A53715:246
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.
Load thy Conscience with the Guilt of it. Not only consider, that it hath a Guilt, but load thy Conscience with the Guilt of its actual Eruptions and Disturbances.
Load thy Conscience with the Guilt of it. Not onely consider, that it hath a Guilt, but load thy Conscience with the Guilt of its actual Eruptions and Disturbances.
For the right improvement of this Rule, I shall give some particular Directions.
First, Take Gods Method in it, and begin with Generals, a•• so descend to particulars.
First, Take Gods Me•hod in it, and begin with Generals, a•• so descend to particulars.
(1) Charge thy Conscience with that Guilt which appears in it, from the Rectitude and Holiness of the Law. Bring the holy Law of ⟨p. 115⟩