A53712:63
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.
First, A suitableness and pleasingness unto the soul in the things that are done. When men take delight, and are pleased in and with what they do, they are said to do it heartily with their whole hearts. Thus when God himself blesseth his People in love and delight, he says, he doth it with his whole heart, and his whole soul, Jer. 32. 41.
First, A suitableness and pleasingness unto the soul in the things that are done. When men take delight, and are pleased in and with what they do, they are said to do it heartily with their whole hearts. Thus when God himself blesseth his People in love and delight, he sayes, he doth it with his whole heart, and his whole soul, Jer. 32. 41.
Secondly, Resolution and constancy in such actions. And this also is denoted in the Metaphorical expression before used of a Treasure, from whence men do constantly take out the things which either they stand in need of; or do intend to use.
This is the subject, the seat, the dwelling place of the Law of Sin. The heart as it is the entire principle of moral operations, of doing good or evil, as out of it proceed good or evil. Here dwells our Enemy: This is the Fort, the Citadel of this Tyrant, where it maintains a rebellion against God all our days. Sometimes it hath more strength, and consequently more success; sometimes less of the one, and of the other, but is always in rebellion whilst we live.
This is the subject, the seat, the dwelling place of the Law of Sin. The heart as it is the entire principle of moral operations, of doing good or evil, as out of it proceed good or evil. Here dwells our Enemie: This is the Fort, the Cittadel of this Tyrant, where it maintains a rebellion against God all our dayes. Sometimes it hath more strength, and consequently more success; sometimes less of the one, and of the other, but is alwayes in rebellion whilest we live.