Lord of the Conscience

The Westminster Confession of Faith was produced in 1647.  Em and I have been reading it at dinner for a number of weeks now.  Chapter XX On Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience is one of my favorite chapters.  Section 2 begins with this marvelous clause: "God alone is Lord of the conscience. . . ."  We would do well always to take heed of this.  O sweet liberty!  Man would rule over the conscience, but he may not do so.  It's not his prerogative.  "God alone is Lord of the conscience."