St. Pauls exercise, or, A sermon of conscience Describing the nature of it; and declaring the manner and meanes how to obtaine, and retaine, a good conscience. Preached by Iohn Hughes, Doctor in Diuinitie.
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             St. Pauls exercise, or, A sermon of conscience Describing the nature of it; and declaring the manner and meanes how to obtaine, and retaine, a good conscience. Preached by Iohn Hughes, Doctor in Diuinitie.
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           St.
           
             PAVLS
          
           EXERCISE
           ,
           OR
           ,
           A
           SERMON
           OF
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           Describing
           the
           nature
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           declaring
           the
           manner
           and
           meanes
           how
           to
           obtaine
           ,
           and
           retaine
           ,
           a
           good
           CONSCIENCE
           .
        
         
           Preached
           by
           
             IOHN
             HVGHES
             ,
          
           Doctor
           in
           Diuinitie
           .
        
         
           
             2
             COR.
             1.
             12.
             
          
           Our
           reioycing
           is
           this
           ,
           the
           testimony
           of
           our
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           by
           
             T.
             S.
          
           for
           
             Iohn
             Budge
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           shop
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           
             Greene-Dragon
          
           in
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           .
           
             Anno
             Dom.
          
           1622.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           Honourable
           ,
           and
           Right
           Reuerend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           IOHN
           ,
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           LINCOLNE
           ,
           Lord
           Keeper
           of
           the
           Great
           Seale
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           his
           Maiesties
           most
           Honourable
           priuie
           Councell
           ;
           Grace
           and
           peace
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           and
           glorie
           in
           the
           life
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           PReaching
           ,
           and
           Printing
           (
           Right
           Honourable
           )
           are
           excellent
           meanes
           to
           beget
           Faith
           ,
           and
           to
           encrease
           Knowledge
           .
           The
           one
           (
           like
           a
           shower
           of
           raine
           )
           waters
           for
           the
           present
           ;
           the
           other
           (
           like
           Snow
           )
           lyes
           longer
           on
           the
           ground
           ,
           and
           may
           speake
           when
           the
           Authour
           cannot
           :
           Hauing
           therefore
           preached
           diuers
           Sermons
           ,
           I
           haue
           presumed
           to
           print
           this
           one
           ,
           and
           to
           present
           the
           same
           vnto
           your
           Honour
           ,
           as
           a
           testimony
           of
           my
           seruice
           and
           dutie
           .
           My
           labour
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           if
           it
           may
           doe
           good
           to
           any
           ,
           and
           be
           accepted
           of
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           height
           of
           my
           desire
           .
           The
           matter
           hath
           beene
           handled
           by
           many
           :
           And
           ,
           many
           more
           zealous
           and
           learned
           men
           I
           pray
           God
           to
           raise
           vp
           daily
           to
           preach
           ,
           &
           to
           write
           more
           of
           the
           same
           argument
           :
           for
           ,
           beside
           the
           methode
           and
           manner
           of
           handling
           (
           which
           I
           also
           attribute
           to
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           ,
           exciting
           
           and
           assisting
           nie
           )
           I
           challenge
           nothing
           to
           my selfe
           but
           the
           faults
           ,
           
             
               Mala
               mea
               sunt
               purè
               mala
               ,
               
               &
               mea
               ;
            
             
               Bona
               mea
               nec
               purè
               bona
               ,
               nec
               mea
               .
            
          
           Your
           Lordship
           may
           claime
           a
           speciall
           interest
           in
           these
           lines
           ,
           not
           onely
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           Authour
           ,
           obliged
           vnto
           your
           Honour
           in
           many
           respects
           ;
           but
           also
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           which
           is
           meere
           
             Chancery
             ,
          
           and
           hath
           need
           of
           your
           patronage
           .
           For
           it
           is
           a
           common
           complaint
           that
           Conscience
           (
           for
           the
           most
           part
           of
           these
           latter
           yeares
           )
           hath
           lyne
           bed-rid
           &
           speechlesse
           :
           But
           blessed
           be
           God
           ,
           that
           hath
           raised
           vp
           your
           Honour
           to
           be
           a
           Patrone
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           a
           Paterne
           of
           equity
           and
           Iustice
           in
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           and
           a
           principall
           agent
           in
           these
           vnconscionable
           dayes
           ,
           to
           restore
           and
           recouer
           conscience
           againe
           ,
           where
           it
           was
           much
           decayed
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           God
           that
           was
           the
           Authour
           of
           your
           preferment
           ,
           continue
           his
           mercies
           ,
           and
           multiply
           his
           blessings
           vpon
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           hearts
           of
           all
           good
           men
           (
           specially
           of
           vs
           Church-men
           )
           doe
           reioyce
           in
           your
           aduancement
           ;
           So
           I
           pray
           God
           wee
           may
           long
           enioy
           your
           Honour
           ,
           to
           the
           comfort
           both
           of
           Church
           and
           Common-wealth
           .
           Thus
           ,
           crauing
           pardon
           for
           my
           boldnesse
           ,
           and
           fauourable
           acceptance
           of
           these
           my
           endeauours
           ,
           in
           most
           humble
           manner
           I
           recommend
           your
           Honour
           to
           the
           protection
           of
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           euer
           resting
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             Honours
             most
             bounden
             and
             dutifull
             Chaplaine
             ,
             IO
             :
             HVGHES
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           St.
           PAVLS
           EXERCISE
           ,
           OR
           ,
           A
           SERMON
           OF
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           
             
               ACTS
               24.
               16.
               
            
             And
             herein
             doe
             I
             exercise
             my selfe
             ,
             to
             haue
             alwaies
             a
             Conscience
             ,
             voyde
             of
             offence
             toward
             God
             and
             toward
             men
             .
          
        
         
           
           THe
           very
           reading
           and
           hearing
           of
           this
           Text
           may
           put
           vs
           in
           minde
           of
           our
           duties
           ;
           doe
           but
           apply
           it
           vnto
           your
           soules
           ,
           and
           practise
           it
           in
           your
           liues
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           finde
           much
           comfort
           .
        
         
           The
           maine
           matter
           of
           it
           is
           Conscience
           ;
           a
           doctrine
           much
           neglected
           in
           ourage
           ,
           and
           yet
           neuer
           more
           needfull
           .
           I
           will
           not
           trouble
           
           you
           with
           any
           long
           discourse
           of
           the
           Context
           ,
           for
           the
           words
           are
           plaine
           ,
           and
           they
           containe
           part
           of
           S.
           
             Pauls
          
           Apologie
           before
           
             Faelix
             ,
          
           when
           
             Tertullus
          
           the
           Oratour
           accused
           him
           for
           a
           pestilent
           and
           a
           turbulent
           fellow
           .
           
           This
           Apologie
           consisteth
           of
           
             
               two
               parts
               
                 
                   Negatio
                   facti
                   .
                
                 
                   Confessio
                   fidei
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           1.
           
           
             A
             negation
             ,
             or
             deniall
             of
             the
             fact
             ,
          
           
           They
           neither
           found
           me
           in
           the
           Temple
           ,
           disputing
           with
           any
           man
           ,
           nor
           in
           the
           Synagogues
           ,
           or
           Citie
           ,
           raising
           vp
           the
           people
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           A
           confession
           of
           his
           faith
           ,
           
           
             Non
             negat
             sed
             narrat
             ;
             non
             dissimulat
             sed
             planè
             profitetur
             quam
             religionem
             coluit
             ,
          
           saith
           an
           Ancient
           vpon
           this
           Text
           ;
           he
           doth
           not
           denie
           nor
           dissemble
           his
           religion
           ,
           as
           many
           doe
           ,
           but
           professeth
           plainely
           ,
           that
           after
           that
           way
           which
           they
           call
           Heresie
           ,
           so
           worshipped
           he
           the
           God
           of
           his
           Fathers
           .
           
        
         
           To
           this
           he
           addeth
           the
           ground
           of
           his
           faith
           ,
           
             beleeuing
             all
             things
             written
             in
             the
             Law
             and
             the
             Prophets
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             then
             the
             fruit
             of
             this
             ground
             ,
          
           
           Hauing
           hope
           towards
           God
           that
           there
           shall
           be
           a
           resurrection
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           iust
           and
           vniust
           .
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           in
           the
           words
           of
           my
           Text
           hee
           setteth
           downe
           his
           practise
           and
           exercise
           :
           
             And
             herein
             I
             exercise
             my selfe
             ,
             to
             haue
             alwaies
             a
             conscience
             voyd
             of
             offence
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           As
           if
           he
           had
           thus
           spoken
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             Herein
             ,
          
           
           and
           for
           this
           respect
           ,
           because
           I
           am
           a
           Christian
           ,
           beleeuing
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Law
          
           and
           the
           
             Prophets
             ,
          
           and
           hauing
           hope
           in
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           I
           my selfe
           doe
           
             studie
          
           (
           as
           the
           Rhemists
           render
           it
           ,
           or
           
             labour
             and
             endeauour
             ,
          
           as
           
             Tremelius
          
           reades
           it
           ,
           or
           
             exercise
             my selfe
             ,
          
           
           as
           the
           vulgar
           English
           hath
           it
           .
        
         
           Where
           ,
           by
           the
           way
           wee
           may
           obserue
           ,
           that
           the
           ground-worke
           and
           foundation
           of
           a
           good
           conscience
           is
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           and
           a
           right
           beleefe
           concerning
           things
           diuine
           ,
           specially
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           Ressurection
           ,
           without
           the
           which
           the
           conscience
           cannot
           be
           good
           nor
           cleare
           .
        
