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A Saint Indeed
A saint indeed: or The great work of a Christian, opened and pressed; from Prov. 4. 23 Being a seasonable and proper expedient for the recovery of the much decayed power of godliness, among the professors of these times. By John Flavell M. of the Gospel.
London: printed by W.R., 1668
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. What talkest thou of the pleasure of sin, when by experience I know there is more true pleasure in the mortification, than can be in the commission of sin. O how sweet is it to please God, to obey Conscience, to preserve inward Peace, to be able to say, in this trial I have discovered the sincerity of my heart; now I know I fear the Lord, now I see that I truly hate sin. Hath •in any ⟨p. 141⟩such delight as this? this will choke that temptation.
2. What talkest thou of the pleasure of sin, when by experience I know there is more true pleasure in the mortification, than can be in the commission of sin. O how sweet is it to please God, to obey Conscience, to preserve inward Peace, to be able to say, in this tryal I have disc•vered the sincerity of my heart; now I know I fear the Lord, now I see that I truly hate sin. Hath •in any ⟨p. 141⟩such delight as this? this will choak that temptation.
Arg. 2. The second Argument is drawn from the Secrecy of sin: O (saith Satan, this sin will never disgrace thee ab•oad, none shall know it.
Arg. 2. The second Argument is drawn from the Secresy of sin: O (saith Satan, this sin will never disgrace thee ab•oad, none shall know it.
This Argument may be retorted, and the heart secured thus: Thou sayest, none shall know it; but Satan, canst thou find a place void of the Divine Presence for me to sin in? Thus Job secured his heart from this temptation,