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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 n9 and 10 › Sermon 2
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SERMON II.
HEB. 9. v. 14. and 10 v. 22. How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal spirit, offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? Chap. 10. v. 22. Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
IF we knew what sort of Consciences we naturally have, and were suitably sensible of the evil state of them, it would be to us as good News from a far Country, to hear how they may be gotten purged and made good; and how little soever men think of this now, and how ever easy they fancy it to be to get their Consciences solidly quieted and calmed, there is a day coming, when sleeping and secure Consciences will be awakened, and when it will be found more easy to endure the greatest toil, and the most exquisite torment on earth, then to wrestle with, and to be closely pursued, and constantly haunted by the terrors of an evil and awakened Conscience, which will ⟨p. 337⟩roar against men, as a lion, and tear as it were the very caul of their heart; Then, O! then they who would never be persuaded before, to believe what an evil and defiled Conscience is, nor what the benefit and advantage of peace with God, and in the Conscience is, shall be made to their eternal prejudice to know the truth of both.
IF we knew what sort of Consciences we naturally have, and were suitably sensible of the evil state of them, it would be to us as good News from a far Countrey, to hear how they may be gotten purged and made good; and how little soever men think of this now, and how ever easie they fancy it to be to get their Consciences solidly quieted and calmed, there is a day coming, when sleeping and secure Consciences will be awakned, and when it will be found more easie to endure the greatest toil, and the most exquisit torment on earth, then to wrestle with, and to be closely pursued, and constantly haunted by the terrours of an evil and awakned Conscience, which will