A53715:13
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.
The Apostle having made a Recapitulation of his Doctrine of Justification by Faith, and the blessed Estate and Condition of them who ⟨p. 2⟩are made by Grace partakers thereof, vers. 1, 2, 3. of this Chapter, proceeds to improve it, to the Holiness and Consolation of Believers.
Among his Arguments and Motives unto Holiness, the Verse mentioned containeth one, from the contrary Events and Effects of Holiness and Sin. If ye live after the flesh, ye shall dye. What it is to live after the flesh, and what it is to dye, that being not my present aim and business, I shall no otherwise explain, than as they will fall in with the sense of the latter words of the verse, as before proposed.
Among his Arguments and Motives unto Holiness, the Verse mentioned containeth one, from the contrary Events and Effects of Holiness and Sin. If ye live after the flesh, ye shall dye. What it is to live after the flesh, and what it is to dye, that being not my present aym and business, I shall no otherwise explain, than as they will fall in with the sence of the latter words of the verse, as before proposed.
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