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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 romans n9.1 › Sermon 1
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The Use is, To teach us to be more wary in attesting Conscience in a light and trivial way; It's in Scripture Language an attesting Christ, and the Holy Ghost; and when ever we dare not appeal to them as Witnesses, we would beware of appealing to, or of attesting Conscience, or taking it to be a Witness.
The Use is, To teach us to be more warry in attesting Conscience in a light and trivial way; It's in Scripture Language an attesting Christ, and the Holy Ghost; and when ever we dar not appeal to them as Witnesses, we would beware of appealing to, or of attesting Conscience, or taking it to be a Witnes.
4ly. Observe, That there is a great difference among Consciences; for these words, My conscience beareth me witness in the holy Ghost, imports two things, 1. His attesting his Conscience not simply, but as it's sanctified by the Spirit. 2ly. It not only imports Sanctification in the habit of it, but in it's exercise also; for he knew that a mans attesting of his mere natural Conscience is not of such value, it being a thing that may be easily deluded, and go wrong; but sayeth he, I attest my conscience in the holy Ghost, and as acted by him; There is a difference betwixt a renewed, and unrenewed Conscience; and a difference betwixt a pure Conscience and a defiled one, To the pure (sayeth the Apostle, Tit. 1. 15.) all things are pure, but to them that are defiled, and unbelieving, is nothing pure, but even their mind and conscience▪ is defiled; Pauls appealing his Conscience, is as it's opposite to such a Conscience; There is also an evil and a good Conscience, as these words lately spoken of, 1 Pet. 3. 21 The answer of a good conscience toward God, clear; There is likewise a cauterized Conscience, and a tender Conscience: yea, there is some difference of Consciences among Believers themselves; some Consciences are weak, some strong; some are sleepy, some waking, some are secure, some in the lively exercise of the Grace of God, and acted by the Spirit, according to the will of God; and this is the Conscience meant here.