A discourse of the saving grace of God

For Sin is our Impotency: Now can we possibly have Strength in the inner Man, if we will not part with our Weakness? Sin is our Deformity, that which renders our Souls loathsome and ugly in the Eye of God. Now can our Souls be made Lovely, if we will not part with that which is our Defilement and Ugliness? Can we be made Clean, if we will not part with our Leprosy? Sin is our Enmity against God, therein it consists; Now can we possibly be Reconciled, if we will not lay aside our Enmity? Sin is the Poverty of the Soul, that which robs and spoils, and utterly impoverishes the Soul: Now can ⟨p. 131⟩you be made Rich, if you will not part with your Poverty? Sin is the Souls restraint, the Dungeon where it is imprisoned, the Bonds and Fetters wherewith it is loaden: Now is it possible you should have Liberty, if you will not leave your Dungeon, and part with your Fetters? Sin is the Wound, the Mortal Disease of the Soul; and can you be healed, if you will not part with your Disease? Sin is your Misery; can you be Happy, if not part with Misery? Happiness consists in the Enjoyment of God; but adhering •o Sin, and the Enjoyment of a Holy God, are utterly inconsistent: And can you be Happy without Happiness, or by retaining that which is inconsistent with it?

For Sin is our Impotency: Now can we possibly have Strength in the inner Man, if we will not part with our Weakness? Sin is our Deformity, that which renders our Souls loathsome and ugly in the Eye of God. Now can our Souls be made Lovely, if we will not part with that which is our Defilement and Ugliness? Can we be made Clean, if we will not part with our Leprosie? Sin is our Enmity against God, therein it consists; Now can we possibly be Reconciled, if we will not lay aside our Enmity? Sin is the Poverty of the Soul, that which robs and spoils, and utterly impoverishes the Soul: Now can ⟨p. 131⟩you be made Rich, if you will not part with your Poverty? Sin is the Souls restraint, the Dungeon where it is imprisoned, the Bonds and Fetters wherewith it is loaden: Now is it possible you should have Liberty, if you will not leave your Dungeon, and part with your Fetters? Sin is the Wound, the Mortal Disease of the Soul; and can you be healed, if you will not part with your Disease? Sin is your Misery; can you be Happy, if not part with Misery? Happiness consists in the Enjoyment of God; but adhering o Sin, and the Enjoyment of a Holy God, are utterly inconsistent: And can you be Happy without Happiness, or by retaining that which is inconsistent with it?