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Conscience with the Power and Cases Thereof
Conscience with the power and cases thereof Divided into V. books. Written by the godly and learned, William Ames, Doctor, and Professor of Divinity, in the famous University of Franeker in Friesland. Translated out of Latin into English, for more public benefit.Conscience with the power and cases thereof Devided into V. bookes. Written by the godly and learned, William Ames, Doctor, and Professor of Divinity, in the famous University of Franeker in Friesland. Translated out of Latine into English, for more publique benefit.
Leiden and London : Imprinted W. Christiaens, E. Griffin, J. Dawson, Anno MDCXXIX 1639Leyden and London : Imprinted W. Christiaens, E. Griffin, J. Dawson, Anno MDCXXIX 1639
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.
4 Scruples do arise, (God so ordaining) to the end he may either punish, or try men: sometimes out of the suggestion of the Devil, sometimes from want of knowledge, sometimes from Melancholy, or some such like constitution of body; sometimes from the society of scrupulous men.
4 Scruples doe arise, (God so ordaining) to the end he may either punish, or try men: sometimes out of the suggestion of the Devill, somtimes from want of knowledge, sometimes from Melancholy, or some such like constitution of body; sometimes from the society of scrupulous men.
5 A Scrupulous conscience differs from a Doubtful one, in this, that a Doubtful conscience doth assent to neither part of the question; but the scrupulous conscience doth assent to one, but is solicited to the other part, by a kind of fear.
5 A Scrupulous conscience differs from a Doubtfull one, in this, that a Doubtfull conscience doth assent to neither part of the question; but the scrupulous conscience doth assent to one, but is sollicited to the other part, by a kinde of feare.
These things being set down, it is answered to the question. 1. (God being instantly called unto for grace,) one must labour diligently to remove these scruples, which reason can take away by due trial of the grounds of them. For then is the conscience most quiet, when it hath most certain knowledge. 2 It helpeth much (if it may be conveniently) that the thinking upon those things be shunned, from which scruples may rise; for the fancy being once stirred, many thoughts arise, which cannot be suppressed again, without great difficulty. As we see in Tiles, that are linked together in order, if one happen to fall down, the rest will follow: and from hence are scruples multiplied in timorous consciences.