TVSTINS OBSERVATIONS, OR, CONSCIENCE EMBLEME: The Watch of God, similized by the Wakefull Dog.

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THe Dog behind the Doore doth lie,
his Masters Goods to keepe,
And layes his Head betwixt his Leggs,
as if he were asleepe:
But if thou do'st his Master wrong,
hee will it quickly spie,
Although thou think'st he be asleepe,
i'thy Face hee'le quickly flye.
So

And the Lord said unto Cain, VVhy art thou wroth, and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou do well, shalt thou not be accepted, and if thou doest not well, sinne lyeth at the doore: Gen. 4 Chap. 6, 7. verses.

For when the Gentiles, which have not the Law, doe by nature the things contained in the Law, these having not the Law, are a Law unto themselves, which shew the worke of the Law written in their hearts, their consciences also bearing witnes, and their thoughts the meane time accusing, or else excusing one another, Rom. 2. Chap. 14, 15. verses.

For if any be a hearer of the VVord▪ and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholds his naturall face in a Glasse: For he beholdeth himselfe▪ and goeth his way and straightway goeth away, and for­getteth what manner of man he was; But who so looketh in the perf [...]ct Law of Liberty, and conti­nueth therei [...], he being not a for­getfull hearer, but a doer of the VVord, shalbe blessed in his deed, James 1 Chap. 23. 24, 25 verses.

And because iniquitie doth a­bound, the love of many shall wax cold, Mat. 24 Chap. 12 verse.

The Earth shall be filled with knowledge, as the waters cover the Seas, Jsay 11 Chap. 9 verse. Mat. 7 Chap 12 verse.

Neverthelesse when the sonne of man cometh shall he find Faith upon the earth? Luke 18 Chap. 8 verse.

Conscience is within thee plac'd,
as a Dog he doth thee watch:
If thou do'st well, he will thee praise;
if ill, he will thee catch:
For God hath Conscience plac'd in thee
most like a Soveraigne Judge,
No Bribes he will receive of thee,
from him thou canst not budge;
But he will still attend on thee,
so long as Life shall last,
And when to Judgement thou shalt goe,
he will with thee make hast.
And testifie before the Lord
the things that thou hast done:
If well, he will thee iustifie;
if ill, where canst thou run?
See that thy Conscience purifie,
made simple as the Dove,
Compare it with the Glasse, Gods Law,
and with the Law of Love.
For Christ himself in short doth tell
a Doctrine very true,
As you would have to others done,
so let be done to you.
For Charity is waxen cold,
yet knowledge doth increase,
Bu [...] Faith is very hard to find,
that's ioyn'd with Love and Peace.
By me John Tustin, who hath beene plundered and spoyled by the Patentees for white and gray Soape eighteene severall times▪ to his utter undoing.

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