         
           For
           in
           this
           respect
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           saith
           ,
           I
           labour
           and
           endeauour
           to
           haue
           and
           to
           hold
           a
           conscience
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           cleare
           and
           voyd
           of
           offence
           in
           all
           duties
           towards
           God
           and
           men
           ,
           and
           that
           alwaies
           .
           This
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           sence
           of
           the
           words
           ,
           &
           their
           coherence
           with
           the
           precedent
           Scripture
           .
           The
           summe
           and
           substance
           whereof
           may
           be
           reduced
           to
           these
           three
           generall
           heads
           ,
           whereof
           I
           will
           speake
           briefly
           .
        
         
           
           1.
           
           Of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           the
           nature
           thereof
           ,
           
             Quid
             sit
             ?
          
           What
           it
           is
           ?
           because
           many
           talke
           of
           it
           that
           know
           it
           not
           ;
           And
           this
           is
           
             Subiectum
             adaequatum
             ,
          
           the
           maine
           subiect
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           the
           Center
           of
           this
           Text.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Quotuplex
             :
          
           The
           kinds
           and
           qualities
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           are
           as
           lines
           drawne
           from
           the
           Center
           ,
           to
           demonstrate
           and
           deliniate
           the
           seuerall
           climates
           and
           regions
           of
           conscience
           ;
           which
           are
           either
           offensiue
           ,
           or
           without
           offence
           ,
           as
           the
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           doth
           import
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           extent
           and
           latitude
           of
           this
           Text
           ,
           call
           it
           what
           you
           will
           ,
           the
           manner
           or
           meanes
           to
           obtaine
           and
           maintaine
           a
           good
           conscience
           ;
           or
           the
           matters
           wherein
           ,
           in
           all
           dutie
           humane
           and
           diuine
           ,
           towards
           God
           and
           men
           ;
           and
           the
           time
           how
           long
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           at
           all
           times
           .
           These
           are
           the
           lists
           and
           limits
           of
           this
           Text
           ,
           and
           my
           intended
           Discourse
           ;
           And
           of
           these
           
           in
           order
           ;
           but
           first
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           the
           nature
           thereof
           .
        
         
           
           There
           are
           two
           things
           wherein
           man
           doth
           excell
           all
           mortall
           Creatures
           ,
           
             
               Ratio
               ,
               &
               Oratio
               .
            
             
               Reason
               ,
               
                 and
              
               Speech
               .
            
          
           Now
           Conscience
           doth
           belong
           vnto
           
             Reason
             ,
          
           and
           is
           thus
           defined
           by
           
             Aquinas
             ;
          
           
           
             Actus
             rationis
             applicans
             scientiam
             ad
             opus
             :
          
           An
           
             act
             of
             reason
             ,
          
           applying
           our
           knowledge
           to
           our
           workes
           ,
           and
           iudging
           of
           the
           lawfulnesse
           and
           vnlawfulnesse
           thereof
           .
           
             Medina
          
           saith
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           ,
           
             Dictamen
             rationis
             applicatum
             ad
             opus
             ;
          
           which
           is
           the
           same
           in
           effect
           .
           Some
           call
           it
           
             a
             Hebite
             ,
          
           others
           
             a
             Facultie
             :
          
           But
           I
           decline
           the
           Casuists
           and
           Schoolemen
           of
           purpose
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           speake
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           to
           their
           consciences
           :
           And
           therefore
           (
           according
           to
           plainenesse
           of
           speech
           ,
           and
           soundnesse
           of
           truth
           )
           Conscience
           may
           thus
           be
           defined
           .
        
         
           
           
             Conscience
          
           is
           a
           noble
           and
           a
           notable
           faculty
           in
           the
           soule
           of
           man
           ,
           working
           vpon
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           determining
           of
           all
           our
           particular
           thoughts
           ,
           words
           ,
           and
           workes
           ,
           either
           with
           vs
           ,
           or
           against
           vs.
           
        
         
           
           1.
           
           I
           call
           it
           a
           
             Faculty
             ,
          
           because
           it
           produceth
           acts
           ,
           and
           is
           inseparable
           from
           its
           subiect
           ;
           
             Exui
             sed
             non
             deponipotest
             ,
          
           It
           may
           be
           left
           off
           for
           a
           time
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           vse
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           reason
           in
           a
           drunken
           man
           ,
           but
           it
           cannot
           be
           cast
           off
           for
           euer
           ,
           or
           remoued
           from
           the
           soule
           .
           Which
           made
           St.
           
             Bernard
          
           to
           say
           ,
           
           
             Quocunque
             vado
             conscientia
             mea
             wecum
             ;
          
           Wheresoeuer
           I
           goe
           my
           conscience
           is
           with
           me
           ,
           it
           dogs
           and
           followes
           mee
           ;
           
             Adest
             vin●
             ,
             seqitur
             mort●um
             ,
          
           It
           is
           present
           with
           me
           while
           I
           liue
           ,
           and
           when
           I
           die
           it
           dyeth
           not
           ;
           for
           when
           my
           
           body
           is
           rotting
           in
           the
           graue
           ,
           my
           conscience
           shall
           liue
           :
           And
           when
           I
           rise
           againe
           ,
           my
           conscience
           will
           come
           with
           me
           before
           God
           and
           his
           iudgement
           seat
           ,
           either
           to
           excuse
           ,
           or
           accuse
           me
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           call
           it
           noble
           and
           notable
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           reciprocall
           working
           thereof
           ,
           which
           is
           strange
           and
           admirable
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           on
           this
           manner
           :
           First
           the
           minde
           thinkes
           a
           thought
           either
           good
           ,
           or
           bad
           ;
           and
           then
           the
           conscience
           by
           doubling
           and
           reflecting
           the
           same
           ,
           doth
           thinke
           againe
           of
           that
           thought
           ,
           and
           iudgeth
           whether
           it
           be
           good
           ,
           or
           bad
           .
           Wee
           haue
           a
           good
           resemblance
           thereof
           in
           the
           eye
           ,
           for
           the
           eye
           that
           seeth
           all
           things
           that
           may
           be
           seene
           ,
           seeth
           not
           it selfe
           but
           by
           way
           of
           reflection
           ,
           and
           the
           helpe
           of
           a
           looking-glasse
           ;
           So
           it
           may
           be
           said
           of
           the
           minde
           ,
           it
           mindes
           and
           vnderstands
           all
           things
           that
           may
           be
           vnderstood
           ,
           yet
           it
           vnderstands
           not
           it selfe
           ,
           nor
           its
           owne
           nature
           ,
           but
           by
           recoiling
           ,
           reflecting
           ,
           &
           recollecting
           the
           beames
           &
           rayes
           of
           that
           diuine
           light
           in
           and
           vpon
           it selfe
           ;
           which
           made
           some
           to
           say
           that
           Conscience
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           
             anima
             reflexa
             ,
          
           the
           soule
           of
           man
           recoiling
           ,
           and
           reflecting
           vpon
           it selfe
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           I
           place
           it
           in
           the
           Soule
           of
           man
           ,
           not
           as
           part
           of
           a
           part
           ,
           for
           
             anima
             est
             indiuisa
             ,
          
           
           the
           soule
           is
           impartible
           ;
           but
           
             tota
             in
             tota
             ,
             whollyin
             the
             whole
          
           soule
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           faculties
           thereof
           ,
           where
           it
           keepeth
           a
           compleat
           Court
           ,
           the
           Court
           of
           Conscience
           .
           In
           the
           vnderstanding
           where
           it
           principally
           resideth
           ;
           
             Bonorum
             malorumque
             facinorum
             est
             Index
             &
             Index
             ;
          
           
           It
           sitteth
           as
           a
           Iudge
           determining
           and
           prescribing
           
             de
             iure
             ,
          
           this
           may
           ,
           or
           may
           not
           be
           done
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           well
           or
           ill
           done
           .
           In
           the
           memory
           it
           is
           a
           Register
           ,
           a
           Recorder
           ,
           and
           a
           
           Witnesse
           ,
           
             Qui
             nec
             fallit
             ,
             nec
             fallitur
             ,
          
           which
           can
           neither
           deceiue
           ,
           nor
           be
           deceiued
           ,
           testifying
           ,
           
             de
             facto
             ,
          
           this
           was
           done
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           not
           done
           ,
           whereof
           the
           Poet
           speaketh
           ,
           
             Nocte
             dieque
             tuum
             gestas
             in
             pectore
             testem
             .
             
