A53715:104
Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers
Of the mortification of sin in believers: the 1. Necessity, 2. Nature, and 3. Means of it. With a resolution of sundry cases of conscience thereunto belonging. By John Owen, D.D. a servant of Jesus Christ in the work of the Gospel.
London: printed for Nathanael Ponder, 1668
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.
CHAP. V.
The principal Intendment of the whole Discourse proposed. The first main Case of Conscience stated. What it is to Mortify any Sin, negatively considered. Not the utter Destruction of it in this Life. Not the Dissimulation of it. Not the Improvement of any Natural Principle. Not the Diversion of it. Not an Occasional Conquest. Occasional Conquests of Sin, what, and when. Upon the Eruption of Sin, in time of Danger or Trouble.
The principal Intendment of the whole Discourse proposed. The first main Case of Canscience stated. What it is to Mortifie any Sin, negatively considered. Not the utter Destruction of it in this Life. Not the Dissimulation of it. Not the Improvement of any Natural Principle. Not the Diversion of it. Not an Occasional Conquest. Occasional Conquests of Sin, what, and when. Ʋpon the Eruption of Sin, in time of Danger or Trouble.
These things being premised, I come to my principal Intention, of handling some Questions, or practical Cases,, that present themselves in this business of Mortification of Sin in Believers: The first, which is the Head of all the rest; and whereunto they are reduced, may be considered as lying under the ensuing Proposal.
THese things being premised, I come to my principal Intention, of handling some Questions, or practical Cases,, that present themselves in this business of Mortification of Sin in Believers: The first, which is the Head of all the rest; and whereunto they are reduced, may be considered as lying under the ensuing Proposal.