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Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES, Northumberland.court.

Of the imposing Auricular Confession upon Consciences, without

Authority from God'

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SECTION VII.

Of Picturing God the Father, and the Holy Trinity

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LETTERS.

LETTER I.

To a Gentlewoman seduced to the Church of Rome

LETTER II.

To a Person newly converted to the Church of England

Three Letters written to a Gentleman that was tempted to the Com-

munion of the Romish Church

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ΧΡΙΣΙΣ ΤΕΛΕΙΩΤΙΚΗ.

A DISCOURSE OF CONFIRMATION.

The Epistle Dedicatory

The Introduction

SECTION I.

Of the Divine Original, Warranty, and Institution, of the holy Rite

of Confirmation

SECTION II.

The Rite of Confirmation is a perpetual and never-ceasing Ministry 252

SECTION III.

The holy Rite of Imposition of Hands for the giving the Holy Spirit,

or Confirmation, was actually continued and practised by all the

succeeding Ages of the purest and primitive Church

SECTION IV.

The Bishops were always and the only Ministers of Confirmation

SECTION V.

The whole Procedure or Ritual of Confirmation is by Prayer and

Imposition of Hands

Many great Graces and Blessings are consequent to the worthy

Reception and due Ministry of Confirmation

SECTION VII.

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Of Preparation to Confirmation, and the Circumstances of receiving it 287

A DISCOURSE OF THE NATURE, OFFICES, AND

MEASURES OF FRIENDSHIP, &c.

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DUCTOR DUBITANTIUM; OR, THE RULE OF

CONSCIENCE.

Preface

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BOOK I.

OF CONSCIENCE, THE KINDS OF IT, AND THE GENERAL

RULES OF CONDUCTING THEM.

CHAP I.

THE RULE OF CONSCIENCE IN GENERAL.

RULE I.

Conscience is the Mind of a man, governed by a Rule, and measured

by the Proportions of Good and Evil, in order to Practice ; viz. to

Conduct all our Relations, and all our Intercourse, between God,

our Neighbours, and ourselves: that is, in all moral Actions

RULE II.

The Duty and Offices of Conscience are to dictate, and to testify or

bear witness; to accuse or excuse; to loose or bind

RULE III.

Be careful that Prejudice or Passion, Fancy and Affection, Error or

Illusion, be not mistaken for Conscience

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RULE IV.

The Conscience of a vicious Man is an evil Judge, and an imperfect

Rule

All Consciences are to walk by the same Rule; and that which is

just to one, is so to all, in the like circumstances

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RULE VI.

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In Conscience, that which is first, is truest, easiest, and most useful. 421

RULE VII.

Conscience by its several Habitudes and Relations or Tendencies

towards its proper Object, is divided into several Kinds

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CHAP II.

OF THE RIGHT OF SURE CONSCIENCE.

RULE I.

A right Conscience is that which guides our Actions by right and

proportioned Means, to a right End .

RULE II.

In a right Conscience, the practical Judgment, that is, the last

Determination to an Action, ought to be sure and evident

RULE III.

The practical Judgment of a right Conscience is always agreeable to

the speculative Determination of the Understanding.

RULE IV.

A Judgment of Nature, or Inclination, is not sufficient to make a

sure Conscience

RULE V.

When two Motives concur to the determination of an Action, whereof

one is virtuous, and the other secular, a right Conscience is not

prejudiced by that Mixture

An Argument not sufficient nor competent, though it do persuade us

to a Thing in itself good, is not the Ground of a Right, nor a

sufficient Warrant for a sure Conscience

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RULE VII.

A Conscience determined by the Counsel of wise Men, even against

its own Inclinations, may be sure or right

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RULE VIII.

He that sins against a right and sure Conscience, whatever the

Instance be, commits a great Sin, but not a double one

RULE IX.

The Goodness of an Object is not made by Conscience, but is

accepted, declared, and published, by it, and made personally

obligatory