Heaven upon earth in the serene tranquillity and calm composure, in the sweet peace…

but having a high-priest over the house of God, we may draw near with a true heart and full assurance of faith having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. These gifts and sacrifices could not make them that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience, but the blood of Christ▪ who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purgeth the conscience from dead works to serve the living God: and though the Conscience will challenge a Believer where there are defects in the former rules, yet it is quieted and satisfied where there is serious and suitable application made to, and of the sufferings and satisfaction of the Redeemer, i• so be he dispense not with himself as to his short-coming in them, and if the use that he makes of his Holiness in the largest extent and highest degree of it, be not to found his righteousness thereon, but to honour God thereby in gratitude to him, to edify others, and to evidence to himself the soundness and reality of his believing and gracious state. This showeth the vast extent of Holiness, and what it is that men are called to; and thereby we may also see that many sadly mistake Religion, and what that perfect walk is that a Christian ought to have before God; and we may say on the whole, if this be to walk according to Conscience, then certainly not many but very few walk according to •t, which is a lamentation and should be for a lamentation.

but having a high-priest over the house of God, we may draw near with a true heart and full assurance of faith having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. These gifts and sacrifices could not make them that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience, but the blood of Christ▪ who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purgeth the conscience from dead works to serve the living God: and though the Conscience will challenge a Believer where there are defects in the fo•mer rules, yet it is quieted and satisfied where there is serious and suitable application made to, and of the sufferings and satisfaction of the Redeemer, i• so be he dispense not with himself as to his short-coming in them, and if the use that he makes of his Holiness in the largest extent and highest degree of it, be not to found his righteousness thereon, but to honour God thereby in gratitude to him, to edifie others, and to evidence to himself the soundness and reality of his believing and gracious state. This sheweth the vast extent of Holiness, and what it is that men are called to; and thereby we may also see that many sadly mistake Religion, and what that perfect walk is that a Christian ought to have before God; and we may say on the whole, if this be to walk according to Conscience, then cerainly not many but very few walk according to t, which is a lamentation and should be for a lamentation.