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Rh that thou art guilty of, conſcience will make it known. And if at laſt conſcience doth condemn, thou ſhalt never be ſaved. But, on the contrary, though men and devils ſay thou art an hypocrite or the like, yet, if thou haſt the teſtimony of thy conſcience, God will own thee as juſt and righteous. One dram of peace of conſcience is worth a thouſand worlds: What would the damned in hell give for a little of this laſting joy, this peace which paſſeth all underſtanding: The want of this is hell, yea, worſe than hell.

Think upon this, O ye great ones of the world, who live in pleaſure! remember that there is a conſcience, and that there is a God, and that thou haſt a precious and immortal ſoul, which if thy conſcience witneſs againſt, ſhall be thrown into hell. You that eat the fat and ſweet of the earth, and drink wine in bowls, and clothe yourſelves in ſilk, remember this, that conſcience takes notice of all thy ways, of the pride of thy heart, of the vanity of thy life, and ſetteth all down in his ‘B B.’ You that, like the harlot, Prov. vii. cry, ‘Let us take our fill of love and pleaſure,’ conſider that all theſe things muſt have an end. When all is done, the muſt toll, and you muſt all dance after