A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture…

Use 1. Direction what to do in the Business of Mortification. We must deny all Ungodliness, not a Hoof must be left in Egypt. Grace will not stand with any allowed Sin; and in demolishing the old Building, not one Stone must be left upon another.

Vse 1. Direction what to do in the Business of Mortification. We must deny all Ungodliness, not a Hoof must be left in Egypt. Grace will not stand with any allowed Sin; and in demolishing the old Building, not one Stone must be left upon another.

1. In your Purpose and Resolution, you must make Satan no Allowance; he standeth lurking, as Pharaoh did with Moses and Aaron; first he would let them go three days into the Wilderness; then he permitted them to take their little Ones with them, but they would not go without their Cattle, their Flocks and their Herds also; they would not leave any thing, no not a Hoof behind them. So the Devil would have a part left as a Pledge, that in time the whole Man may fall to his share. 2 Kings 5.18. In this thing the Lord pardon thy Servant, that when my Master goeth into the House of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my Hand, and I bow my self in the House of Rimmon; when I bow my self in the House of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy Servant in this thing. We would grant Christ any thing, so he would excuse us in our beloved Sins. We complain of the Times, and set up a Toleration in our Hearts, some right Hand, or right Eye, that we are loth to part with; something there is wherein we would be excused, and expect an allowance; either outward, as in Fashions, Customs, ways of Profit and Advantage; or inward, some Passions and carnal Affections that we would indulge. Grace will not stand with any allowed Sin. Herod did many things, but he kept his Herodias still. He turneth from no Sin, that doth not in his Purpose and Resolution turn from all Sin; he doth not break off an acquaintance with Sin, but rather make choice what Sin he will keep, and what he will part with. The Apostle speaks, Col. 2.11