A53712:186
The Nature, Power, Deceit, and Prevalency of Indwelling Sin
The nature, power, deceit, and prevalency of the remainders of indwelling-sin in believers together with the ways of its working and means of prevention opened, evinced, and applied with a resolution of sundry cases of conscience thereunto appertaining.The nature, power, deceit, and prevalency of the remainders of indwelling-sin in believers together with the wayes of its working and means of prevention opened, evinced, and applyed with a resolution of sundry cases of conscience thereunto appertaining.
London: printed for Thomas Cockerill, 1675
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.
Secondly, Such as actually hinder the soul from pursuing sin, though it be resolved so to do. The various ways whereby God doth this, we must afterwards consider.
Secondly, Such as actually hinder the soul from pursuing sin, though it be resolved so to do. The various wayes whereby God doth this, we must afterwards consider.
These are the ways I say, whereby the soul is dealt withal, after the Law of Indwelling-Sin hath cast off for a season the influencing power of the Law of Grace. But now when lust rises up to rage or madness, it will also contemn all these, even the Rod and him that hath appointed it. It will rush on shame, reproaches, wrath, and whatever may befall it. That is, though they be presented unto it, it will venture upon them all. Rage and madness is fearless. And this it doth two ways.
These are the wayes I say, whereby the soul is dealt withal, after the Law of Indwelling-Sin hath cast off for a season the influencing power of the Law of Grace. But now when lust rises up to rage or madness, it will also contemn all these, even the Rod and him that hath appointed it. It will rush on shame, reproaches, wrath, and whatever may befall it. That is, though they be presented unto it, it will venture upon them all. Rage and madness is fearless. And this it doth two wayes.
First, It possesseth the mind, that it suffers not the consideration of these things to dwell upon it, but renders the thoughts of them slight and evanid. Or if the mind do force it self to a contemplation of them, yet it interposeth between it and the Affections, that they shall not be influenced by it in any proportion to what is required. The soul in such a condition will be able to take such things into contemplation, and not at all to be moved by them. And where they do prevail for a season, yet they are insensibly wrought off from the heart again.