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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 n1 peter 3.21 › Sermon 2
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The 1. Assertion is, That sometimes in Gods wise, holy, and sovereign Providence, and in his secret, profound and mysterious way of ordering things, it may so come to pass, that men may set themselves to enquire at Conscience, and yet after inquiry not find, at least for a time, so clear an Answer, as to warrant and direct them what hand to turn to.
The 1. Assertion is, That sometimes in Gods wise, holy, and soveraign Providence, and in his secret, profound and mysterious way of ordering things, it may so come to passe, that men may set themselves to enquire at Conscience, and yet after inquirie not find, at least for a time, so clear an Answer, as to warrand and direct them what hand to turn to.
The 2d. Assertion is, That sometimes Conscience may speak, and answer clearly enough; and yet men from some one tentation, or sinful distemper or another that they are under, and from negligence, and sinful inadvertency, in taking heed to the answer of Conscience, may think that ⟨p. 118⟩it speaketh not clearly, when it doth, and thus be le•t in the dark; So that Conscience is not always to be blamed, as if it answered not, when we think so.
The 2d. Assertion is, That sometimes Conscience may speak, and answer clearly enough; and yet men from some one tentation, or sinful distemper or another that they are under, and from negligence, and sinful inadvertancy, in taking heed to the answer of Conscience, may think that ⟨p. 118⟩it speaketh not clearly, when it doth, and thus be le•t in the dark; So that Conscience is not alwayes to be blamed, as if it answered not, when we think so.