A53715:376
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.
4. The Spirit alone brings the Cross of Christ into our Hearts, with its Sin-killing Power; for by the Spirit are we baptized into the Death of Christ.
5. The Spirit is the Author and Finisher of our Sanctification; gives new Supplies and Influences of Grace for Holiness and Sanctification, when the contrary Principle is weakened and abated, Ephes. 3.16, 17, 18.
6. In all the Souls Addresses to God in this Condition, it hath Supportment from the Spirit. Whence is the power, life and vigour of Prayer? Whence its Efficacy to prevail with God? Is it not from the Spirit? He is the Spirit of supplication promised to them who look on him whom they have pierced, Zech. 12.10. enabling them to pray with sighs and groans that cannot be uttered, Rom. 8.16. This is confessed to be the great Medium or way of Faiths prevailing with God. Thus Paul dealt with his Temptation, ⟨p. 180⟩whatever it were; I besought God that it might depart from me, 2 Cor. 12.8. What is the work of the Spirit in Prayer, whence, and how it gives us in assistance, and makes us to prevail, what we are to do that we may enjoy his Help for that purpose, is not my present Intendment to demonstrate.