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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.
5ly, Consider whether the Distemper with which thou art perplexed, be not rooted in thy Nature, and cherished, fomented and heightened from thy Constitution. A proneness to some Sins may doubtless lye in the Natural Temper and Disposition of men. In this Case consider;
5ly, Consider whether the Distemper with which thou art perplexed, be not rooted in thy Nature, and cherished, fomented and heightned from thy Constitution. A proneness to some Sins may doubtless lye in the Natural Temper and Disposition of men. In this Case consider;
1. This is not in the least an Extenuation of the Guilt of thy Sin.
Some with an open Profaneness will ascribe gross Enormities to their Temper and Disposition. And whether others may not relieve themselves from the pressing Guilt of their Distempers by the same Consideration, I know not. It is from the F•ll, from the Original depravation of our Natures, that the fomes and Nourishment of any Sin abides in our Natural Temper. David reckons his being shapen in Iniquity, and conception in Sin, Psal. 51.5. as an Aggravation of his following Sin, not a lessening or extenuation of it. That thou art ⟨p. 123⟩peculiarly inclined unto any sinful Distemper, is but a peculiar breaking out of Original Lust in thy Nature, which should peculiarly abase and humble thee.
Some with an open Profaneness will ascribe gross Enormities to their Temper and Disposition. And whether others may not relieve themselves from the pressing Guilt of their Distempers by the same Consideration, I know not. It is from the Fll, from the Original depravation of our Natures, that the fomes and Nourishment of any Sin abides in our Natural Temper. David reckons his being shapen in Iniquity, and conception in Sin,