          
        
         
           In
           the
           will
           and
           affections
           it
           is
           a
           layler
           ,
           or
           executioner
           ,
           easing
           or
           tormenting
           vs
           :
           For
           what
           are
           the
           approofes
           and
           reproofes
           ,
           the
           ioyes
           and
           checkes
           of
           the
           conscience
           ,
           but
           actions
           of
           the
           will
           and
           affections
           ,
           recoiling
           vpon
           the
           Soule
           ,
           either
           comforting
           ,
           or
           tormenting
           vs
           for
           deeds
           past
           ,
           or
           else
           terrifying
           vs
           for
           euill
           deeds
           to
           come
           ?
           Which
           made
           one
           to
           compare
           it
           to
           
             a
             bridle
             and
             a
             whip
             ,
          
           
           
             Frenum
             ante
             peccatum
             ,
             flagrum
             post
             peccatum
             ;
             A
             bridle
          
           to
           curbe
           vs
           before
           we
           sinne
           ,
           and
           a
           scourge
           to
           whip
           vs
           after
           wee
           haue
           sinned
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           fourth
           and
           last
           thing
           in
           the
           definition
           ,
           is
           the
           Subiect
           or
           Obiect
           whereupon
           Conscience
           doth
           worke
           ,
           or
           the
           matters
           wherewith
           it
           intermedleth
           .
           It
           medleth
           not
           with
           vniuersalities
           ,
           as
           Arts
           and
           Sciences
           ,
           nor
           with
           other
           mens
           matters
           ,
           as
           busie-bodies
           doe
           ;
           but
           it
           deales
           wholly
           and
           solely
           in
           our
           owne
           proper
           and
           particular
           actions
           .
           And
           of
           these
           it
           giueth
           iudgement
           by
           a
           kinde
           of
           reasoning
           and
           disputing
           in
           &
           with
           it selfe
           ,
           called
           by
           the
           Schoolemen
           a
           
             practicall
             Syllogisme
             ,
          
           whose
           
             maior
          
           is
           some
           maxime
           in
           Reason
           or
           Religion
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           denyed
           ;
           and
           whose
           
             minor
          
           is
           some
           act
           ,
           fact
           ,
           or
           dutie
           of
           ours
           ,
           ill
           or
           well
           done
           ,
           omitted
           or
           committed
           :
           And
           then
           followeth
           the
           
             conclusion
             ,
          
           of
           it selfe
           either
           with
           vs
           ,
           or
           against
           vs
           ,
           as
           conscince
           beareth
           witnesse
           .
           Sometime
           it
           speaketh
           for
           God
           against
           vs
           ;
           and
           sometime
           for
           
           vs
           vnto
           God
           ,
           being
           as
           it
           were
           a
           middle
           〈…〉
           ng
           ,
           
           and
           an
           indifferent
           arbitrator
           betweene
           God
           and
           man.
           And
           it
           is
           called
           ,
           
             Conscientia
             ,
             quasi
             cordis
             scientia
             ,
          
           saith
           S.
           
             Bernard
             ,
          
           or
           rather
           ,
           
             Scientia
             cum
             alia
             ,
          
           a
           
             knowledge
          
           ioyned
           with
           our
           knowledge
           ,
           whereby
           it
           knowes
           that
           of
           vs
           ,
           which
           God
           onely
           knowes
           with
           vs.
           It
           is
           a
           
             co
             witnesse
          
           with
           God
           ,
           for
           no
           man
           knowes
           what
           is
           in
           man
           but
           God
           onely
           ,
           &
           the
           spirit
           of
           man
           ,
           which
           is
           his
           conscience
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           
             instar
             mille
             testium
             ,
          
           worth
           a
           thousand
           witnesses
           :
           Which
           made
           the
           Philosopher
           to
           say
           ,
           
           
             O
             te
             miserum
             si
             contemnis
             hunc
             testem
             !
          
           
           O
           
             wretched
          
           man
           if
           thou
           despisest
           the
           iudgement
           and
           testimony
           of
           thine
           owne
           conscience
           !
           
        
         
           The
           Fathers
           haue
           many
           sayings
           and
           similies
           to
           expresse
           the
           nature
           of
           Conscience
           .
           S
           
             Bernard
          
           compares
           it
           to
           a
           Booke
           ,
           
           
             Conscientia
             est
             liber
             ad
             quem
             emendandum
             omnes
             scripti
             sunt
             libri
             ;
             Conscience
          
           is
           a
           liuing
           booke
           ,
           annexed
           to
           the
           soule
           of
           man
           ,
           indeed
           a
           power
           or
           faculty
           of
           the
           soule
           like
           vnto
           a
           Booke
           ,
           for
           the
           informing
           and
           reforming
           whereof
           ,
           all
           other
           bookes
           are
           written
           and
           printed
           ;
           for
           what
           are
           all
           the
           Diuinity-bookes
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Law-bookes
           ,
           but
           glosses
           and
           Commentaries
           vpon
           this
           Text
           ?
           
             Et
             maledicta
             glossa
             quae
             corrumpit
             textum
             ;
             Cursed
             is
             that
             law-booke
             ,
          
           or
           glosse
           ,
           
             that
             goes
             against
             Conscience
             .
          
        
         
           This
           booke
           consisteth
           of
           two
           parts
           ,
           
           or
           volumes
           ;
           The
           one
           is
           a
           Law-booke
           ,
           wherein
           are
           set
           downe
           the
           grounds
           and
           principles
           of
           truth
           ,
           and
           equity
           ,
           called
           by
           the
           Ancients
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             siue
             relicta
             rationis
             Scintilla
             ,
          
           the
           reliques
           and
           remaines
           ,
           or
           the
           records
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           light
           of
           Nature
           .
           The
           other
           part
           is
           a
           
             Chronicle
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             Registrie
             ,
          
           wherein
           all
           our
           workes
           are
           
           written
           ;
           which
           made
           S.
           
             Chrysostome
          
           vse
           the
           same
           comparison
           which
           S.
           
             Bernard
          
           long
           before
           :
           
             Conscientia
             est
             codex
             in
             quo
             quotidiana
             peccata
             conscribuntur
             ;
          
           A
           booke
           wherein
           all
           our
           daily
           sinnes
           are
           written
           .
        
         
           Now
           Conscience
           when
           it
           giueth
           iudgement
           ,
           it
           first
           reades
           ouer
           the
           Law-booke
           ,
           and
           examineth
           what
           is
           written
           there
           ,
           what
           is
           bidden
           or
           forbidden
           by
           the
           law
           of
           God
           ,
           &
           nature
           :
           And
           then
           it
           turneth
           ouer
           the
           records
           ,
           and
           seeth
           what
           is
           done
           or
           left
           vndone
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           it
           giueth
           iudgement
           either
           with
           vs
           or
           against
           vs.
           
        
         
           S.
           
             Origen
          
           compares
           
             Conscience
          
           to
           a
           
             Schoolemaster
             ,
             Pedagogus
             animae
             sociatus
             ,
             &
             affectuum
             corrector
             ,
          
           A
           
             Master
          
           or
           Monitor
           ,
           to
           direct
           our
           wayes
           ,
           and
           to
           correct
           our
           errours
           .
        
         
           S.
           
             Austin
          
           to
           a
           
             looking-glasse
             ,
             Speculo
             similis
             ,
          
           euen
           a
           cleare
           Christall
           glasse
           ,
           wherein
           wee
           may
           see
           our
           owne
           vertues
           and
           vices
           ,
           and
           behold
           the
           image
           of
           the
           inner
           man.
           
        
         
           
             Tertullian
          
           calls
           it
           
             praeiudicium
             extremi
             iudicij
             ,
          
           A
           
             fore-runner
          
           of
           Gods
           last
           iudgement
           ,
           euen
           the
           best
           Almanacke
           in
           our
           owne
           breasts
           and
           bosomes
           ,
           to
           foretell
           vs
           what
           shall
           become
           of
           vs
           at
           the
           last
           day
           .
        
         
           
           These
           things
           I
           pray
           you
           to
           apply
           ,
           for
           I
           cannot
           stand
           to
           amplifie
           :
           
             These
             things
             if
             ye
             know
             ,
             happie
             are
             you
             if
             you
             doe
             them
             .
          
           
           In
           this
           learned
           age
           (
           amongst
           the
           innumerable
           bookes
           that
           are
           extant
           )
           I
           recommend
           vnto
           you
           the
           booke
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           
             Hunc
             lege
             ,
             relege
             ,
             &
             perlege
             ,
          
           O
           reade
           ,
           reade
           often
           ,
           and
           reade
           ouer
           this
           booke
           ,
           and
           doe
           nothing
           against
           the
           Dictates
           thereof
           .
           It
           is
           not
           the
           want
           of
           knowledge
           ,
           but
           of
           Conscience
           which
           the
           world
           complaineth
           
           of
           :
           many
           haue
           knowledge
           that
           want
           Conscience
           ;
           And
           I
           wish
           from
           my
           heart
           that
           many
           had
           lesse
           Science
           ,
           vpon
           condition
           they
           had
           more
           conscience
           .
           And
           so
           I
           come
           to
           the
           second
           part
           ,
           the
           kindes
           and
           qualities
           of
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           
           
             Conscience
          
           (
           according
           to
           my
           Text
           )
           is
           either
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           cleare
           ,
           guiltlesse
           ,
           and
           without
           offence
           ;
           or
           else
           ,
           guilty
           ,
           troubled
           ,
           and
           offensiue
           .
           The
           one
           is
           a
           Cordiall
           ,
           the
           other
           a
           Corrosiue
           ;
           the
           one
           a
           heauen
           ;
           the
           other
           a
           very
           hell
           ,
           euen
           in
           this
           life
           :
           Of
           the
           one
           
             Salomon
          
           speaketh
           ,
           
           
             A
             good
             conscience
             is
             a
             continuall
             feast
             ,
             Iuge
             conuiuium
             ,
          
           a
           continuall
           Christmas
           ,
           and
           a
           perpetuall
           Iubilee
           ;
           whereof
           S.
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           
           
             Our
             reioycing
             is
             the
             testimony
             of
             our
             Conscience
             ;
          
           But
           the
           other
           is
           
             anima
             Carnificina
             ,
          
           the
           
             racke
          
           and
           torture
           of
           the
           Soule
           ,
           a
           very
           worme
           gnawing
           the
           heart
           at
           the
           roote
           ,
           and
           compared
           to
           a
           very
           fiend
           or
           furie
           of
           hell
           ,
           pursuing
           men
           with
           firebrands
           .
        
         
           
           S.
           
             Bernard
          
           hath
           a
           witty
           distribution
           of
           conscience
           into
           foure
           kinds
           ,
           
             
               1.
               
               
                 Good
                 ,
              
               but
               not
               
                 quiet
                 .
              
            
             
               2
               
                 Quiet
                 ,
              
               but
               not
               
                 good
                 .
              
            
             
               3
               Both
               
                 good
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 quiet
                 .
              
