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

We spoke a little the last occasion to that Question, whether not only un-regenerate men may think that to be Conscience▪ which is not? But also whether it be incident even to Believers themselves to think, and that ⟨p. 71⟩with some sort of persuasion (I will not say with such grossness of delusion as may be in others) that they are right when yet they are wrong? In answer to which we showed you, they might, and instanced several Cases, wherein.

We spoke a little the last occasion to that Question, whether not only un-regenerat men may think that to be Conscience▪ which is not? But also whether it be incident even to Believers themselves to think, and that ⟨p. 71⟩with some sort of perswasion (I will not say with such grossness of delusion as may be in others) that they are right when yet they are wrong? In answer to which we shewed you, they might, and instanced several Cases, wherein.

Now though the last branch of the Question hath its own great difficulty to conceive of it a right; yet since it is •or our edification; (fo• if Believers may mistake, much more may others,) and since it will make way for confirming a subsequent Doctrine, viz. That it is a most difficult, exercising, and up-taking thing to keep a good Conscience; and since also it hath very great influence upon, and is very useful to our whole life, it being withal the main scope of the Text, to press the keeping of a good Conscience, and the sum and substance of a Christian walk to do so, we shall yet proceed therein a little further, and it will not, we hope, be found to be an impertinent, or wide digression, soberly to do so. That then which we spoke a little to, and will now further prosecute, is, That Believers (though not in reference to their state, yet) in the matter of duty (for both in thinking that to be truth which is not truth, and that to be duty which is not duty, Conscience acteth as the Judgement is informed) may err and go wrong.