A53715:99
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.
2. It fills the Thoughts with Contrivances about it. Thoughts are the great Purveyors of the Soul, to bring in provision to satisfy its Affections; and if Sin remain unmortified in the Heart, they must ever and anon be making provision for the flesh, to fulfil the Lusts thereof. They must glaze, adorn, and dress the Objects of the Flesh, and bring them home to give satisfaction. And this they are able to do, in the service of a defiled Imagination, beyond all expression.
2. It fills the Thoughts with Contrivances about it. Thoughts are the great Purveyors of the Soul, to bring in provision to satisfie its Affections; and if Sin remain unmortified in the Heart, they must ever and anon be making provision for the flesh, to fulfill the Lusts thereof. They must glaze, adorn, and dress the Objects of the Flesh, and bring them home to give satisfaction. And this they are able to do, in the service of a defiled Imagination, beyond all expression.
3. It breaks out and actually hinders Duty. The ambitious man must be studying, and the worldling must be working or contriving, and the sensual vain person providing himself for vanity, when they should be engaged in the Worship of God.
Were this my present business, to set forth the Breaches, Ruin, Weakness, Desolations, that one un••c•tified Lust will bring upon a Soul, this Discourse must be extended much beyond my Intendment.
Were this my present business, to set forth the Breaches, Ruine, Weakness, Desolations, that one un••c•tified Lust will bring upon a Soul, this Discourse must be extended much beyond my Intendment.