            
             
               4
               Neither
               
                 good
                 ,
              
               nor
               
                 quiet
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           The
           two
           
             good
          
           belong
           properly
           to
           the
           godly
           ;
           and
           the
           two
           bad
           to
           the
           wicked
           ,
           whose
           conscience
           is
           either
           too
           quiet
           ,
           or
           too
           vnquiet
           .
        
         
           
           1.
           
           The
           first
           kinde
           of
           Conscience
           is
           
             good
             ,
          
           but
           not
           
             quiet
             .
          
           I
           call
           it
           good
           ,
           not
           simply
           ,
           but
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           tendernesse
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           fearefulnes
           to
           offend
           ;
           yet
           
             vnquiet
          
           for
           want
           of
           true
           light
           and
           information
           .
           Such
           is
           the
           conscience
           of
           those
           that
           are
           
             erronious
          
           in
           iudgement
           ,
           or
           ignorantly
           
             dubious
          
           and
           
             scrupulous
             ,
          
           
           making
           many
           quaeries
           and
           questions
           for
           conscience
           sake
           ,
           where
           God
           and
           his
           word
           makes
           none
           .
           They
           may
           be
           compared
           to
           a
           wilde
           and
           a
           wall-eyed
           horse
           ,
           which
           stirres
           and
           starts
           at
           euery
           shadow
           ,
           without
           cause
           or
           occasion
           .
        
         
           Such
           are
           many
           of
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           both
           on
           my
           right
           ,
           and
           left
           hand
           ,
           I
           meane
           the
           Recusants
           in
           both
           kinds
           ,
           Catholiques
           and
           Catharists
           ,
           Papists
           and
           Puritans
           ,
           who
           are
           no
           lesse
           offended
           ,
           the
           one
           with
           an
           egge
           on
           a
           fasting
           day
           ;
           the
           other
           with
           a
           Cap
           ,
           Crosse
           ,
           or
           Surplesse
           ,
           then
           with
           some
           hainous
           offence
           .
           I
           commend
           their
           zeale
           ,
           but
           not
           their
           iudgement
           ;
           their
           affection
           ,
           not
           their
           discretion
           ;
           they
           haue
           indeed
           a
           kinde
           of
           tendernesse
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           but
           they
           want
           the
           right
           rule
           thereof
           ,
           both
           which
           are
           required
           in
           a
           good
           Conscience
           .
           Their
           iudgement
           is
           weake
           and
           crazie
           ,
           vnable
           to
           digest
           any
           hard
           matter
           ,
           or
           difficult
           question
           :
           They
           mistake
           the
           grounds
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           building
           vpon
           vnstable
           foundations
           ,
           and
           burdening
           themselues
           and
           others
           with
           things
           in
           their
           owne
           nature
           indifferent
           .
        
         
           
           The
           second
           kinde
           of
           Conscience
           is
           
             quiet
             ,
          
           but
           not
           
             good
             ;
          
           and
           of
           this
           kinde
           there
           are
           three
           degrees
           ,
           
             
               Caeca
               .
            
             
               
                 The
              
               blinde
               .
            
             
               Secura
               ,
               
                 &
              
            
             
               
                 The
              
               secure
               ,
               
                 and
              
            
             
               Obdurata
               .
            
             
               
                 The
              
               seared
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           1.
           
           The
           
             blinde
          
           and
           ignorant
           Conscience
           is
           quiet
           ,
           because
           it
           knowes
           not
           how
           to
           stirre
           ;
           the
           blind
           man
           swallowes
           many
           a
           flie
           ,
           and
           the
           ignorant
           many
           a
           sinne
           ;
           he
           sees
           and
           *
           discernes
           sinnes
           as
           we
           doe
           stars
           in
           a
           darke
           night
           ,
           onely
           the
           great
           ones
           ,
           
             primae
             magnitudinis
             ,
          
           of
           the
           larger
           size
           .
           
             Concupiscence
             ,
          
           the
           roote
           
           of
           all
           euill
           ,
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           thought
           to
           be
           no
           sinne
           ,
           while
           the
           scales
           of
           ignorance
           were
           vpon
           his
           eyes
           .
           And
           so
           doe
           many
           ignorant
           men
           in
           their
           blinde
           Conscience
           thinke
           many
           a
           sinne
           to
           be
           no
           sinne
           :
           They
           thinke
           that
           a
           few
           heartlesse
           prayers
           ,
           and
           
             Lord
             haue
             mercy
             vpon
             vs
             ,
          
           at
           the
           last
           gaspe
           ,
           will
           serue
           their
           turne
           :
           They
           dare
           not
           looke
           into
           the
           glasse
           of
           Gods
           holy
           Word
           ,
           least
           the
           number
           of
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           the
           foulenesse
           of
           their
           soules
           ,
           should
           affright
           them
           .
           But
           if
           God
           once
           open
           their
           eyes
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           the
           Prophets
           seruant
           ,
           they
           shall
           see
           whole
           armies
           ,
           and
           legions
           of
           euils
           ,
           and
           Diuels
           ,
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           
           The
           second
           degree
           is
           the
           
             secure
             and
             carelesse
             ,
          
           the
           
             sleepie
             ,
          
           and
           
             drawsie
             Conscience
             ,
          
           that
           can
           and
           will
           not
           see
           ,
           with
           whom
           sinne
           and
           Sathan
           are
           in
           league
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           
             Sed
             ista
             tranquilit
             as
             tempestas
             erit
             ,
          
           
           that
           
             calme
          
           in
           the
           end
           will
           proue
           a
           
             storme
             ,
          
           as
           S.
           
             Ierom
          
           noteth
           .
           The
           flesh
           ,
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           the
           Diuell
           hath
           so
           lulled
           them
           a
           sleepe
           ,
           that
           they
           neuer
           dreame
           of
           Heauen
           ,
           nor
           Hell
           ,
           death
           ,
           nor
           iudgement
           ,
           they
           neuer
           thinke
           of
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           nor
           of
           the
           euill
           day
           ;
           the
           noise
           of
           carnall
           pleasures
           ,
           and
           the
           voyce
           of
           worldly
           profits
           doth
           drowne
           the
           voyce
           of
           Conscience
           in
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Drummes
           in
           the
           sacrifice
           of
           
             Moloch
          
           did
           the
           cry
           of
           the
           infants
           :
           Their
           
             Conscience
             is
             quiet
             ,
          
           not
           because
           they
           be
           at
           peace
           ,
           but
           because
           they
           are
           not
           at
           leasure
           .
           O
           thinke
           vpon
           this
           you
           that
           swim
           in
           worldly
           wealth
           and
           pleasures
           !
           O
           remember
           this
           you
           Polyphragmaticall
           men
           ,
           that
           haue
           whole
           Mynes
           and
           Mints
           of
           businesse
           in
           your
           pates
           ,
           making
           so
           much
           haste
           to
           be
           rich
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           not
           at
           leasure
           once
           in
           a
           weeke
           ,
           in
           a
           moneth
           ,
           in
           a
           yeare
           ,
           nay
           scarce
           in
           your
           
           whole
           life
           time
           to
           conferre
           with
           your
           poore
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           very
           dangerous
           thing
           .
           For
           if
           euer
           this
           sleepy
           and
           drousie
           Conscience
           doe
           awake
           ,
           as
           many
           times
           it
           doth
           in
           the
           time
           of
           aduersity
           ,
           as
           in
           
             Iosephs
          
           brethren
           ,
           or
           at
           the
           houre
           of
           death
           ,
           as
           in
           many
           others
           ;
           like
           a
           wilde
           beast
           robbed
           of
           her
           whelpes
           ,
           and
           rowsed
           from
           sleepe
           ,
           
             Iugulum
             petit
             ,
          
           it
           will
           flie
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           to
           the
           throat
           of
           thy
           soule
           ,
           accusing
           thee
           to
           the
           vttermost
           ,
           and
           laying
           all
           thy
           sinnes
           to
           thy
           charge
           .
        
         
           
           The
           third
           degree
           is
           ,
           the
           
             seared
          
           and
           
             cauterized
             Conscience
             ,
          
           which
           (
           by
           adding
           sinne
           to
           sinne
           )
           is
           so
           hardned
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           no
           sence
           nor
           feeling
           of
           sinne
           .
           The
           habite
           and
           custome
           of
           sinning
           hath
           taken
           away
           all
           
             shame
             of
             face
          
           and
           
             remorse
             of
             Conscience
          
           in
           many
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           giuen
           ouer
           to
           a
           
             reprobate
             sence
             ,
          
           to
           worke
           vncleanenesse
           with
           greedinesse
           .
           At
           the
           first
           euery
           mans
           Conscience
           will
           speake
           vnto
           him
           ,
           as
           
             Peter
          
           did
           to
           our
           Sauiour
           ,
           
             Master
             ,
             saue
             thy selfe
             ;
          
           her
           pricke-arrowes
           are
           like
           the
           shafts
           of
           
             Ionathan
             ,
          
           to
           forewarne
           
             Dauid
          
           of
           the
           great
           Kings
           displeasure
           ;
           but
           if
           we
           neglect
           her
           cry
           and
           calling
           ,
           this
           good
           
             Cassandra
          
           will
           speake
           no
           more
           .
           That
           body
           is
           in
           great
           danger
           where
           the
           pulse
           doth
           not
           beate
           ;
           that
           Armie
           is
           soone
           surprized
           ,
           where
           the
           watch
           and
           alarme
           are
           not
           kept
           ;
           So
           it
           is
           with
           that
           Soule
           ,
           where
           the
           Conscience
           is
           not
           waking
           and
           stirring
           :
           
             Grauissime
             aegrotat
             qui
             se
             non
             sentit
             agrotare
             ,
             That
             man
             is
             desperately
             sicke
             that
             doth
             not
             feele
             his
             sicknes
             ;
          
           So
           is
           that
           soule
           that
           doth
           not
           feele
           his
           sinnes
           :
           
             Tunc
             maxime
             oppugnaris
             cum
             te
             nescis
             oppugnari
             ,
          
           saith
           S.
           
