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I shall easily grant, that when the Consciences of more knowing, more tender and more conscientious men then my self, dictate to them the warrantableness of such and such a practice▪ I am called to be holily jealous over, and suspicious of my sel•, impartially to examine the reasons of their clearness, and on that occasion to search very scrutinously, narrowly, and exactly into the grounds of my own unclearness, hesitation and doubting, and to be much and earnest in prayer to God, with unbiased singleness and sincerity▪ For sending forth his light & truth to guide & lead me: But if no withstanding all this, my doubt still remains; and it may be also, that there are several other godly and judicious persons that are doubtful and unclear with me; I cannot in that case warrantably give up my self to be implicitly determined by the Conscience of others, whatever their qualifications be, or whatever my veneration may be for them, nor am I bound to act my self with a doubting Conscience; since I am expressly fold by the infallible Scriptures of Truth, that I cannot act in that case without sin, and without incurring the hazard of ⟨image 16⟩damnation; and that no man can keep me harmless in doing so, Since every man must give an account of himself to God: And if I shall do one thing with a doubting Conscience, because […] may be mistaken, and in an error; or because such and such godly and knowing persons are free for it, what a wide door would this open? why may I not do another thing of greater moment doubtingly, and another after that, and third after that▪ where shall I stay or stop, and when shall there be an end of such Conscience doubting actions? especially in times wherein troubles and tentations snares and offences do abound • wherein, as there hath been, so there will readily still be different sentiments and apprehensions as to some lesser and lower truths further removed from the fundamentals of Religion (where about all are agreed) and so proportionably as to […] practices among• even truly godly men;

I shall easily grant, that when the Consciences of more knowing, more tender and more consciencious men then my self, dictat to them the warrantablenesse of such and such a practice I am called to be holily jealous over, and suspicious of my sel, impartially to examine the reasons of their clearnesse, and on that occasion to search very scrutinously, narrowly, and exactly into the grounds of my own unclearnesse, hesitation and doubting, and to be much and earnest in prayer to God, with unbyassed singleness and sincerity For sending forth his light & truth to guide & lead me: But if no withstanding all this, my doubt still remains; and it may be also, that there are several other godly and judicious persons that are doubtful and unclear with me; I cannot in that case warrantably give up my self to be implicitly determined by the Conscience of others, whatever their qualifications be, or whatever my veneration may be for them, nor am I bound to act my self with a doubting Conscience; since I am expresly fold by the infallible Scriptures of Truth, that I cannot act in that case without sin, and without incurring the hazard of