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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 4
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In clearing of this Use, there are some Doubts that arise on the one side when Conscience speaketh good to a person ⟨p. 50⟩without a warrant, in which case it is very dangerous to take direction from it; and some Doubts arise also on the other side, when Conscience doth challenge and condemn, when there is no ground for it; something therefore must be spoken for clearing and solving both the one and the other.
In clearing of this Use, there are some Doubts that arise on the one side when Conscience speaketh good to a person ⟨p. 50⟩without a warrand, in which case it is very dangerous to take direction from it; and some Doubts arise also on the other side, when Conscience doth challenge and condemn, when there is no ground for it; something therefore must be spoken for clearing and solving both the one and the other.
The last thing we left at was, That seeing some natural men, civil moral men and hypocrites may think they have a good Conscience, that they are right and have the testimony of it, how shall that testimony be discerned? or wherein doth it differ from the testimony of a truly good Conscience, that giveth a Believer ground to draw this conclusion from it, that he is real and sincere in the work of Grace?
The last thing we left at was, That seing some natural men, civil moral men and hypocrites may think they have a good Conscience, that they are right and have the testimony of it, how shall that testimony be discerned? or wherein doth it differ from the testimony of a truely good Conscience, that giveth a Believer ground to draw this conclusion from it, that he is real and sincere in the work of Grace?