             Ierome
          
           to
           
             Heliodor
             ,
             Then
             art
             thou
             most
             tempted
             ,
             when
             thou
             doest
             not
             feele
             
             thy
             temptations
             .
          
           And
           S.
           
             Austin
          
           asketh
           the
           question
           ,
           
             Quid
             miserius
             ,
             misero
             non
             miserante
             seipsum
             ?
             What
             more
             miserable
             ,
             then
             a
             wretch
             that
             seeth
             not
             his
             owne
             misery
             ?
          
           O
           hearken
           vnto
           this
           you
           that
           harden
           your
           hearts
           ,
           and
           seare
           your
           Consciences
           ,
           by
           quenching
           the
           motions
           thereof
           ,
           and
           sinning
           the
           rather
           when
           your
           Conscience
           is
           against
           it
           .
        
         
           
           3.
           
           The
           third
           kinde
           of
           
             Conscience
          
           is
           that
           which
           is
           both
           
             good
          
           and
           
             quiet
             ,
          
           which
           is
           very
           tender
           and
           sensible
           of
           sinne
           ,
           and
           yet
           is
           neuer
           troubled
           nor
           perplexed
           ,
           which
           is
           full
           of
           hope
           and
           loue
           ,
           full
           of
           faith
           and
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           which
           bringeth
           good
           tydings
           ,
           and
           that
           vpon
           good
           grounds
           .
           This
           kinde
           of
           Conscience
           euer
           excuseth
           ,
           and
           neuer
           accuseth
           ,
           euer
           comforteth
           ,
           and
           neuer
           condemneth
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           hap
           to
           pricke
           and
           ake
           with
           sorrow
           for
           some
           sin
           past
           ,
           that
           sorrow
           bringeth
           repentance
           neuer
           to
           bee
           repented
           of
           .
           Some
           there
           are
           that
           haue
           such
           Consciences
           ,
           but
           very
           few
           in
           these
           our
           euill
           dayes
           ,
           and
           they
           that
           haue
           them
           are
           happy
           and
           blessed
           both
           heere
           and
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           
           4.
           
           The
           fourth
           kinde
           of
           
             Conscience
          
           is
           that
           which
           is
           neither
           
             good
          
           nor
           
             quiet
             ,
          
           and
           this
           is
           the
           worst
           of
           all
           ,
           for
           as
           the
           godly
           haue
           the
           first
           fruit
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           and
           certaine
           tasts
           of
           heauenly
           ioyes
           ,
           euen
           in
           this
           life
           by
           the
           goodnes
           of
           their
           Conscience
           :
           So
           the
           wicked
           on
           the
           contrary
           do
           feele
           certaine
           flames
           and
           flashes
           of
           hell-fire
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           guilty
           conscience
           ;
           which
           made
           S.
           
             Bernard
          
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Nulla
             poena
             est
             grauior
             mala
             Conscientia
             quae
             proprijs
             agitatur
             stimulis
             :
             No
             plague
             ,
             nor
             punishment
             more
             grieuous
             then
             a
             guilty
             Conscience
             ,
             which
             is
             tormented
             with
             a
             sting
             in
             it selfe
             ,
             a
             worme
             ;
          
           
           And
           a
           worme
           that
           euer
           gnaweth
           ,
           and
           neuer
           dyeth
           .
           Such
           is
           the
           Conscience
           of
           wilfull
           and
           wicked
           murtherers
           and
           malefactors
           ,
           which
           despaire
           of
           Gods
           mercy
           ,
           and
           oftentimes
           lay
           violent
           hands
           vpon
           themselues
           .
           
             Polydor
             Virgil
          
           writes
           ,
           that
           
             Richard
          
           the
           third
           had
           a
           most
           terrible
           dreame
           the
           night
           before
           Bosworth-field
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           was
           slaine
           :
           He
           thought
           that
           all
           the
           Diuels
           in
           hell
           haled
           and
           pulled
           him
           in
           most
           hideous
           and
           vgly
           shapes
           ;
           
             It
             credo
             non
             fuit
             somnium
             ,
             sed
             Conscientia
             scelerum
             ,
          
           That
           was
           no
           fained
           dreame
           (
           saith
           
             Polydor
          
           )
           but
           a
           true
           torture
           of
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           presaging
           a
           bloudy
           day
           to
           himselfe
           and
           to
           his
           followers
           .
           And
           we
           see
           by
           daily
           experience
           a
           great
           many
           that
           are
           driuen
           by
           the
           terror
           of
           a
           guilty
           Conscience
           to
           hang
           ,
           drowne
           ,
           and
           murther
           themselues
           ;
           And
           of
           these
           it
           may
           be
           said
           that
           ,
           Iudas-like
           ,
           they
           are
           both
           
             Iurie
          
           and
           
             Iudge
             ,
             accusers
          
           and
           
             executioners
          
           of
           themselues
           .
        
         
           Thus
           you
           see
           the
           different
           kindes
           and
           qualities
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           with
           the
           degrees
           and
           gradations
           thereof
           ;
           Some
           too
           
             quiet
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
             blinde
             ,
          
           the
           
             secure
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             seared
             ;
          
           and
           some
           too
           
             vnquiet
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
             erronious
             ,
             dubious
             ,
          
           and
           
             desperate
             ,
          
           or
           
             guilty
             :
          
           The
           meane
           is
           the
           best
           ;
           not
           lulled
           asleepe
           with
           a
           habite
           of
           sinning
           ,
           nor
           yet
           affrighted
           with
           the
           terrours
           of
           guilt
           and
           despaire
           ,
           but
           well-seasoned
           with
           
             feare
          
           and
           
             faith
             ,
             hope
          
           and
           
             loue
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           
             best
             temperature
          
           of
           a
           
             Christian
             soule
             .
          
           And
           so
           I
           come
           to
           the
           third
           and
           last
           part
           .
        
         
           
           The
           extent
           ,
           latitude
           ,
           or
           circumference
           of
           this
           Text
           ,
           (
           call
           it
           what
           you
           will
           )
           
             the
             manner
             and
             meanes
             to
             obtaine
             and
             retaine
             a
             good
             Conscience
             ,
          
           or
           the
           matters
           wherein
           ,
           in
           all
           duties
           towards
           God
           and
           men
           ;
           and
           
           the
           time
           how
           long
           a
           good
           Conscience
           is
           to
           be
           kept
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           alwayes
           ,
           and
           at
           all
           times
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           an
           Aphorisme
           in
           Physicke
           ,
           that
           
             lisdem
             nutrimur
             quibus
             constamus
             ,
          
           
           wee
           are
           fed
           by
           the
           same
           whereof
           we
           are
           bred
           ,
           whether
           we
           vnderstand
           it
           of
           bloud
           the
           immediate
           ,
           or
           the
           earth
           the
           remote
           meanes
           of
           nutriment
           .
           And
           it
           is
           true
           in
           Diuinity
           ,
           that
           the
           meanes
           to
           haue
           ,
           and
           to
           hold
           ,
           a
           good
           Conscience
           are
           alike
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           .
           And
           these
           are
           principally
           foure
           ,
           
             
               Vniuersality
               of
               obedience
               .
            
             
               Sincerity
               of
               heart
               
                 and
                 affection
                 .
              
            
             
               Constancy
               
                 in
                 well-doing
                 .
              
            
             
               Diligence
               in
               practise
               ,
               
                 and
                 exercise
                 .
              
            
          
           All
           which
           are
           closely
           included
           in
           the
           words
           of
           my
           Text.
           
        
         
           
           1.
           
           First
           ,
           to
           haue
           a
           good
           Conscience
           ,
           there
           is
           required
           an
           
             vniuersall
          
           and
           
             Catholique
             obedience
          
           in
           all
           duties
           humane
           and
           Diuine
           ,
           towards
           God
           and
           men
           ,
           the
           workes
           of
           Piety
           and
           Charity
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           and
           second
           Table
           :
           For
           the
           conscionable
           man
           hath
           respect
           vnto
           all
           the
           Commandements
           of
           God
           ,
           he
           intends
           not
           to
           breake
           any
           ,
           although
           hee
           may
           faile
           in
           many
           ;
           
           
             Bona
             Conscientia
             non
             stat
             cum
             proposito
             peccandi
             ;
             A
             good
             Conscience
             stands
             not
             with
             a
             purpose
             to
             sin
             .
          
           He
           is
           no
           true
           penitent
           that
           mournes
           for
           sinne
           past
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           meanes
           to
           commit
           the
           same
           sinne
           againe
           .
           He
           is
           no
           good
           man
           that
           makes
           conscience
           of
           one
           sinne
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           another
           ;
           so
           hee
           that
           breakes
           one
           Commandement
           ,
           
           hates
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           is
           guilty
           of
           all
           .
           
