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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 acts n24.16 › Sermon 1
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The sixth is, Where men honestly aim to keep a Conscience always void of offence, it will be an exercising and uptaking thing.
The seventh is, Where this exercise is neglected and not seriously carried on, the Conscience is left to stumble at, and to abound with, offences.
As for the first, That there are many kinds of offences which People are subject to, toward God and Men; It is a thing uncontroverted by all, and we need say little of it; only first, There are sins against the first Table, which are offences toward God, being immediately against him▪ And there are sins against the second Table, which although they be against God, yet immediately they touch and reflect on men. 2. There are sins against God that are secret, which God only is witness to: and there are open sins which scandalize men, Paul endeavoured to eschew all these, for all are •ins against the Law of God and wounding of the Conscience.
As for the first, That there are many kinds of offences which People are subject to, toward God and Men; It is a thing uncontroverted by all, and we need say little of it; only first, There are sins against the first Table, which are offences toward God, being immediatly against him▪ And there are sins against the second Table, which although they be against God, yet immediatly they touch and reflect on men. 2. There are sins against God that are secret, which God only is witness to: and there are open sins which scandalize men, Paul endeavoured to eschew all these, for all are •ins against the Law of God and wounding of the Conscience.