The door of salvation opened by the key of regeneration

It hath an universal negative voice, nothing to be done without its assent, Rom. 14.2. ult. but not an universal affirmative voice ⟨p. 94⟩to enjoin what it pleaseth; when it is regulated by Gods Law, then and not till then, it can govern well our hearts and lives.

It hath an universal negative voice, nothing to be done without its assent, Rom. 14.2. ult. but not an universal affirmative voice ⟨p. 94⟩to enjoyn what it pleaseth; when it is regulated by Gods Law, then and not till then, it can govern well our hearts and lives.

Bernard saith excellently, ¹We must consult with conscience, as also to consult with Scripture; the Bible is the book of life according to that the books of our consciences may be copied, or corrected. Let us therefore saith he, compare our book with Gods book, lest in the last day our books be found false and faulty, when they come to be examined.

1. 1Bern de cons. i. l. 1. cap. 9.

Copies are no further valid and authentic, then they agree with the Original: neither is conscience any farther to be trusted, then it accords with the word of truth: it is an under-Officer, and therefore if it wave its Commission, and use its power against its Prince, it is to be informed not obeyed. The Law natural must be hearkened to, so far as it agreeth with the Law moral. It is the greatest idolatry in the world, saith Reverend Mr. Rutherford, to make thy self the idol, and as bad a Papacy as that at Rome, to make a Pope of thy own conscience. The light of Scripture is infallible, but not so the light of nature; yet how ordinary is it for men in our days (like the men of Shechem,