juſt man,’ that could waſh away the guilt of Chriſt’s blood from his conſcience; Pilate’s conſcience told him, that Chriſt was a juſt man, and that he ſaw no cauſe of death in him at all, Luke xxiii. 24. And yet curſed Pilate, contrary to the light of his own conſcience, delivered the Lord of Life into the hands of bloody men, to be crucified, and ſo brought the guilt of his blood upon his own ſoul.
He that will not endure conſcience to reprove him for his ſins, certainly loves to go to hell without controul; and he that will not endure conſcience to tell him of his ſins here, ſhall, whether he will or not, ſuffer ſufficient torment for his ſins here-after; for an evil conſcience is an hell to the ſoul here, and ſhall be the hell of hells hereafter.
Now then, if there be ſuch a thing in man as conſcience, and that this conſcience; ſhall either juſtify or condemn him, then let every man take heed how he orders his converſation in the world. Do not give leave to yourſelves to think, ſay or do any thing, but what you are willing to own before the Lord at the laſt day. Therefore, let every one of us ſo think, “and ſo do, that we may not have conſcience to
