Direction X.
If you would not have Conscience to reproach you, Set about all in the name and strength of Christ. For that is the rule which the Apostle giveth, Col. 3. 17. And whatsoever ye do i••
Conscience the best friend upon earth: or, The happy effects of keeping a good conscience Very useful for this age. By Henry Stubbes, Minister of the Gospel.
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- Conscience the best friend upon earth: or, The happy effects of keeping a good conscience Very useful for this age. By Henry Stubbes, Minister of the Gospel.
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- Stubbes, Henry, 1606?-1678.
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- London :: printed and are to be sold by John Hancock at the sign of the Three Bibles in Popes Head Alley in Cornhill,
- 1677.
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- Conscience -- Sermons -- Early works to 1800.
- Sermons, English -- 17th century.
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"Conscience the best friend upon earth: or, The happy effects of keeping a good conscience Very useful for this age. By Henry Stubbes, Minister of the Gospel." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A61865.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.
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word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Do all accord∣ing to the will and the command of Christ, do all by the strength and help of Christ, and do all to the Glory of Christ.
1. Do all according to the will and command of Christ. In Mat. 18. 20. The name of Christ signifies his com∣mand.
2. Do all by the strength and help of Christ. In this sense also is the name of Christ used, Luke 10. 17. and Psa. 44. 5. Luke. 17.
3. Do all to the Glory of Christ, which is sometimes to be understood by his name, as Psal. 31. 3. Oh that People would ask themselves, Is this according to the will and command of Christ that I am now a doing? can I expect the strength and help of Christ in that I am now a doing? is this for the Glory of Christ which I am now •• doing? When thou art about 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Duty, say to Christ, all our sufficien••∣••cy
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is of thee, we have none of our own, 2 Cor. 3. 5. Joh. 15. 5. Say as Paul, I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me, Phil. 4. 13. And thus I have given you ten Directions how you may so live that Conscience may not reproach you.