A53715:132
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.
What it is to mortify a Sin in General, which will make farther way for particular Directions, is nextly to be considered.
WHat it is to mortifie a Sin in General, which will make farther way for particular Directions, is nextly to be considered.
The Mortification of a Lust consists in three things.
1. An habitual weakening of it. Every Lust is a depraved habit or Disposition, continually inclining the Heart to evil: Thence is that description of him who hath no Lust truly mortified: Gen. 6.5. Every Imagination of the thoughts of his Heart is only evil continually. He is always under the power of a strong bent and Inclination to sin. And the reason why a natural man is not always, perpetually, in the pursuit of some one lust night and day, is, because he hath many to serve, every one crying to be satisfied; Thence he is carried on with great variety, but still in general he lies towards the satisfaction of self.
1. An habitual weakening of it. Every Lust is a depraved habit or Disposition, continually inclining the Heart to evil: Thence is that description of him who hath no Lust truely mortified: Gen. 6.5. Every Imagination of the thoughts of his Heart is only evil continually. He is alwayes under the power of a strong bent and Inclination to sin. And the reason why a natural man is not alwayes, perpetually, in the pursuit of some one lust night and day, is, because he hath many to serve, every one crying to be satisfied; Thence he is carried on with great variety, but still in general he lyes towards the satisfaction of self.