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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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As the Use of this Doctrine, We would have the •aith of this great truth well fixed and riveted, that every mans Conscience, whether awakened or not, is still de•iled and polluted till it be cleansed and purged by the blood of Jesus Christ; as bodily, or outward exercises profit not as to this; So the mouth of the Conscience will not be stopped, till it get of this blood; So that if it should be said, Who will lay •ny thing to the charge of •ods elect? As it is, Rom. 8. The Conscience will answer, I have many things to lay to their charge; till that sweetest word that is subjoined, be spoken to it, for stopping its mouth; its Christ who died, (shedding his blood) or rather is risen again; then, and never till then will it be quiet.
As the Use of this Doctrine, We would have the •aith of this great truth well fixed and riveted, that every mans Conscience, whether awakned or not, is still de•iled and polluted till it be cleansed and purged by the blood of Jesus Christ; as bodily, or outward exercises profit not as to this; So the mouth of the Conscience will not be stopped, till it get of this blood; So that if it should be said, Who will lay •ny thing to the charge of •ods elect? As it is, Rom. 8. The Conscience will answer, I have many things to lay to their charge; till that sweetest word that is •ubjoyned, be spoken to it, for stopping its mouth; its Christ who died, (shedding his blood) or rather is risen again; then, and never till then will it be quiet.
In further prosecution of the Use of this Doctrine, We would have you to know, that there are four ways that men are ready to take, for cleansing and purging of the Conscience, some one, and some another of them; which are all (if there be no more) ineffectual for reaching the real purging and solid satisfaction of the Conscience, which ye would therefore be aware of; As 1. Some endeavour to divert their Conscience, and to seek a Suspension of its puring the quarrel against them, pretending some other uptaking business; as Felix did,