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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 3
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That which we have have been speaking of from this v. Is the right way of discerning the Advice and Counsel which the Conscience gives, That so we may be the more able clearly and distinctly to follow it.
And in prosecution of this, ye may remember, we came to answer that Case, or Question, what men are called to, or what maybe their duty, when, after some pains taken to know Consciences, Advice and Counsel, they do not discern, and take it up? Seeing experience tells us, that sometimes there may be Darkness, even when men would have Light; In Answering of this, we gave you this Direction, in the first place, after the premitting of some things, for clearing of it; That such as are thus in the Dark, would once put themselves to it, to try whither their Darkness proceed indeed from Conscience, or from some Distemper, and Tentation within, letting, and hindering them from taking up that which Conscience says; till once this be clear, men cannot make great progress, for if they should study to have Conscience speaking, and yet have their own ears stopped, this seems to be but lost labour; There is some other thing called for, that once they may be in a quiet, and composed Frame, to hear what Conscience says to them.
And in prosecution of this, ye may remember, we came to answer that Case, or Question, what men are called to, or what maybe their duty, when, after some pains taken to know Consciences, Advice and Counsel, they do not discern, and take it up? Seing experience tells us, that sometimes there may be Darknesse, even when men would have Light; In Answering of this, we gave you this Direction, in the first place, after the premitting of some things, for clearing of it; That such as are thus in the Dark, would once put themselves to it, to try whither their Darkness proceed indeed from Conscience, or from some Distemper, and Tentation within, letting, and hindring them from taking up that which Conscience sayes; till once this be clear, men cannot make great progresse, for if they should studie to have Conscience speaking, and yet have their own ears stopped, this seems to be but lost labour; There is some other thing called for, that once they may be in a quiet, and composed Frame, to hear what Conscience sayes to them.