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

Consciences sense of a thing is of more weight, and is more divine, and hath some more of the Majesty of God in it, then bare Light, or conviction of the Judgement; It will neither smile nor •rown, but it will suitably affect the man with some inward comfort, or sorrow; For it representeth God, either as smiling or •rowning. 4ly. We would follow this work of self-examination, and self-reflection, till we be clear, and fully persuaded, as to the Duty we are called to, after such Examination; as when a man findeth things to be wrong; Conscience will say, there is here a necessity of Repentance, ⟨p. 203⟩and humiliation, and of flying to Jesus Christ, for taking away the guilt thereof; and of setting about the righting and amending of things; and till a man come to be clear in that which he is called to, by self-examination, he followeth it not •th a right, and as he ought to do: The Apostle speaking of worldly, and of godly sorrow, 2 Cor. 7. 10▪ 11. Giveth these evidences of godly sorrow (a fruit of self-examination) that it not only was waited in the Corinthians with a fight of the Fault, but it touched them in the quick for it, and affected them with holy indignation at it, and with true zeal to have it removed; And that with all it suffered them not to rest▪ till they endeavoured by all means a clearing of themselves; Behold (sayeth he, v. 11.) the self same thing ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you; •ea, what clearing of your selves; yea, what indignation, &c. A man that offers to •et about self-examination, and yet lies still in the fault that is discovered thereby, and is no more affected with it, then if he were not at all guilty of it, nor any more now after the discovery made in the search, inclined to flee to Christ then when he began; his self-examination is sure not right: We would therefore seriously recommend to you these Four to be well headed, and carried along with you in your prosecuting this work of self-examina•on.