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Soueraigne comforts for a troubled conscience : Wherein the subtilties of Satan are discouered, his reasons and obiections fully answered. And further, the truth laid open and manifested, to the great consolation and strengthening of such as are distressed and afflicted in minde. Written by the late faithfull seruant of the Lord Mr. Robert Yarrow. And now published for the benefit of such as groning vnder the burthen of an afflicted conscience desire comfort.
Yarrow, RobertDate: 1619
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The soules alarum-bell : Wherein the sicke soule (through the horror of conscience) being awakened from security by the sight of sinne, hath recourse to God by meditation and prayer. By H. Thompson.
Thompson, Henry, active 1618Date: 1618
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Good conscience, or A treatise shewing the nature, meanes, markes, benefit, and necessitie thereof. By Ier. Dyke minister of Gods word at Epping in Essex.
Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639Date: 1632
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Ten lectures on the obligation of humane conscience : Read in the divinity school at Oxford, in the year, 1647. By that most learned and reverend father in God, Doctor Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln. &c. Translated by Robert Codrington, Master of Arts.
Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663Date: 1660
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A childe of light walking in darknes, or, A treatise shewing [brace] the causes by which, the cases wherein, the ends for which [brace] God leaves his children to distresse of conscience : together with directions how to walke so as to come forth of such a condition, with other observations upon Esay 50. 10 and 11 verses / by Tho. Goodwin.
Goodwin, Thomas, 1600-1680Date: 1636
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Hallelu-iah: praise yee the Lord, for the vnburthening of a loaden conscience : By his grace is Iesus Christ vouchsafed vnto the worst sinner of all the world.
Kilby, Richard, -1617Date: [1630]
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The Christians iewell. Or, The treasure of a good conscience. By William Worship, Doctor of Diuinitie.
Worship, WilliamDate: 1617
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The burthen of a loaden conscience: or The miserie of sinne : set forth by the confession of a miserable sinner.
Kilby, Richard, -1617Date: 1613
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The black book of conscience: or, God's high court of justice in the soul of man : wherein the truth and sincerity, the deceit and hypocrisie of every man's heart and ways, is judged and discovered by their consciences. Very seasonable for these times, wherein wicked men, under pretence of liberty of conscience, take liberty to sin and blaspheme.
Jones, Andrew, active 17th centuryDate: [1698]
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The law unsealed: or, A practical exposition of the Ten Commandments : With a resolution of several momentous questions and cases of conscience. By the learned, laborious, faithful servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. James Durham, late minister of the Gospel at Glasgow.
Durham, James, 1622-1658Date: 1676
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A reply unto severall treatises pleading for the armes now taken up by subjects in the pretended defence of religion and liberty : By name, unto the reverend and learned divines which pleaded Scripture and reason for defensive arms. The author of the Treatise of monarchy. The author of the Fuller answer his reply. By H. Fern D.D. &c.
Ferne, H. (Henry), 1602-1662Date: 1643
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The first part of The cases of conscience : Wherein specially, three maine questions concerning man, simply considered in himselfe, are propounded and resolued, according to the word of God. Taught and deliuered, by M. William Perkins in his Holy-day lectures, by himselfe revised before his death, and now published for the benefit of the Church.
Perkins, William, 1558-1602Date: [1604]
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The law unsealed; or, A practical exposition of the Ten Commandments : With a resolution of several momentous questions and cases of conscience. By the learned, laborious, faithful servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. James Durham, late minister of the Gospel at Glasgow. The third edition revised and corrected, to which are prefixed the commendatory epistles of two famous English divines, Dr. Owen and Mr. Jenkyn: there is also affixed an alphabetical table of the principal matters handled in the whole book; none of which are to be found in any of the other editions.
Durham, James, 1622-1658Date: 1676
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The mischief of persecution exemplified, by a true narrative of the life and deplorable end of Mr. John Child, who miserably destroy'd himself Octob. 13, 1684 : giving an account of his despair, and divers conferences had with him by several of his friends : together with his answer and papers written by his own hand : also a discourse of the nature and office of conscience, with a postscript shewing the reason of its publication at this time / attested by us, Tho. Plant, Benj. Dennis.
