The door of salvation opened by the key of regeneration

As every wicked mans conscience is morally evil, and stained with sin, so many times it is naturally evil, that it doth neither check him, nor judge him for his sin. One main work of conscience is to give evidence either for or against a man; now ⟨p. 87⟩conscience may bear false witness against its neighbour; the godly man, either through ignorance, or mis-information, not judging by a right rule, or not using that rule rightly: And conscience may give in false testimony on the behalf of ungodly men, either through its blindness, sleepiness, security or searedness. Conscience by nature doth flatter the sinner, Deut. 29.29. Conscience may be seared, when tis not settled, and asleep when the sinner hath no true rest. Some men serve their consciences as David did Uriah, make it drunk that they may be rid of it; when it hath begun to storm, they speak to it by some carnal diversions, as Christ to the rough sea, Peace, be still, and if then a calm ensue, they are safe. While the Devil the strong man armed keep the house all is quiet, Luk. 11.21. Conscience having often warned them of their sins and misery, and being still resisted, at last grows weary, and resolveth to give them over to their own ways and woe. These men strongly persuade themselves that all is well, and yet stoutly persist in all that is ill, but they fall from the high turret of presumption into the bottomless gulf of perdition.

As every wicked mans conscience is morally evil, and stained with sin, so many times it is naturally evil, that it doth neither check him, nor judge him for his sin. One main work of conscience is to give evidence either for or against a man; now ⟨p. 87⟩conscience may bear false witness against its neighbor; the godly man, either through ignorance, or mis-information, not judging by a right rule, or not using that rule rightly: And conscience may give in false testimony on the behalf of ungodly men, either through its blindness, sleepiness, security or searedness. Conscience by nature doth flatter the sinner, Deut. 29.29. Conscience may be seared, when tis not setled, and asleep when the sinner hath no true rest. Some men serve their consciences as David did Ʋriah, make it drunk that they may be rid of it; when it hath begun to storm, they speak to it by some carnal diversions, as Christ to the rough sea, Peace, be still, and if then a calm ensue, they are safe. While the Devil the strong man armed keep the house all is quiet,