             Herod
             ,
             Naaman
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ananias
             ,
          
           made
           conscience
           of
           many
           sinnes
           ,
           they
           went
           a
           great
           way
           towards
           Heauen
           ,
           but
           for
           their
           Pride
           ,
           Incest
           ,
           
           Idolatry
           ,
           and
           Sacriledge
           ,
           they
           were
           cast
           downe
           to
           Hell.
           Many
           there
           are
           that
           hate
           Pride
           and
           Couetousnesse
           ,
           but
           they
           loue
           Whoredome
           and
           Drunkennesse
           .
           And
           some
           there
           are
           that
           make
           a
           conscience
           of
           the
           duties
           of
           the
           first
           Table
           ,
           specially
           those
           that
           crosse
           not
           their
           will
           and
           affections
           ,
           that
           are
           no
           way
           against
           their
           profit
           and
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           that
           are
           glorious
           before
           men
           ;
           they
           will
           not
           misse
           a
           Sermon
           ,
           sweare
           an
           oath
           ,
           nor
           doe
           the
           least
           worke
           on
           the
           Sabaoth
           day
           ,
           which
           are
           very
           good
           things
           in
           them
           ,
           for
           part
           of
           our
           endeauour
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           not
           mere
           righteousnesse
           ,
           yet
           is
           it
           lesse
           sinne
           .
           But
           as
           for
           the
           duties
           of
           the
           second
           Table
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           best
           Touchstone
           of
           the
           Conscience
           ,
           if
           we
           looke
           to
           their
           doings
           and
           dealings
           with
           men
           ,
           you
           shall
           finde
           many
           of
           them
           full
           of
           fraud
           and
           falshood
           ,
           full
           of
           malice
           and
           mischiefe
           ,
           as
           if
           their
           holinesse
           were
           a
           discharge
           vnto
           them
           from
           righteousnesse
           .
           And
           others
           there
           are
           that
           liue
           orderly
           with
           their
           neighbours
           ,
           and
           pay
           euery
           man
           his
           due
           ,
           but
           they
           rob
           God
           of
           his
           due
           ;
           they
           haue
           no
           care
           of
           the
           duties
           of
           the
           first
           Table
           ,
           neither
           make
           they
           any
           Conscience
           of
           Religion
           .
           The
           first
           are
           like
           the
           
             Pharises
             ,
          
           who
           were
           very
           
             holy
             ,
          
           but
           
             vniust
             ;
          
           the
           others
           like
           the
           
             Saduces
             ,
             good
             liners
             ,
          
           but
           very
           
             bad
             belieuers
             ,
          
           for
           they
           belieued
           that
           there
           was
           neither
           
             Spirit
             ,
             Angell
             ,
          
           nor
           
             Resurrection
             :
          
           And
           of
           both
           these
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           doe
           their
           duties
           by
           halfes
           ,
           and
           Agrippa-like
           ,
           they
           are
           but
           
             semi
             Christiani
             ,
          
           almost
           ,
           or
           rather
           halfe-Christians
           ;
           whereas
           the
           conscionable
           man
           makes
           conscience
           of
           all
           the
           Commandements
           of
           God
           ,
           euen
           from
           the
           greatest
           to
           the
           least
           ,
           generally
           ,
           though
           not
           equally
           ;
           
           for
           most
           of
           all
           hee
           straines
           and
           striues
           against
           the
           great
           and
           grosse
           sinnes
           ,
           yet
           swallowes
           not
           the
           least
           ,
           hee
           abhorres
           adultery
           ,
           and
           hates
           dalliance
           ;
           He
           is
           so
           farre
           from
           pride
           ,
           couetousnesse
           ,
           and
           other
           capitall
           sinnes
           ,
           that
           hee
           abstaines
           from
           all
           occasions
           and
           appearance
           of
           euill
           ,
           
           hating
           euen
           the
           garment
           spotted
           by
           the
           flesh
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           he
           is
           a
           perfect
           
             Christian
             ,
             quoad
             partes
          
           (
           as
           the
           
             Schoolemen
          
           speake
           )
           though
           not
           
             quoad
             gradus
             ;
          
           as
           a
           Childe
           is
           said
           to
           haue
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           a
           perfect
           man
           ,
           although
           he
           want
           age
           &
           stature
           ;
           so
           the
           conscionable
           man
           hath
           all
           the
           parts
           and
           properties
           of
           a
           perfect
           Christian
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           had
           here
           
             in
             via
             ,
             in
             the
             way
             ,
          
           although
           he
           attaine
           not
           those
           high
           degrees
           of
           perfection
           ,
           which
           they
           haue
           
             in
             patria
             ,
          
           in
           their
           Country
           .
        
         
           
           2.
           
           Secondly
           ,
           in
           a
           good
           Conscience
           there
           is
           required
           Sincerity
           ,
           integritie
           ,
           and
           vprightnesse
           of
           heart
           and
           affections
           ,
           which
           the
           Greeke
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           in
           my
           Text
           doth
           well
           import
           ,
           if
           you
           change
           but
           the
           Case
           ,
           and
           reade
           it
           thus
           ,
           
             before
             God
             &
             men
             .
          
           All
           things
           are
           before
           God
           ,
           and
           nothing
           is
           hid
           from
           him
           ;
           yet
           properly
           that
           is
           said
           to
           be
           
             before
             God
             ,
          
           which
           is
           hid
           from
           men
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           before
           none
           but
           God
           only
           ,
           as
           the
           heart
           and
           the
           conscience
           .
           God
           is
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           the
           searcher
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           and
           tryer
           of
           the
           reines
           .
           And
           therefore
           he
           saith
           ,
           
           
             My
             Sonne
             giue
             me
             thy
             heart
             .
          
           And
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           saith
           ,
           
           
             Whatsoeuer
             ye
             doe
             ,
             doe
             it
             heartily
             ,
             as
             vnto
             God
             ,
             and
             not
             vnto
             men
             :
             For
             God
             is
             a
             spirit
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             be
             serued
             in
             spirit
             and
             truth
             .
          
           
           We
           cannot
           
             complement
          
           before
           God
           
             with
             faces
             and
             phrases
             ,
          
           as
           we
           doe
           with
           men
           .
           A
           little
           done
           in
           sincerity
           and
           truth
           from
           the
           heart
           ,
           is
           more
           worth
           then
           all
           the
           workes
           
           of
           hypocrites
           ;
           yea
           ,
           without
           this
           integrity
           of
           the
           heart
           all
           our
           labour
           is
           but
           lost
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           Hypocrite
           ,
           
           that
           sounds
           a
           Trumpet
           when
           hee
           giues
           almes
           ,
           that
           prayes
           in
           the
           corners
           of
           the
           street
           ,
           and
           doth
           all
           his
           workes
           to
           be
           seene
           of
           men
           ,
           can
           neuer
           please
           God
           ,
           nor
           haue
           a
           good
           Conscience
           ,
           for
           
             a
             good
             Conscience
          
           cannot
           stand
           with
           hypocrites
           .
        
         
           
           3.
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           to
           haue
           ,
           and
           to
           hold
           ,
           a
           good
           Conscience
           ,
           there
           is
           required
           Constancie
           ,
           Continuance
           ,
           and
           Perseuerance
           in
           well-doing
           :
           Not
           Demas-like
           for
           a
           spurt
           ,
           
           nor
           as
           the
           
             Galathians
          
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           
             Ye
             ranne
             well
             ,
             who
             hindred
             you
             ?
          
           But
           alwayes
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           our
           life
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           life
           of
           man
           there
           are
           many
           windings
           and
           turnings
           ;
           but
           the
           conscionable
           man
           ,
           turne
           him
           loose
           ,
           hee
           is
           not
           
             bonus
             cum
             bonis
             ,
             malus
             cum
             malis
             ,
          
           godly
           in
           one
           company
           ,
           prophane
           in
           another
           ;
           sober
           to
           day
           ,
           deboyst
           to
           morrow
           ;
           but
           like
           a
           square
           Cube
           ,
           he
           is
           
             semper
             idem
             ,
          
           euer
           the
           same
           ,
           which
           way
           soeuer
           you
           turne
           him
           .
           There
           is
           not
           any
           ,
           but
           at
           times
           haue
           fits
           and
           flashes
           of
           a
           good
           conscience
           :
           They
           are
           affected
           for
           the
           time
           present
           with
           some
           good
           Sermon
           ,
           or
           vpon
           some
           great
           deliuerance
           they
           grow
           a
           little
           holy
           ;
           but
           that
           little
           is
           little
           worth
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           soone
           out
           of
           breath
           ,
           and
           quickly
           weary
           .
           And
           therefore
           my
           Text
           saith
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           alwaies
           ,
           and
           at
           all
           times
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           best
           doe
           sometimes
           faile
           ,
           the
           most
           faithfull
           haue
           their
           faults
           and
           frailties
           :
           Who
           can
           say
           ,
           
             My
             heart
             is
             cleane
             ?
          
           In
           many
           things
           wee
           sinne
           all
           of
           vs
           ;
           But
           the
           godly
           ,
           though
           they
           fall
           ,
           
             yet
             shall
             they
             rise
             againe
             ,
          
           and
           be
           renued
           by
           repentance
           ;
           they
           fall
           not
           finally
           ,
           neither
           doe
           they
           
           finne
           
             pleno
             consensu
             ,
          
           with
           full
           consent
           ,
           and
           bent
           of
           the
           will
           :
           Their
           will
           and
           desire
           is
           ,
           yea
           ,
           they
           are
           stedfastly
           purposed
           with
           
             Dauid
             ,
          
           to
           keepe
           all
           the
           Commandements
           of
           God
           ;
           And
           though
           they
           faile
           in
           many
           particulars
           ,
           yet
           God
           accepteth
           their
           will
           for
           the
           deed
           ,
           their
           good
           endeauour
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           perfect
           obedience
           :
           And
           therefore
           to
           haue
           a
           good
           Conscience
           ,
           wee
           must
           bee
           constant
           in
           well-doing
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           
             effectu
             ,
          
           or
           
             affectu
             ,
          
           in
           
             deed
          
           or
           
             desire
             ,
          
           in
           
             action
          
           or
           
             affection
             .
          
