A53715:125
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.
And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their Redeemer.
And they remembred that God was their rock, and the high God their Redeemer.
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lyed unto him with their tongues.
For their heart was not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his Covenant.
For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his Covenant.
I no way doubt, but that when they sought, and returned, and enquired early after God, they did it with full purpose of heart, as to the relinquishment of their sins: It is expressed in the word returned. To turn or return to the Lord, is by a Relinquishment of sin. This ⟨p. 51⟩