A53678:626
A continuation of the exposition of the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the…
A continuation of the exposition of the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews viz, on the sixth, seventh, eight, ninth, and tenth chapters : wherein together with the explication of the text and context, the priesthood of Christ ... are declared, explained and confirmed : as also, the pleas of the Jews for the continuance and perpetuity of their legal worship, with the doctrine of the principal writers of the Socinians about these things, are examined and disproved / by J. Owen ...
London: printed for Nathaniel Ponder, 1680
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.
1. It is in general an indisposition and unreadiness of mind, and so opposed unto the entire principle of our spiritual warfare. Fervency in Spirit, Alacrity of mind, Preparation with the whole Armour of God; and therein girding up the Loins of our minds, endeavouring to cast off every weight and the sin that doth so easily beset us, are required to be in us constantly in the course of our Obedience. But this Sloth is that which gives us an indisposition of mind in direct opposition unto them all. So it is described, Prov. 26. 15. A Person under the power of this vicious Distemper of mind, is indisposed to every Duty, which makes them grievous unto him.
2. When it comes unto the height of it, it is habitual. There is no man but may be occasionally indisposed unto spiritual Duties. The most healthy and athletic constitution is subject unto the incursion of some distempers. Sometimes bodily Infirmities may indispose us, sometimes present Temptations may do so. Such was the Indisposition which befell the Disciples in the Mount, Matth. 26. 40, 41. which yet was not without their sin, for which they were reproved by our Saviour. But where these things are occasional, when those occasions are endeavoured to be prevented or removed, persons overtaken with them may not be said to be absolutely slothful. There may be many actual Faults where there is not an habitual Vice.
2. When it comes unto the height of it, it is habitual. There is no man but may be occasionally indisposed unto spiritual Duties. The most healthy and athletick constitution is subject unto the incursion of some distempers. Sometimes bodily Infirmities may indispose us, sometimes present Temptations may do so. Such was the Indisposition which befell the Disciples in the Mount, Matth. 26. 40, 41. which yet was not without their sin, for which they were reproved by our Saviour. But where these things are occasional, when those occasions are endeavoured to be prevented or removed, persons overtaken with them may not be said to be absolutely slothful. There may be many actual Faults where there is not an habitual Vice.