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

and while a person is much, or wholly taken up with an extrinsic, or very little thing, which, it may be, is but a mere circumstance, and is more affected with, and exercised about that, then with, and about another of far greater concernment; it is not sure any awe of God, nor of Conscience, but somewhat flowing from the mans own Inclination, or interest, that so mightily influenceth, and stirreth him in the one, beyond what he is in the other. 4ly. Ye would advert in a special manner to this, If Conscience in the challenge maketh the sin vile and abominable to you, and your selves loathsome to your selves; When Conscience whets (to say so) the edge of the challenge, not only to the making of Gods wrath terrible, and the awe, fear and dread of him weighty; but also to the deep affecting of our selves with the vileness and loathsomeness of the thing, its an evidence, that the Conscience is right; for, as its a good token of the soundness of Repentance, when it maketh sin as such loathsome▪ so its a good token of Conscience speaking rightly, when it holdeth forth convincingly the sinfulness of sin. […]. Ye may know when Conscience speaketh a right, by the native fruits that follow upon it; such as these, 1. It maketh a deep impression of the awe of God, and of the ⟨p. 216⟩fear of sin on the heart; It maketh the Spirit more composed, stayed, and present, when after self-examination rightly gone about, Conscience speaketh its own language, for it knoweth that God speaketh, and hath a sort of divineness with it. 2ly. It maketh the man more watchful, and the loather to adventure on sin, for the time to come. 3ly. It stilleth, and calmeth the heart; O! but that be a stately and majestic Word, Psal. 46. Be still, and know that I am God. For we cannot conceive God to be speaking, if we be right, but the Spirit will be calmed to hear, and will be gathered in, from its waverings, gadings and vaigings, when it knoweth that he speaketh, all which we may see, Psal. 4. 3. 4. Stand in awe and sin not; Where he exhorteth to holy fear, and watchfulness; and the mean to bring both about, is, Commune with your hearts upon your beds; Betake your selves to this work (as if he had said) of self examination; and then the 3d.

and while a person is much, or wholly taken up with an extrinsick, or very little thing, which, it may be, is but a meer circumstance, and is more affected with, and exercised about that, then with, and about another of far greater concernment; it is not sure any aw of God, nor of Conscience, but somewhat flowing from the mans own Inclination, or interest, that so mightly influenceth, and stirreth him in the one, beyond what he is in the other. 4ly. Ye would advert in a special manner to this, If Conscience in the challenge maketh the sin vile and abominable to you, and your selves loathsome to your selves; When Conscience whets (to say so) the edge of the challenge, not only to the making of Gods wrath terrible, and the awe, fear and dread of him weighty; but also to the deep affecting of our selves with the vilenesse and loathsomeness of the thing, its an evidence, that the Conscience is right; for, as its a good token of the soundness of Repentance, when it maketh sin as such loathsome so its a good token of Conscience speaking rightly, when it holdeth forth convincingly the sinfulness of sin. . Ye may know when Conscience speaketh a right, by the native fruits that follow upon it; such as these, 1. It maketh a deep impression of the awe of God, and of the