           And
           that
           this
           may
           bee
           effected
           ,
           we
           must
           begin
           betimes
           ,
           put
           not
           off
           from
           day
           to
           day
           to
           turne
           vnto
           the
           Lord
           ,
           for
           delay
           is
           dangerous
           .
        
         
           And
           continue
           vnto
           the
           end
           ,
           
           
             Be
             thou
             faithfull
             vnto
             the
             death
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             giue
             thee
             the
             crowne
             of
             glory
             .
             He
             that
             endureth
             vnto
             the
             end
             shall
             be
             saued
             .
             Incipere
             multorum
             finire
             paucorum
             ;
          
           
           Many
           begin
           well
           ,
           but
           few
           doe
           continue
           vnto
           the
           end
           :
           
           
             Incassuam
             curritur
             si
             caeptum
             iter
             ante
             terminū
             deseratur
             ;
          
           It
           is
           in
           vaine
           to
           begin
           a
           iourney
           and
           not
           to
           goe
           forward
           :
           And
           therfore
           S.
           
             Bernard
          
           saith
           ,
           
             Sola
             perseuer
             antia
             coronatur
             ,
          
           
           of
           all
           other
           vertues
           ,
           onely
           perseuerance
           weares
           the
           Garland
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           
             To
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
          
           the
           last
           word
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           importing
           Constancie
           ,
           and
           Continuance
           ,
           if
           wee
           adde
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           the
           first
           word
           ,
           which
           implieth
           
             diligence
          
           and
           
             exercise
             ,
          
           then
           is
           the
           
             Circle
             round
             ,
          
           or
           
             Circumference
          
           compleat
           .
           
             Conscience
             ,
             like
             a
             vessell
             ,
          
           may
           easily
           be
           kept
           pure
           and
           cleane
           ,
           if
           rinsed
           euery
           day
           ;
           but
           if
           it
           goe
           longer
           ,
           it
           gathers
           soile
           and
           corruption
           ,
           and
           requires
           more
           then
           ordinarie
           repentance
           to
           purge
           and
           cleanse
           it
           .
           Wee
           sinne
           daily
           ,
           and
           therefore
           wee
           
           must
           daily
           wash
           our
           consciences
           with
           the
           teares
           of
           inward
           sorrow
           and
           contrition
           ,
           which
           bringeth
           repentance
           not
           to
           be
           repented
           of
           .
           This
           was
           S.
           
             Pauls
             exercise
             ,
          
           to
           keepe
           his
           Conscience
           vnspotted
           ,
           and
           without
           offence
           ;
           and
           this
           must
           bee
           the
           daily
           practise
           of
           euery
           good
           Christian
           :
           Now
           the
           onely
           
             Bath
          
           or
           Lauacre
           to
           
             wash
          
           our
           
             Consciences
          
           in
           ,
           is
           
             the
             bloud
             of
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           which
           cleanseth
           vs
           from
           all
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           I
           say
           the
           bloud
           of
           Christ
           applyed
           by
           faith
           .
           In
           which
           respect
           Faith
           is
           said
           to
           purifie
           the
           Conscience
           from
           dead
           workes
           :
           And
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           ioyneth
           them
           together
           ,
           
             Keepe
             faith
             and
             a
             good
             Conscience
             ;
          
           
           as
           if
           the
           one
           could
           not
           well
           be
           without
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Out
           of
           the
           flesh
           of
           man
           ,
           when
           the
           body
           is
           dead
           ,
           are
           bred
           those
           wormes
           which
           consume
           the
           flesh
           .
           Euen
           so
           from
           the
           corruption
           of
           the
           Conscience
           there
           breeds
           a
           worme
           a
           thousand
           times
           more
           terrible
           ,
           euen
           the
           worme
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           euer
           gnaweth
           ,
           and
           neuer
           dyeth
           .
        
         
           To
           preuent
           this
           ,
           we
           must
           purge
           the
           Conscience
           from
           such
           corruptions
           .
        
         
           
           The
           corruptions
           of
           the
           Conscience
           are
           diuers
           ,
           and
           different
           .
        
         
           As
           first
           ,
           
             Ignorance
          
           and
           
             Superstition
             ;
          
           against
           the
           which
           wee
           must
           seeke
           for
           sound
           and
           sanctified
           knowledge
           to
           direct
           vs
           in
           our
           generall
           and
           particular
           callings
           .
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           
             Pride
             .
          
           and
           
             Singularity
             ;
          
           against
           the
           which
           apply
           meekenesse
           and
           humility
           ,
           for
           ,
           
             Vbi
             humilitas
             ,
             ibi
             sapientia
             ,
          
           Where
           humility
           is
           ,
           there
           is
           wisedome
           ;
           
           
             Et
             inter
             sapientes
             sapiensior
             qui
             humilior
             ,
          
           Amongst
           the
           wise
           ,
           he
           is
           wisest
           that
           is
           most
           humble
           ,
           
           for
           God
           resisteth
           the
           proud
           ,
           but
           giueth
           grace
           vnto
           the
           humble
           .
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             Vncharitablenesse
             ,
          
           and
           
             Vnrighteousnesse
             ,
          
           are
           great
           peruerters
           of
           the
           Conscience
           ;
           for
           the
           vncharitable
           and
           vniust
           man
           can
           neuer
           be
           conscionable
           .
           Against
           these
           apply
           those
           precepts
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           ,
           
             Loue
             thy
             neighbour
             as
             thy selfe
             ;
          
           
           
             Whatsoeuer
             ye
             would
             that
             men
             should
             doe
             vnto
             you
             ,
             euen
             so
             doe
             you
             vnto
             them
             ,
             for
             this
             is
             the
             Law
             and
             the
             Prophets
             .
          
        
         
           
           Fourthly
           ,
           We
           may
           adde
           to
           these
           ,
           all
           the
           
             vnruly
             passions
          
           and
           affections
           
             of
             the
             minde
             ;
          
           for
           as
           wilde
           horses
           ouerturne
           the
           Chariot
           with
           men
           and
           all
           :
           So
           the
           passions
           of
           the
           minde
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           not
           tamed
           ,
           ouerwhelme
           all
           iudgement
           and
           Conscience
           ;
           for
           
             Perit
             omne
             iudicum
             cum
             res
             transit
             in
             affectum
             :
          
           
           There
           is
           no
           place
           for
           
             Iustice
             ,
             Iudgement
             ,
          
           or
           
             Conscience
             ,
          
           where
           passion
           beares
           the
           sway
           .
           The
           best
           remedy
           against
           these
           is
           
             mortification
          
           and
           alteration
           of
           their
           course
           ,
           by
           turning
           their
           edge
           ,
           as
           our
           anger
           against
           others
           :
           The
           
             streame
          
           is
           turned
           when
           we
           begin
           to
           bee
           angry
           with
           our selues
           ,
           and
           our
           owne
           sinnes
           .
           Our
           loue
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           the
           edge
           is
           turned
           when
           wee
           begin
           to
           loue
           God
           and
           godlinesse
           ,
           and
           
             seeke
             those
             things
             that
             are
             aboue
             ,
             where
             Christ
             sitteth
             on
             the
             right
             hand
             of
             God.
          
           
           Much
           might
           bee
           spoken
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           but
           I
           draw
           towards
           an
           end
           ,
           and
           will
           conclude
           with
           a
           word
           ,
           or
           two
           by
           way
           of
           application
           .
        
         
           
           It
           is
           a
           witty
           Parable
           which
           one
           of
           the
           Fathers
           hath
           of
           a
           man
           that
           had
           three
           friends
           ,
           two
           whereof
           he
           loued
           intirely
           ,
           
           the
           third
           but
           indifferently
           .
           This
           
           man
           being
           called
           in
           question
           for
           his
           life
           ,
           sought
           helpe
           of
           his
           friends
           :
           The
           first
           would
           beare
           him
           company
           some
           part
           of
           his
           way
           :
           The
           second
           would
           lend
           him
           money
           ,
           and
           affoord
           him
           some
           meanes
           for
           his
           iourney
           ;
           and
           that
           was
           all
           that
           they
           would
           or
           could
           doe
           for
           him
           :
           But
           the
           third
           ,
           whom
           he
           least
           respected
           ,
           and
           from
           whom
           hee
           least
           expected
           ;
           this
           would
           goe
           all
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           abide
           all
           the
           while
           with
           him
           ,
           yea
           ,
           hee
           would
           appeare
           with
           him
           ,
           speake
           ,
           and
           plead
           for
           him
           .
        
         
           My
           brethren
           ,
           this
           man
           is
           euery
           one
           of
           vs
           ,
           and
           our
           three
           friends
           are
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           our
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           Now
           when
           death
           shall
           summon
           vs
           to
           iudgement
           ,
           what
           can
           our
           friends
           after
           the
           flesh
           doe
           for
           vs
           ?
           They
           will
           bring
           vs
           some
           part
           of
           the
           way
           .
           Our
           Wiues
           and
           Children
           ,
           and
           our
           dearest
           friends
           ,
           they
           will
           bring
           vs
           to
           the
           graue
           ,
           and
           further
           they
           cannot
           goe
           .
           And
           of
           all
           the
           worldly
           goods
           which
           we
           possesse
           ,
           what
           shall
           we
           haue
           ?
           what
           will
           they
           affoord
           vs
           ?
           onely
           a
           shrowde
           ,
           and
           a
           Coffin
           ,
           or
           a
           Tombe
           at
           the
           most
           .
        
