A53712:243
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.
Thirdly, What we come short of in evenness and constancy in our thoughts in these things, let it be made up in frequency. Some are discouraged because their minds do not regularly supply them with thoughts to carry on their meditations, through the weakness or imperfection of their inventions. Let this be supplied by frequent returns of the mind unto the subject proposed to be meditated upon, whereby new senses will still be supplied unto it. But this by the way.
These duties, I say, amongst others (for we have only chosen them for an instance, not excluding some others from the same place, office and usefulness with them) do make an especial opposition to the very being and life of Indwelling-sin, or rather faith in them doth so. They are perpetually designing its utter ruin. I shall therefore upon this instance in the pursuit of our present purpose do these two things.
These duties, I say, amongst others (for we have only chosen them for an instance, not excluding some others from the same place, office and usefulness with them) do make an especial opposition to the very being and life of Indwelling-sin, or rather faith in them doth so. They are perpetually designing its utter ruine. I shall therefore upon this instance in the pursuit of our present purpose do these two things.
First, Show the suitableness and usefulness of this duty, or these duties, (as I shall handle them jointly) unto the ruining of sin.
First, Shew the suitableness and usefulness of this duty, or these duties, (as I shall handle them jointly) unto the ruining of sin.