with it; then every mans design in his Christian walk ought to be as extensive as his Conscience is in its office, either in directing, or in accusing or excusing; otherways he cannot have peace in his way, if he disperise with himself in any thing which his Conscience doth not dispense with him in; and it will be impossible to have solid peace if he do otherways; so then the walk of a Christian ought to be equally and exactly extended (no less then is the Conscience) according to the rule of the Word.
Beside what we said on this before, anent having clearness from the Word in the Judgment, and hearkening to the voice of Conscience rightly informed; We shall instance ⟨p. 36⟩the […] […] of a Christian walk according to Conscience […] these seven particulars.