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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
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23 Yet this necessity of sinning, wherein some are entangled, is not contrary to the equity of Gods Law: 1. Because the sin is not the same on both hands: on the one hand a mans sins in doing what is unlawful; and on the other, in doing it unlawfully: viz. without or against Conscience. 2. Because it is not an absolute necessity, but upon supposition only, viz. if they keep still such a Conscience, which they ought to lay down, Ephes. 4. 22. 3. Because it doth not flow from the nature of the Law of God, but both is contracted and continued by mans sin. For no man is thus entangled but by his own fault.
23 Yet this necessity of sinning, wherein some are intangled, is not contrary to the equity of Gods Law: 1. Because the sinne is not the same on both handes: on the one hand a mans sinnes in doing what is unlawfull; and on the other, in doing it unlawfully: viz. without or against Conscience. 2. Because it is not an absolute necessity, but upon supposition onely, viz. if they keepe still such a Conscience, which they ought to lay downe, Ephes. 4. 22. 3. Because it doth not flow from the nature of the Law of God, but both is contracted and continued by mans sinne. For no man is thus intangled but by his owne fault.
24 Conscience judging that to be unlawful, which is lawful, bindeth to refrain from that lawful thing, Rom. 14. 14. 15. He likewise that judgeth that to be necessary, ⟨p. 53⟩which is but lawful, is bound to the doing of it: because a man may abstain from lawful things: and may also constantly practise them without sinning.
24 Conscience judging that to be unlawfull, which is lawfull, bindeth to refraine from that lawfull thing,