Plant, Thomas, active 17th centuryDate: 1688
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Ductor dubitantium, or, The rule of conscience in all her general measures : serving as a great instrument for the determination of cases of conscience : in four books / by Jeremy Taylor.
Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667Date: 1696
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An usefull case of conscience discussed and resolved : concerning associations and confederacies with idolaters, infidels, hereticks or any other known enemies of truth and godlinesse / by master George Gillespie ... whereunto is subjoyned a letter, written by him to the commissioners of the Generall Assembly, in the time of his sicknesse ; together with his testimony unto this truth, written two dayes before his death.
Gillespie, George, 1613-1648Date: 1649
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The vvhole treatise of the cases of conscience : Distinguished into three bookes. Taught and delivered by M. W. Perkins in his Holy-day lectures, examined by his owne briefs, and published for the common good, by T. Pickering, Bachelour of Divinitie. Newly corrected, with the two tables set before the first booke: one, of the heads and number of the questions propounded and resolved: another, of the principall texts of Scripture, which are either explained, or vindicated from corrupt interpretation.
Perkins, William, 1558-1602Date: 1635
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To en archy: or, An exercitation upon a momentous question in divinity, and case of conscience : viz. whether it be lawfull for any person to act contrary to the opinion of his own consicence, formed from arguments that to him appear very probable, though not necessary or demonstrative. Where the opinions of the papists, Vasquez, Sanches, Azonius, &c. are shewed, as also the opinions of some Protestants, viz. Mr. Hooker, Bp Sanderson, Dr. Fulwood, &c. and compared with the opinions of others; the negative part of the question maintained; the unreasonableness of the popish opinions, and some Protestants, for blind obedience, detected; and many other things discoursed / By a Protestant.
ProtestantDate: Printed in the year, 1675
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The subject of supremacie. The right of Caesar. Resolution of conscience : Wherein are three questions handled: viz. 1. Whether the King without the Parliament may take up armes, and in the time of it fight with friends or foes, as having the law of armes in his owne power, and no law else? 2. Whether the Parliament without the King may take up armes to defend themselves, and kingdome, against delinquents, invaders, and forces raised in, or out of the kingdome? 3. Whether the people by command of either to assist the one, and resist the other be rebells? And may serve as a replication to the reply of Dr. Ferne, concerning free subjects; a faithfull councell, a royall King, and loyall people; placed by this author as slaves, a faction, a tyrant, rebells, in his ignorance of jurisdiction, legall, and naturall preservation.
Date: 1643
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The second century of Good thoughts in bad times : Consisting of personall meditations. Scripture observations. Meditations on the times. Meditations on all kind of prayers. Occasionall meditations. By Tho. Fuller. B.D.
Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661Date: 1647
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Several cases of conscience : discussed in ten lectures in the Divinity School at Oxford. / By that most learned and reverend father in God, Doctor Robert Sanderson, now Lord Bishop of Lincoln.
Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663Date: 1660
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Ductor dubitantium, or the rule of conscience in all her general measures : serving as a great instrument for the determination of cases of conscience. In four books. ... / By Jeremy Taylor, chaplain in ordinary to King Charles the First, and late Lord Bishop of Down and Conner.
Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667Date: M DC LXXVI. [1676]
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A profitable, and comfortable letter for afflicted consciences : written and sent to a godly man, greatly touched that way. 1582.
T. W. (Thomas Wilcox), 1549?-1608Date: [1584?]
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Ductor dubitantium, or, The rule of conscience in all her generall measures : serving as a great instrument for the determination of cases of conscience : in four books / by Jeremy Taylor.
Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667Date: 1660
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An alarme to unconverted sinners : in a serious treatise shewing I. What conversion is not, and correcting some mistakes about it, II. What conversion is, and wherein it consisteth, III. The necessity of conversion, IV. The marks of the unconverted, V. The miseries of the unconverted, VI. Directions for conversion, VII. Motives to conversion whereunto are annexed divers practical cases of conscience judiciously resolved / by Joseph Alleine, late minister of the gospel at Taunton in Somersetshire.
Alleine, Joseph, 1634-1668Date: 1691