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

The other Assertion that I proposed to speak a word to, was, That though it be sometimes thus, That Conscience is silent, and speaketh not, at least, so soon, or so clearly, when it is inquired at; yet it is not always so, but sometimes, nay, often Conscience will speak, and answer clearly; and our unclearness in that case, may proceed from some one tentation or other; or from our own sinful distemper; or from our negligence, and inadvertency, as I shall shortly clear in some cases.

The other Assertion that I proposed to speak a word to, was, That though it be sometimes thus, That Conscience is silent, and speaketh not, at least, so soon, or so clearly, when it is inquired at; yet it is not alwayes so, but sometimes, nay, often Conscience will speak, and answer clearly; and our unclearnesse in that case, may proceed from some one tentation or other; or from our own sinful distemper; or from our negligence, and inadvertancy, as I shall shortly clear in some cases.

1. As a sinful Ignorance in the Person who desireth it ⟨p. 125⟩to speak, will make Conscience keep silent; so there is a sinful Ignorance▪ that may, and will make us mistake Conscience, when it answereth clearly, And this cometh to pass, when, through Ignorance we know not, nor can take up, the voice of Conscience, as different from that of our Affections, or Inclinations, nor the grounds, by which Conscience doth evidence it's Answer; as young Samuel took Gods voice at first, for the voice of old Eli; Thus men may have an impulse, and some exercise of Conscience, a• out a thing; and it may be telling▪ it's mind to them, and yet through their Ignorance, and Inadvertency no• discerning, and taking up what it sayeth, their exercise may continue, and they remain in the dark, anent the particular.

1. As a sinful Ignorance in the Person who desireth it