A53715:83
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. IV.
The last Principle; of the usefulness of Mortification. The Vigour and Comfort of our spiritual Life depend on our Mortification. In what sense. Not absolutely and necessarily. Psal. 88. Heman's Condition. Not as on the next and immediate Cause. As a Means: by removing of the Contrary. The desperate Effects of unmortified Lust: it weakens the Soul; Psal. 38.3, 8. sundry ways: and darkens it. All Graces improved by the Mortification of Sin. The best Evidence of Sincerity.
The last Principle; of the usefulness of Mortification. The Vigour and Comfort of our spiritual Life depend on our Mortification. In what sence. Not absolutely and necessarily. Psal. 88. Heman's Condition. Not as on the next and immediate Cause. As a Means: by removing of the Contrary. The desperate Effects of unmortified Lust: it weakens the Soul; Psal. 38.3, 8. sundry wayes: and darkens it. All Graces improved by the Mortification of Sin. The best Evidence of Sincerity.
THE last Principle I shall insist on, omitting, 1. The Necessity of Mortification unto Life: And, 2. The Certainty of Life upon Mortification; is,