Influences of the life of grace

Ans. The Conscience of Devils and the Damned is awakened either penally or sinfully; these may be distinguished here; the Conscience as penally wakened by the Judge, primarily gnaws and torments it self for sin as punished; I have sinned saith Judas, and he casts down the seven pieces, feeling the worm; but as the Conscience is sinfully wakened by it self in blaspheming the God of Heaven, Rev. 16. 9, 11. because of pain, it also frets against providence, but is is not pained for the want of saving grace and holy influences ⟨p. 63⟩which might have prevented sin; yea their blasphemings of God eternally, is a seal and a closing with the state of unrenewed nature which is never moved for sin, but wrestles against the providence which sometime did permit sin,¹ which now hath such tormenting consequences though the conscience in the mean time being taken with the Justre and apparent good in sin, did also close with the opportunity of sin, and with providence opening the way to tentations, Prov. 7. 15. and seek such a providence, Gen. 39. 11, 12. and embrace it, Mark 14. 10, 11. yet is there saving good in a regulated spiritual complaining of the want of saving influences;

Ans. The Conscience of Divels and the Damned is awakned either penally or sinfully; these may be distinguished here; the Conscience as penally wakned by the Judge, primarily gnaws and torments it self for sin as punished; I have sinned saith Judas, and he casts down the seven pieces, feeling the worm; but as the Conscience is sinfully wakned by it self in blaspheming the God of Heaven, Rev. 16. 9, 11. because of pain, it also frets against providence, but is is not pain'd for the want of saving grace and holy influences ⟨p. 63⟩