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

Observe 1. Here, that an honest and good Life, or Walk, and an honest and good Conscience go together; There is always a suitableness betwixt the testimony of a persons Conscience within, and the ordering of his Walk and Conversation without; Or thus, as a mans life is, so is his Conscience: If the Life and Conversation be honest, then a man may have, and hath an honest, and good Conscience; but if his Life and Conversation be untender, dishonest, profane and louse, he cannot possibly have a good Conscience, as the Apostle plainly affirms, Titus 1. 15. And the reason of it is clear, because Consciences well grounded Testimony must be according to Truth, and speak out the thing as indeed it is; and as when the thing is ill and wrong, it cannot speak peace and good; so when the thing is right, it will not speak ill.

Observe 1. Here, that an honest and good Life, or Walk, and an honest and good Conscience go together; There is alwayes a suitableness betwixt the testimony of a persons Conscience within, and the ordering of his Walk and Conversation without; Or thus, as a mans life is, so is his Conscience: If the Life and Conversation be honest, then a man may have, and hath an honest, and good Conscience; but if his Life and Conversation be untender, dishonest, profane and louse, he cannot possibly have a good Conscience, as the Apostle plainly affirms, Titus 1. 15. And the reason of it is clear, because Consciences well grounded Testimony must be according to Truth, and speak out the thing as indeed it is; and as when the thing is ill and wrong, it cannot speak peace and good; so when the thing is right, it will not speak ill.

For Use of it, do not separate these things which God hath conjoined; Think never to have a good Conscience, when ye have not an honest Conversation: It may be found without the accomplishment of a very diligent search, that many do presumptuously and groundlessly speak and boast of a good Conscience, when there is nothing in their Conversation that looks like it, let be warrants it; but if ye would certainly know the companion of a good Conscience, take it from Paul, it is even a living honestly: I would only here have you to take this Caveat in the by, when we say that a good Conscience, and an honest life or walk go together, we would not have you to look to the connection of these two, so severely and rigidly, as if there could not be a good Conscience, but where there is an honest walk in its perfection, without all slips or failings; for we are now speaking of a deliberate, fixed, and settled purpose, and sincere endeavour to live and walk honestly; which may