THE

WHOLE WORKS

OF THE

RIGHT REV. JEREMY TAYLOR, D.D.

LORD BISHOP OF DOWN, CONNOR, AND DROMORE.

VOL. XII.

VOLUME XII.

CONTAINING

THE RULE OF CONSCIENCE.

THE

WHOLE WORKS

OF

THE RIGHT REV. JEREMY TAYLOR, D.D.

LORD BISHOP OF DOWN, CONNOR, AND DROMORE:

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

AND

A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF HIS WRITINGS,

BY THE

RIGHT REV. REGINALD HEBER, D.D.

LATE LORD BISHOP OF CALCUTTA.

IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES.

VOL. XII.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR C. AND J. RIVINGTON; T. CADELL; LONGMAN,
REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN; J. BOOKER; J. RICHARD-
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J. COCHRAN ; J. PARKER, OXFORD; AND J. AND J. J. DEIGH-
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CONTENTS

OF

THE TWELFTH VOLUME.

THE RULE OF CONSCIENCE.

BOOK I. continued.

OF CONSCIENCE, THE KINDS OF IT, AND THE GENERAL RULES

OF CONDUCTING THEM.

CHAP. III.

OF THE CONFIDENT OR ERRONEOUS CONSCIENCE.

RULE I.

An erroneous Conscience defined

RULE II.

An erroneous Conscience binds us to Obedience, but not so as a right

Conscience does

RULE III.

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An erring Conscience is a cause of Sin

RULE IV.

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It is a greater Sin to do a good Action against our Conscience, than to

do an evil Action in obedience to it

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RULE V.

It is not lawful to delight in an evil Action, after the Discovery of

our Error...

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