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CHAP. IV. THE OFFICE OF CONSCIENCE AS AN
INSTRUCTOR, CONTINUED.
It instructs us in our duty to ourselves....
Formation of habits...
Subjugation of passions
Morality necessary, but not sufficient
God the great source of felicity ..
Conscience teaches our duty towards others....
Regulates our social and other affections...
Directs our exertions for the welfare of mankind
CHAP. V. ON THE AUTHORITY OF CONSCIENCE.
Its place among other mental powers
Bishop Butler's argument
Supremacy of Conscience
Obligation to obey it
Dr. Chalmers' reasoning
Practical conclusion....
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CHAP. VI. ON THE APPROVING AND DISAPPROVING power,
AND THE JUDICIAL OFFICE OF CONSCIENCE.
Emotions always attend our moral judgments
Conscience renders man responsible ...
CHAP. VII. ON THE INJURY SUSTAINED BY THE MORAL
FACULTY IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE FALL OF MAN.
The effects of the fall too little considered in discus-
sions on morals...
Dr. Wardlaw's testimony against this evil.....
Yet his conclusions open to objection
His view of Rom. ii. 14
His observations on Butler .
and on Chalmers.
Want of necessary discriminations.
Innate depravity .
Uses of conscience
Summary of argument..
CHAP. VIII. ON THE POWER OF CONSCIENCE.
The power of conscience illustrated by example....
1. The case of our first parents
Bates.
2. The case of the brethren of Joseph
Unavailing precautions
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A moral connexion between dissimilar events
3. The accusers of the woman taken in adultery..
They attempt to ensnare the Saviour
He defeats them by an appeal to conscience..
Force of conscience not to be restrained
Divine providence gives effect to its remonstrance 96
Conviction of conscience not to be mistaken
for conversion
The silent power of conscience over the ordinary
affairs of life.....
CHAP. IX. ON A DECEIVED CONSCIENCE.
Conscience easily deceived
Saul of Tarsus a persecutor on principle
Question proposed; Whether the foundation of
morals is affected by such cases'
Answer:
1. St. Paul does not plead conscience in justification
of crime....
2. Yet it is less sinful to err with conscience than
against it....
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3. The sanction which conscience gives to evil, may be
accounted for without questioning its authority
4. We owe to conscience the most important duties,
but must not deny its supremacy
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CHAP. X. ON A DEFILED, a scared, and a tormENTING
CONSCIENCE.
The progressive tendency of evil
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A defiled conscience worse than a deceived one .... 120
David's fall
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He could judge of others' sins, not of his own
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Felix trembled, yet evaded the shafts of conscience.. 122
The transition from a polluted to a seared conscience 123
Conflict between duty and inclination
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Cain-Ahab-Judas
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A seared conscience may become a tormenting one 129
The traitor Judas...
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Tiberius Cæsar....
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Torments of conscience in a future state
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CHAP. XI. A CONSCIENCE CONVINCED OF SIN.
The great change...........
I. The distinguishing properties of genuine convic-
tion.....
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1. Godly sorrow which produces humble submis-
sion to divine judgments....
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2. Hatred of sin as an offence against God....... 147
3. The tracing of outward evils to the state of the
heart....
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II. The source of true conviction is the Holy Spirit 151
Barrow...
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A new creation..
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III. The means by which it is produced...
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1. The scriptures ..
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2. The preaching of the gospel
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3. The events of providence.
IV. Immediate consequences of conviction
CHAP. XII. A CONSCIENCE SPRINKLED BY THE BLOOD
OF ATONEMENT.
The blood of Christ the remedy for a guilty con-
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The sprinkling of the blood of Christ to be under-
CHAP. XIII. A GOOD CONSCIENCE.
Meaning of the term "Good conscience.".
Properties of a good conscience
1. Sincerity
consisting in a sincere desire to serve God..... 183
and a deep sense of unworthiness
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2. Spiritual illumination......
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as distinguished from natural endowments, &c.
Prayer necessary to obtain it.....
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3. Humble confidence in God, through Christ.... 191
4. Tenderness
Which produces sympathy with others
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- keeps the mental powers in a sound state 193
frank in intercourse with society, &c.... 196
5. Firmness
as distinguished from scrupulousness
Critical seasons prove the power of a good con-
science
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Yet it may be traced in ordinary circumstances 200
Adjustment of various properties implied
Wilberforce
CHAP. XIV. ON THE MEANS ESSENTIAL TO THE MAIN-
TENANCE OF A GOOD Conscience.