Two sermons preached at Thurlow in Suffolk on those words, Rom. 6.13 "Yield your…

But then you must take notice that this is to be done with a full consent, which that is said to be which determines you, tho' it be not absolutely perfect. No grace in any faculty is perfect in this life. But as in humane affairs, that will is said to be full, which is the spring of answerable following actions, so it is here. If a man have some inclination to do this or that, and do it not, it goes for nothing; if he do it, his will is said to be full, tho' he have some remaining disinclination. You may be said to yield your selves to God, with a full consent, when you live afterwards as one devoted to him.

5. Your yielding your selves to God must carry life in it, as the following words signify; Yield your selves to God as those that are alive from the dead. It must be a vital act, and have vigour in it. You must be capable of making that true Judgment ⟨p. 46⟩of your case, as 'tis v. 11. of reckoning truly that you are dead to sin, but alive to God through Jesus Christ. Do it as feeling life to spring in your souls towards God in your yielding your selves to him. What! will you offer God a carcass? not the living Sacrifice, which you see is required, Rom. 12. 1. Beg earnestly for his own Spirit of life and power, that may enable you to offer up a living Soul to the living God.

5. Your yielding your selves to God must carry life in it, as the following words signifie; Yield your selves to God as those that are alive from the dead. It must be a vital act, and have vigour in it. You must be capable of making that true Judgment ⟨p. 46⟩of your case, as 'tis v. 11. of reckoning truly that you are dead to sin, but alive to God through Jesus Christ. Do it as feeling life to spring in your souls towards God in your yielding your selves to him. What! will you offer God a carcass? not the living Sacrifice, which you see is required,