A53715:8
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.
CHAP. I.
The Foundation of the whole ensuing Discourse laid in Rom. 8.13. The words of the Apostle opened. The certain connection between true Mortification and Salvation. Mortification the work of Believers. The Spirit the principal efficient Cause of it. What meant by the [Body] in the words of the Apostle. What by the [Deeds of the Body.] Life in what sense promised to this Duty.
The Foundation of the whole ensuing Discourse laid in Rom. 8.13. The words of the Apostle opened. The certain connexion between true Mortification and Salvation. Mortification the work of Believers. The Spirit the principal efficient Cause of it. What meant by the [Body] in the words of the Apostle. What by the [Deeds of the Body.] Life in what sence promised to this Duty.
That what I have of Direction to contribute to the carrying on of the work of Mortification in Believers, may receive order and perspicuity, I shall lay the foundation of it in those words of the Apostle, Rom. 8.13. If ye by the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the flesh, ye shall live; and reduce the whole to an Improvement of the great Evangelical Truth and Mystery contained in them.