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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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and yet the sorrow of the one, is accounted the Grace of Repentance, and the others not, because of the want of the requisites of Gospel, or gracious sorrow, or sorrow after a godly •ort, as the Apostle calls it, 2 Cor. 7. v. 11. So in the exercise of other Graces; where Conscience will challenge. and accu•e, or excu•e, and approve accordingly. The 6th. Sort of Actions are passive (to speak so) or Sufferings, wherein Conscience hath a concern, and tells the man that he should suffer, as a Christian from such a principle, and for such ends; which he through Grace endeavouring to do, Conscience speaks ⟨p. 163⟩peace to him; And though another man suffer the same very things, yet he may want that testimony, because he wants the grounds of it, his sufferings being destitute of the requisite qualifications: And therefore we would never think a thing to be of so little moment, that Conscience hath no concern in it, we cannot do, speak, think, nor look, but Conscience hath some-thing to say of that deed, word, thought, or look, as it is circumstantiate; either to accuse, if not as it ought to be, or to excuse and approve, if right, as to its requisites.
and yet the sorrow of the one, is accounted the Grace of Repentance, and the others not, because of the want of the requ•sits of Gospel, or gracious sorrow, or sorrow after a godly •ort, as the Apostle calls it, 2 Cor. 7. v. 11. So in the exercise of other Graces; where Conscience will challenge. and accu•e, or excu•e, and approve accordingly. The 6th. Sort of Actions are passive (to speak so) or Sufferings, wherein Conscience hath a concern, and tells the man that he should suffer, as a Christian from such a principle, and for such ends; which he through Grace endeavouring to do, Conscience speaks ⟨p. 163⟩