The real Christian, or, A treatise of effectual calling wherein the work of God…

Secondly, It must needs be so from the scope of God in this work; that which he intendeth, namely, to loosen the Soul from its lusts, to make it willing to part from them, to turn from them, to himself: the strength of sin (as to the point in hand) lieth in that hold or room it hath in the will, with the affections of love and delight, which it gets by the pleasure and profit, which it propounds and brings to the will and affections. Poor Christians in the day of their temptations, when they are in combat with their corruptions, be what they will, they find their wills, love and delight incline very much to those corruptions, and hence conclude themselves to be Hypocrites; why I pray? they ⟨p. 73⟩suppose the work of Conversion and true mortification, leaves no will, no love, no delight for sin; What no? then I would not care a rush for all the temptations in the world, they would be light, and very easy to conquer, the prevalency in these affections must be observed. But to come to our head; Here is one way to loosen the Soul from loving and delighting in them, [what the Spirit doth Physically, I do not speak of] that these lusts, in themselves and in their effects, appear to be the greatest evil in the world, therefore, not to be chosen, not to be loved or delighted in. The other way, which helps this; that-being apprehended thus evil; instead of love and delight working towards them, there are other Affections acting, contrary to them, and while they are acting, love and delight cannot so move towards them.

Secondly, It must needs be so from the scope of God in this work; that which he intendeth, namely, to loosen the Soul from its lusts, to make it willing to part from them, to turn from them, to himself: the strength of sin (as to the point in hand) lieth in that hold or room it hath in the will, with the affections of love and delight, which it gets by the pleasure and profit, which it propounds and brings to the will and affections. Poor Christians in the day of their temptations, when they are in combate with their corruptions, be what they will, they find their wills, love and delight incline very much to those corruptions, and hence conclude themselves to be Hypocrites; why I pray? they ⟨p. 73⟩suppose the work of Conversion and true mortification, leaves no will, no love, no delight for sin; What no? then I would not care a rush for all the temptations in the world, they would be light, and very easie to conquer, the prevalency in these affections must be observed. But to come to our head; Here is one way to loosen the Soul from loving and delighting in them, [what the Spirit doth Physically, I do not speak of] that these lusts, in themselves and in their effects, appear to be the greatest evil in the world, therefore, not to be chosen, not to be loved or delighted in. The other way, which helps this; that-being apprehended thus evil; instead of love and delight working towards them, there are other Affections acting, contrary to them, and while they are acting, love and delight cannot so move towards them.