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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 6
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The great Scope of these Words is, to point out that holy Preciseness, Accuracy, and Circumspection which was in Pauls. walk, and ought to be in the walk of all Christians; And that is, to endeavour to have always a Conscience void of offence toward God and toward Men.
THe great Scope of these Words is, to point out that holy Precisness, Accuracy, and Circumspection which was in Pauls. walk, and ought to be in the walk of all Christians; And that is, to endeavour to have alwayes a Conscience void of offence toward God and toward Men.
The Doctrine that we insisted on last was this, That Christians ought to endeavour so to walk, that in nothing their Conscience may have a Challenge against them; and when we came to speak of the use, we proposed Four. The 1. whereof was for Information, and Direction, how to carry in a Christian Life, and it is in a Word, so as in nothing we may thwart our Conscience either in omitting any Duty, or in committing any sin. The 2d. use. was for trial, as the Words bear out Pauls attainment, and his comforting himself on this ground, that he always exercised himself to keep a good Conscience; Whence we show that it is a good Mark of Sincerity, when a man is taken up, how to keep a Conscience void ⟨p. 85⟩of offence; and several Doubts and Questions were occasioned, in prosecuting of this use, which we endeavoured to clear, and answer.
The Doctrine that we insisted on last was this, That Christians ought to endeavour so to walk, that in nothing their Conscience may have a Challenge against them; and when we came to speak of the use, we proposed Four. The 1. whereof was for Information, and Direction, how to carry in a Christian Life, and it is in a Word, so as in nothing we may thwart our Conscience either in ommitting any Duty, or in comitting any sin. The 2d. use. was for tryal, as the Words bear out Pauls attainment, and his comforting himself on this ground, that he alwayes exercised himself to keep a good Conscience; Whence we shew that it is a good Mark of Sincerity, when a man is taken up, how to keep a Conscience void