The Nature, Power, Deceit, and Prevalency of Indwelling Sin

Secondly, The fresh taste they have had of spiritual things, keeps up such a favour and relish of them in their Souls, as that worldly Contentments whereby men are drawn off from close walking with G•d, are rendered sapless and undesirable unto them. Having tasted of the Wine of the Gospel they desire no other, for they say, this is best. So was it with the Apostles upon that option offered them as to a departure from Christ, upon the Apostasy of many false Professors; Will ye go away also? Joh. 6. 67. They answer by Peter, Lord, to whom shall we go, thou hast the words of eternal life? Vers. 68. They had such a fresh savour and relish of the Doctrine of the Gospel, and the Grace of Christ upon their Souls, that they can entertain no thoughts of declining from it. As a man that hath been long kept in a dungeon, if brought forth on a sudden into the Light of the Sun, finds so much pleasure and contentment in it, in the beauties of the old Creation, that he thinks he can never be weary of it, nor shall ever be contented on any account to be under darkness again. So is it with Souls when first transl• ted into the marvellous Light of Christ, to behold ⟨p. 243⟩the beauties of the New Creation. They see a new Glory in him, that hath quite sullied the desirableness of all earthly diversions. And they see a new guilt and filth in sin, that gives them an utter abhorrency of its old delights and pleasures; and so of other things.

Secondly, The fresh taste they have had of spiritual things, keeps up such a favour and relish of them in their Souls, as that worldly Contentments whereby men are drawn off from close walking with G•d, are rendred sapless and undesireable unto them. Having tasted of the Wine of the Gospel they desire no other, for they say, this is best. So was it with the Apostles upon that option offered them as to a departure from Christ, upon the Apostasie of many false Professors; Will ye go away also? Joh. 6. 67. They answer by Peter, Lord, to whom shall we go, thou hast the words of eternal life? Vers. 68. They had such a fresh savour and relish of the Doctrine of the Gospel, and the Grace of Christ upon their Souls, that they can entertain no thoughts of declining from it. As a man that hath been long kept in a dungeon, if brought forth on a sudden into the Light of the Sun, finds so much pleasure and contentment in it, in the beauties of the old Creation, that he thinks he can never be weary of it, nor shall ever be contented on any account to be under darkness again. So is it with Souls when first transl ted into the marvellous Light of Christ, to behold