The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…

Conscience is called the spirit of a man, because it is one chief seat in a man, where the ruling spirit of a man, sitteth, abideth and acteth. The spirit dwelleth in the whole man, in every faculty, especially in the Will, Conscience, and Understanding. All mankind are secretly acted by a spirit, either good or bad: the carnal sort are acted by the Devils spirit, Eph. 2.2. the spirit that acteth in the Children of Disobedience. Thus it is ordinarily, though Gods Spirit may sometimes break in. yea effectually in such as shall be saved. But the Godly are acted by the good Spirit of God, Rom. 8.11, 13, 14. if the Spirit dwell in you, he shall quicken you. And if through the Spirit, ye mortify the deeds of the flesh. and as many as are led by the Spirit of God, are the sons of God. One chief seat or residence of the Spirit of God, is the Conscience, where he sitteth and overlooketh the understanding the will, the affections, the passions, and all the figments and imaginations. And hence Conscience chiefly raiseth the spiritual War, and sets all grace into action against all sin. The evil Spirit that ruleth in the carnal, hath his chief seat in imaginations, figments, affections and Lusts; and the smoke of them blindeth the ⟨p. 24⟩understanding, yea and conscience too; perverteth the will, and all the powers o the soul, and inclineth them to evil continually: and by those doors he creepeth in, yea, sometimes breaketh into the hearts of the godly. Thus we see why Conscience may be called the Spirit of a man, and so the Spirit of Jesus, and of John, may be their Conscience in a good part.

Conscience is called the spirit of a man, because it is one chief seat in a man, where the ruling spirit of a man, sitteth, abideth and acteth. The spirit dwelleth in the whole man, in every faculty, especially in the Will, Conscience, and Vnderstanding. All mankind are secretly acted by a spirit, either good or bad: the carnal sort are acted by the Devils spirit, Eph. 2.2. the spirit that acteth in the Children of Disobedience. Thus it is ordinarily, though Gods Spirit may sometimes break in. yea effectually in such as shall be saved. But the Godly are acted by the good Spirit of God,