A53712:513
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, The Law not only discovers sin, but discovers it to be a very bad inmate, dangerous, yea, pernicious to the soul. Rom. 7. 13. Was then that which is good (that is, the Law) made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good, that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. There are many things in this verse wherein we are not at present concerned; that which I only aim at, is, the manifestation of sin by the Law; it appears to be sin; and the manifestation of it in its own colours; it appears to be exceeding sinful. The Law gives the soul to know the filth and guilt of this Indwelling-sin, how great they are, how vile it is; what an abomination, what an enmity to God, how hated of him, the soul shall never more look upon it as a small matter, what thoughts soever it had of it before, whereby it is greatly surprised.
Secondly, The Law not only discovers sin, but discovers it to be a very bad inmate, dangerous, yea, pernicious to the soul. Rom. 7. 13. Was then that which is good (that is, the Law) made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good, that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. There are many things in this verse wherein we are not at present concerned; that which I only aim at, is, the manifestation of sin by the Law; it appears to be sin; and the manifestation of it in its own colours; it appears to be exceeding sinful. The Law gives the soul to know the filth and guilt of this Indwelling-sin, how great they are, how vile it is; what an abomination, what an enmity to God, how hated of him, the soul shall never more look upon it as a small matter, what thoughts soever it had of it before, whereby it is greatly surprized.
As a man that finds himself somewhat distempered, sending for a Physician of skill, when he comes, requires his judgement of his distemper. He considering his condition, tells him, Alas, I am sorry for you, the case is far otherwise with you than you imagine, your disease is mortal, and it hath proceeded so far pressing upon your spirits, and infecting the whole mass of your blood, that I doubt unless most effectual remedies be used, you will live but a very few hours.