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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 3
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HEB. 13. v. 18. Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
Though a good Conscience be the thing in all the World, in reference to which, men ought to carry most tenderly; yet if we shall take a view of the way of the generality of people, even living under, and making profession of the Gospel of Christ, we will find that there is nothing that they deal more untenderly in; some on the one hand accounting that to be a good Conscience, which is nothing so, and so, basely prostituting and abusing this excellent thing; others on the other hand looking on a good Conscience, […] but an airy notion and fancy, never knowing, nor studying to know what the benefit and advantage of it is, they make it useless and comfortless to themselves, and so are utterly deprived of that sweetly serene tranquility, which is Gods gracious allowance on them, that make it their business to have a tender and truly good Conscience.
THough a good Conscience be the thing in all the World, in reference to which, men ought to carry most tenderly; yet if we shall take a v•ew of the way of the generality of people, even living under, and making profession of the Gospel of Christ, we will find that there is nothing that they deal more untenderly in; some on the one hand accounting that to be a good Conscience, which is nothing so, and so, basely prostituting and abusing this excellent thing; others on the other hand looking on a good Conscience, 〈…〉 but an airy notion and fancy, never knowing, nor studying to know what the benefit and advantage of it is, they make it useless and comfortless to themselves, and so are utterly deprived of that sweetlyserene tranquility, which is Gods gracious allowance on them, that make it their business to have a tender and truly good Conscience.