68. And if I also ask you, you will not answer me, nor let me go.
THus hast thou dealt with thy Conscience, O my Soul! Thou hast neither permitted it to censure thy Actions, nor suffer'd it to ask thee any Question. When thou hast done something amiss, and it hath checked thee, how hast thou dashed its Reprehensions! When it hath condemned thy Pride and Censoriousness, how hast thou bid it meddle with its own Business! How often would it have asked thee, which way thou hopest to be saved; and thou hast turned away from the Mo∣tion! How often hath it been ready to demand of thee, whether the Courses thou takest are agreeable to the Rules of the Gospel; and thou hast presently diverted the Suggestion! Nay, how often hath it actually expo∣stulated with thee, why no Warning, no Threatning, could prevail with thee; and thou hast put it off, like Felix, to come and discourse with thee another Day, when thou art more at leisure!