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That is a mark of a good Conscience indeed, when a man in his actings is swayed with respect to the honour of God, and doth not what he doth to be seen of men, nor to have somewhat to […] of before God, but he seeketh to have Christ increasing, though he should decrease, and is con•nt to be […] upon, if it may contribute to the exalting of him; and would fain be up at the due manner of performing all called for du•es; even to be in case with ⟨p. 42⟩the Apostle, Heb. 13. 18. to say, W• trust we have a good conscience in all things willing to live honestly; This is our aim and design, and if it be otherwise with us in any thing, we approve not our selves in it. A Third Property is, That such a Conscience is delighted, and made glad, or grieved and made sad, according as it is enabled to manage this great design, and to prosecute and attain this noble end, or not; In this respect, a Believer may have a good Conscience, even when he faileth, and cometh short in his duty, which would quite mar a legal Testimony of Conscience, or the Testimony of a legal good Conscience; Thus Paul hath a good Conscience, Rom. 7. 22. Even when he is wrestling against Sin, and crying out in the fight, O! miserable man that • am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death? For he findeth himself delighting in the Law of God after the inward man, and that his design is, to be honest and single for God: It is not so much the challenge of Conscience, as that there should be ground for it, that affe•eth and troubleth him; when he thinketh with himself, what may I, and must I be before God, when Conscience taketh notice of so many things to be amiss in me? It is from this ground (I say) that Paul comforteth himself, that he alloweth not himself in that which he did, and reckoneth his Evangelically good Conscience, and his sincerity to be his renewed part, and as such sideth and taketh part with it, and condemneth the un▪renewed part. A 4th Property, or Character, is taken from a Believers walking, in reference to his challenges; This is not the mark that he wanteth challenges, but its drawn from the influence that challenges have on him; Which comprehends three different Characters, 1. A Gospel good Conscience taketh quickly, and easily with a challenge, and is soon troubled and melted. 2.