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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. › A SERMON
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
This Phrase of having the conscience sprinkled, is an allusion to that which we have, Exod. 12. v. 7. and 13. Where the Lord being to smite all the first-born of Egypt, to prevent the falling of the stroke and plague on the Israelites, he appoints them to kill a Lamb, and to sprinkle the Lintel and Door▪ posts of their Houses with the blood thereof, that when the destroying Angel passed through to smite the first-born of the Egyptians, he might pass over their houses, that were so sprinkled: and the force of the allusion is this, Mans Conscience in a natural estate, is like that destroying Angel, and as Israel be-sprinkled the door posts of their houses with the blood of the Paschal Lamb▪ so he would have them to be-sprinkle their hearts with the blood of Christ, as Chap. 9. 14. and 12. v. 24. And then their Conscience will not smite them to their hurt, but they shall be past over as the Israelites were passed over by the destroying Angel.
This Phrase of having the conscience sprinkled, is an allusion to that which we have, Exod. 12. v. 7. and 13. Where the Lord being to smite all the first-born of Egypt, to prevent the falling of the stroak and plague on the Israelites, he appoints them to kill a Lamb, and to sprinkle the Lintel and Door▪ posts of their Houses with the blood thereof, that when the destroying Angel passed thorow to smite the first-born of the Egyptians, he might pass over their houses, that were so sprinkled: and the force of the allusion is this, Mans Conscience in a natural estate, is like that destroying Angel, and as Israel be-sprinkled the door posts of their houses with the blood of the Paschal Lamb▪ so he would have them to be-sprinkle their hearts with the blood of Christ, as Chap. 9. 14. and 12. v. 24. And then their Conscience will not smite them to their hurt, but they shall be past over as the Israelits were passed over by the destroying Angel.