402 Hoe Wisdom of GOD Part II. 



He that with this Chriftian Armour manfully 

 fights againft and repels the Temptations and Af- 

 faults of his fpiritual Enemies ; he that keeps his 

 Garments pure, and his Confcience void of Of- 

 fence towards God and towards Man, (hall enjoy 

 perfedt Peace here, and Aflurance for ever. T^z- 

 citus faith of the Finnic a northern People> that 

 they were feciiri adverfus homines, feciiri adverfm 

 Deos, They need not fear v>^hat God or Man 

 could do to them, becaufe they were in as bad a 

 Condition as could conlift with living in the 

 World 3 they could not be banifli'd into a worfe 

 Country, nor put into worfe Circumftances than 

 they were in already. I might fay of the Man 

 that keeps a good Confcience, that he is fecure 

 againft God and Man ; not in that Senfe the Jp//z- 

 ni were, but fecure of any Evil befalling him 

 from either. God can do him no Harm, not for 

 want of Power, but for want of Will, which is 

 regulated by his Truth and Juftice. He is alfo 

 fecure in refpeft of Men, becaufe he is under the 

 Protedion of the Almighty; and if any there be 

 that would do him Harm, they (hall either be re- 

 ftrain'd by the divine Providence, or if they be 

 permitted to injure him, it fhall tend only to the 

 Exercife and Imiprovement of his Faith and Pa- 

 tience, and enhanfing his future Reward at that 

 great Day, when the Almighty ihall difpenfe 

 Aureohe to thofe Champions who have fignaliz'd 

 their Valour and Fidelity by heroick Aftions, or 

 patient Sufferings of unworthy things for his fake. 

 3. A good Confcience not only fecures a Man 



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