A53715:304
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.
A. 1. The truth is, we all of us know enough of him to love him more than we do, to delight in him, and serve him, believe him, obey him, put our trust in him above all that we have hitherto attained.
A. 1. The truth is, we all of us know enough of him to love him more than we doe, to delight in him, and serve him, believe him, obey him, put our trust in him above all that we have hitherto attained.
Our Darkness and Weakness is no Plea for our Negligence and Disobedience. Who is it that hath walked up to the Knowledge that he hath had of the Perfections, Excellencies, and Will of God? Gods End in giving us any Knowledge of himself here, is that we may glorify him as God; that is, love him, serve him, believe and obey him, give him all the honour and Glory that is due from poor sinful Creatures, to a sin-pardoning God, and Creator; we must all acknowledge, that we were never ⟨p. 141⟩throughly transformed into the Image of that Knowledge which we have had. And had we used our Talents well, we might have been trusted with more.
Our Darkness and Weakness is no Plea for our Negligence and Disobedience. Who is it that hath walked up to the Knowledge that he hath had of the Perfections, Excellencies, and Will of God? Gods End in giving us any Knowledge of himself here, is that we may glorifie him as God; that is, love him, serve him, believe and obey him, give him all the honour and Glory that is due from poor sinfull Creatures, to a sin-pardoning God, and Creator; we must all acknowledge, that we were never ⟨p. 141⟩throughly transformed into the Image of that Knowledge which we have had. And had we used our Talents well, we might have been trusted with more.