The Divorce between Faith and Conscience

The divorce between faith and conscience . . . cannot but be calamitous. "The heretic handles the things of God as matters for mere intellectual contests, apart from reverence and godly fear. He disputes about God and Christ, and thinks it unimportant whether his own heart is pure or impure. He walks in open disobedience to God's commandments, and yet thinks himself competent to judge of God's Nature and attributes. He darkens his own soul by sin, and yet dares to approach the mystery of godliness [cf. Ezek. 14:1-8]. --Source of quotation uncertain