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The upright mans character and crown. Preached in a sermon at Pauls before the…
The upright mans character and crown. Preached in a sermon at Pauls before the right Honourable the Lord Major, and the aldermen of the City of London, March 29. 1657. / By Thomas Watson minister of Stephens Walbrook London.
London: printed for Ralph Smith, 1657
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3. Conscience; 'tis (saith one) my1 conscience. This is no rule for an ⟨p. 8⟩upright man; the conscience of a sinner is defiled, Tit. 1. 16. conscience being defiled may err; an erring conscience cannot be a rule, Act. 26. 9. I verily thought with my self that I ought to do many things contrary to the Name of Jesus; he who is interfector veritatis, (as Tertullian speaks) even an heretic may plead conscience▪ admit conscience to be a rule, and we open the door to all mutinies, and Massacres; if the devil get into a mans conscience, whether will he not carry him?
3. Conscience; 'tis (saith one) my1 conscience. This is no rule for an ⟨p. 8⟩upright man; the conscience of a sinner is defiled, Tit. 1. 16. conscience being defiled may erre; an erring conscience cannot be a rule, Act. 26. 9. I verily thought with my self that I ought to do many things contrary to the Name of Jesus; he who is interfector veritatis, (as Tertullian speaks) even an heretick may plead conscience▪ admit conscience to be a rule, and we open the door to all mutinies, and Massacres; if the devil get into a mans conscience, whether will he not carrie him?
- 13. False Rule.