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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
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2. This course is commonly taken without waiting; which is the Grace, and that peculiar acting of Faith which God calls for to be exercised in such a Condition. I know God doth sometimes come in upon the Soul instantly, in a moment as it were, wounding and healing it; as I am persuaded it was in the Case of David when he cut off the lap of ⟨p. 156⟩Sauls Garment: But ordinarily in such a case God calls for waiting and labouring, 1attending as the eye of a Servant upon his Master: Says the Prophet Isaiah, ch. 8.17. I will wait upon the Lord, who hideth his face from Jacob. God will have his Children lye a while at his door, when they have run from his House, and not instantly rush in upon him; unless he take them by the hand, and pluck them in, when they are so ashamed that they dare not come to him. Now self-healers, or men that speak peace to themselves, do commonly make haste, they will not tarry; They do not hearken what God speaks, Isa. 28.16. but on they will go to be healed.
2. This course is commonly taken without waiting; which is the Grace, and that peculiar acting of Faith which God calls for to be exercised in such a Condition. I know God doth sometimes come in upon the Soul instantly, in a moment as it were, wounding and healing it; as I am perswaded it was in the Case of David when he cut off the lap of ⟨p. 156⟩Sauls Garment: But ordinarily in such a case God calls for waiting and labouring, 1attending as the eye of a Servant upon his Master: Sayes the Prophet Isaiah, ch. 8.17. I will wait upon the Lord, who hideth his face from Jacob. God will have his Children lye a while at his door, when they have run from his House, and not instantly rush in upon him; unless he take them by the hand, and pluck them in, when they are so ashamed that they dare not come to him. Now self-healers, or men that speak peace to themselves, do commonly make haste, they will not tarry; They do not hearken what God speaks,