The truly blessed man, or, The way to be happy here, and forever being…

2. That hence as long as this Guilt lieth upon the Conscience, the distress must abide. A man indeed may be under Guilt, and yet have much seeming quiet: and how many have a stupendous load of Guilt lying on them, and do not groan under it, because they feel it not, because Conscience is asleep, and senseless: and many get ease again, though their Guilt abideth, because they have baffled their Consciences, and charmed them into a false persuasion; but this is certain, while the Conscience hath the remorse of the Guilt upon it, and apprehends it, the man can have no rest: all the diversions he can turn to, all the carnal delights he seeks to content himself withal, give him no relief, the Arrow of Gods wrath abides on his Conscience, and festers there, his pain is not in the least abated; and how is it possible, that whiles a man is dogged up and down with an accusing, condemning Conscience, charging on him the Guilt of Death, and threatening him with Eternal Damnation, he should ⟨p. 220⟩have any rest? he cannot think it a light matte• to Dwell with Everlasting Burnings, when they ar• realized to him, though he scoffed at them whe• he believed them not.

2. That hence as long as this Guilt lieth upon the Conscience, the distress must abide. A man indeed may be under Guilt, and yet have much seeming quiet: and how many have a stupendous load of Guilt lying on them, and do not groan under it, because they feel it not, because Conscience is asleep, and senseless: and many get ease again, though their Guilt abideth, because they have baffled their Consciences, and charmed them into a false perswasion; but this is certain, while the Conscience hath the remorce of the Guilt upon it, and apprehends it, the man can have no rest: all the diversions he can turn to, all the carnal delights he seeks to content himself withal, give him no relief, the Arrow of Gods wrath abides on his Conscience, and festers there, his pain is not in the least abated; and how is it possible, that whiles a man is dogged up and down with an accusing, condemning Conscience, charging on him the Guilt of Death, and threatning him with Eternal Damnation, he should ⟨p. 220⟩have any rest? he cannot think it a light matte to Dwell with Everlasting Burnings, when they ar realized to him, though he scoffed at them whe he believed them not.