         
           〈…〉
           a
           good
           
             Conscience
             ,
          
           this
           will
           liue
           and
           〈…〉
           or
           rather
           liue
           when
           we
           are
           dead
           ;
           and
           〈…〉
           ●ine
           ,
           it
           will
           appeare
           with
           vs
           〈…〉
           ●●dgement
           seat
           .
           And
           when
           〈…〉
           purse
           can
           doe
           vs
           good
           ;
           〈◊〉
           a
           good
           〈◊〉
           will
           speake
           and
           plead
           for
           vs
           ,
           yea
           ,
           excuse
           and
           〈◊〉
           .
        
         
           O
           then
           (
           my
           〈◊〉
           )
           let
           vs
           labour
           aboue
           all
           things
           to
           haue
           ,
           and
           to
           hold
           ,
           a
           good
           Conscience
           ,
           keepe
           it
           as
           the
           apple
           of
           thine
           eye
           ,
           and
           doe
           nothing
           
           to
           offend
           it
           .
           
             Aures
             omnium
             pulso
             ,
             Conscientias
             si●●
             gulorum
             con●enio
             .
          
           
           I
           speake
           to
           the
           eares
           of
           all
           in
           generall
           ,
           I
           conuent
           the
           Conscience
           of
           euery
           one
           in
           particular
           ;
           yea
           ,
           I
           appeale
           to
           all
           that
           heare
           me
           this
           day
           ,
           what
           little
           regard
           there
           is
           made
           of
           Conscience
           in
           our
           age
           ,
           and
           how
           few
           there
           are
           that
           follow
           the
           dictates
           thereof
           .
        
         
           
           And
           therefore
           (
           O
           Conscience
           )
           I
           turne
           my
           speech
           vnto
           thee
           ,
           thou
           art
           a
           iudge
           of
           Iudges
           ,
           and
           one
           day
           thou
           shalt
           iudge
           vs
           all
           ,
           and
           testifie
           either
           with
           vs
           or
           against
           vs
           :
           In
           the
           meane
           time
           ,
           it
           is
           thy
           office
           to
           preach
           ouer
           my
           Sermon
           againe
           and
           againe
           ,
           and
           to
           apply
           it
           to
           the
           hearts
           of
           all
           that
           heare
           me
           this
           day
           ,
           or
           else
           my
           labour
           is
           but
           lost
           .
           Goe
           to
           all
           estates
           of
           persons
           ,
           tell
           them
           of
           their
           duties
           ,
           and
           put
           them
           in
           minde
           of
           God
           and
           thy selfe
           .
        
         
           Speake
           vnto
           those
           Honourable
           persons
           that
           sit
           at
           the
           Sterne
           of
           Gouernment
           (
           either
           in
           Church
           ,
           or
           Common-wealth
           )
           that
           they
           consult
           with
           thee
           in
           all
           their
           counsells
           and
           courses
           ,
           that
           they
           preferre
           thee
           before
           policie
           ,
           that
           they
           execute
           true
           iustice
           and
           iudgement
           without
           partialitie
           ,
           or
           respect
           of
           parsons
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           cause
           others
           that
           are
           subordinate
           vnto
           them
           to
           doe
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           Speake
           to
           those
           that
           are
           towards
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           other
           Officers
           in
           Courts
           of
           Iustice
           and
           equitie
           ,
           either
           Ciuill
           or
           Ecclesiasticall
           ,
           specially
           in
           those
           Courts
           that
           are
           of
           thy
           Iurisdiction
           ,
           and
           haue
           their
           Denomination
           from
           thee
           ,
           that
           they
           entertaine
           ,
           nor
           maintaine
           bad
           Causes
           against
           the
           innocent
           ;
           that
           they
           wrest
           nor
           the
           law
           to
           terrifie
           their
           poore
           neighbours
           ,
           and
           to
           intangle
           the
           simple
           ;
           that
           they
           spinne
           
           not
           our
           honest
           suites
           to
           such
           length
           of
           time
           and
           costlinesse
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           bee
           said
           (
           and
           that
           truely
           )
           
             Causa
             torque●
             noce●tem
             ,
             Comsidicus
             innocentem
             ,
          
           The
           Medicine
           is
           more
           grieuous
           then
           the
           maladie
           .
        
         
           Speake
           to
           my
           Reuerend
           Brethren
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           that
           they
           preach
           
             Vi●a
             voce
          
           (
           that
           is
           )
           
             Vita
             &
             voce
             ,
          
           both
           by
           life
           and
           by
           doctrine
           ,
           that
           they
           teach
           after
           a
           plaine
           and
           a
           profitable
           manner
           ,
           not
           affecting
           craggy
           ,
           curious
           ,
           Scholasticall
           speculations
           ,
           fitter
           for
           the
           chaire
           then
           the
           Pulpit
           ;
           nor
           such
           Roman
           English
           and
           sublimity
           of
           〈◊〉
           that
           a
           plaine
           English-man
           cannot
           vnderstand
           them
           ;
           for
           our
           Language
           is
           now
           grown
           so
           learned
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           may
           
             clerum
          
           in
           English.
           
        
         
           Speake
           to
           the
           poore
           ,
           that
           they
           beare
           their
           pouerty
           with
           patience
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           those
           that
           are
           rich
           ,
           O
           charge
           them
           that
           they
           be
           not
           
             high
             minded
             ,
          
           that
           they
           
             trust
             not
             in
             vucertaine
             riches
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             liuing
             God
             ,
          
           that
           they
           
             be
             rich
             in
             good
             workes
             ,
             ready
             to
             distribute
             ,
             laying
             vp
             for
             themselues
             a
             good
             foundation
             against
             the
             time
             to
             come
             .
          
           
        
         
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           to
           conclude
           ;
           speake
           to
           all
           men
           and
           women
           ,
           that
           they
           feare
           God
           and
           serue
           him
           in
           
             vprightnes
             &
             〈◊〉
             truth
             ,
          
           
           that
           they
           
             serue
             him
             in
             holinesse
             &
             righteousnesse
             before
             him
             all
             th●
             da●●s
             〈…〉
          
           that
           
             denying
             vngodlinesse
             and
             〈◊〉
             losts
             ,
             they
             liue
             soberly
             ,
             righteously
             ,
             and
             godly
             in
             〈◊〉
             present
             world
             ,
          
           looking
           for
           that
           blessed
           hope
           ,
           and
           the
           glorious
           appearing
           of
           the
           great
           God
           ,
           and
           our
           Sauiour
           Iesus
           Christ
           :
           To
           whom
           with
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           three
           persons
           ,
           and
           one
           immortall
           and
           eternall
           God
           ,
           bee
           all
           honour
           ,
           praise
           and
           glory
           ,
           foreuer
           and
           euer
           ,
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A03796-e170
           
             August
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A03796-e290
           
             The
             Preface
             .
          
           
             The
             coherence
             
          
           
             Verse●●
             .
          
           
             Goran
             .
          
           
             Verse
             14.
             
          
           
             Verse
             15.
             
          
           
             The
             sence
             of
             the
             Words
             .
          
           
             The
             Diuision
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             part
             .
          
           
             Aquin.
             pars
             1.
             
             Q.
             79.
             
             Art.
             13.
             
          
           
             Conscience
             defined
             .
          
           
             The
             parts
             of
             the
             definition
             expounded
             .
          
           
             Meditations
             .
          
           
             Aristot.
             
          
           
             Sen●ca
             .
          
           
             I●●enal
             .
          
           
             Lips.
             Pol.
             
          
           
             M.
             Perkins
             .
          
           
             Seneca
             lib.
             1.
             
          
           
             Epist.
             43.
             
          
           
             The
             nature
             of
             Conscience
             illustrated
             .
          
           
             De
             interiori
             domo
             .
          
           
             M.
             Cade
             .
          
           
             A
             briefe
             Application
             .
          
           
             Iohn
             13.
             17.
             
          
           
             Conscience
             two
             fold
             .
          
           
             Prou.
             15.
             15.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             1.
             12.
             
          
           
             Conscience
             foure-fold
             .
          
           
             
               Good
               ,
            
             but
             not
             
               quiet
               .
            
          
           
             Three
             degrees
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             that
             is
             
               quiet
               ,
            
             but
             not
             
               good
               .
            
          
           
             Caeca
             .
          
           
             *
             
               M.
               Wards
            
             Balme
             from
             
               Gilead
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             Secura
             .
          
           
             Ad
             Heliodor
             .
          
           
             3
             Obdurata
             .
          
           
             Good
             
               and
            
             quiet
             
          
           
             Neither
             
               good
            
             nor
             
               quiet
               .
            
          
           
             Part
             3.
             
          
           
             Hippocrat
             .
          
           
             Obedience
             .
          
           
             Lumbard
             .
          
           
             Iam.
             2.
             10.
             
          
           
             Iud.
             23.
             
          
           
             Sincerity
             .
          
           
             Prou.
             23.
             26.
             
          
           
             Col.
             3.
             23.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             4.
             14.
             
          
           
             Math.
             6.
             2.
             
          
           
             Constancie
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             4.
             10.
             
             Gal.
             5.
             7.
             
          
           
             Reuci
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Chrysos●
             .
          
           
             Ierom.
             
          
           
             Beru●
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             1.
             19.
             
          
           
             The
             corruptions
             of
             Conscience
             .
             Ignorance
             .
          
           
             Pride
             .
          
           
             Austin
             .
          
           
             Vncharitablenesse
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             10.
             27.
             
          
           
             Vnruly
             passions
             of
             the
             minde
             .
          
           
             Austin
             .
          
           
             Col.
             3.
             5.
             
          
           
             Application
             .
          
           
             
               Gregory
            
             in
             his
             Morals
             .
          
           
             Austin
             .
          
           
             An
             Apostrophe
             to
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             6.
             
          
           
             Iosuah
             24.
             
             Like
             1.
             
             Tit.
             2.
             12.