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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 hebrews n13.18 › Sermon 2
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2ly, From Pauls knitting of these two together, viz. A good Conscience and the qualification of it, an honest walk. Observe, That such as would confidently assert, and assume to themselves this Testimony, that they have a good Conscience, would do it on well qualified grounds and evidences; therefore the Apostle here does not content himself simply to assert it; and generally, wherever he asserts this, he holds out something of his practice, showing thereby, that he was not mistaken, nor presumptuous in his asserting of it: If we consider the extremities that men are disposed to run into, in this matter, ⟨p. 290⟩some too soon, and too easily assuming to themselves this Testimony of a good Conscience; others again in a manner shu•ing, and shifting all things that may give them clearness, as if it were impossible to be win at; We will find that there is good reason to qualify it thus, so as the golden mediocrity, or raids betwixt these-extremes, may be duly observed.
2ly, From Pauls knitting of these two together, viz. A good Conscience and the qualification of it, an honest walk. Observe, That such as would confidently assert, and assume to themselves this Testimony, that they have a good Conscience, would do it on well qualified grounds and evidences; therefore the Apostle here does not content himself simply to assert it; and generally, wherever he asserts this, he holds out something of his practice, shewing thereby, that he was not mistaken, nor presumptuous in his asserting of it: If we consider the extremities that men are disposed to run into, in this matter, ⟨p. 290⟩some too soon, and too easily assuming to themselves this Testimony of a good Conscience; others again in a manner shu•ing, and shifting all things that may give them clearness, as if it were impossible to be win at; We will find that there is good reason to qualify it thus, so as the golden mediocrity, or raids betwixt these-extreams, may be duly observed.