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The Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded
Phronemma tou pneumatou, or, The grace and duty of being spiritually-minded declared and practically improved / by John Owen ...Phronēma tou pneumatou, or, The grace and duty of being spiritually-minded declared and practically improved / by John Owen ...
London: printed by J.G. for Nathaniel Ponder, 1681
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.
Secondly, They are prone to suppose that this Decay doth not arise from themselves, and the Evil of their own Hearts; but from their Circumstances, Business, present Occasion, and State of Life, which when they are freed from, they will at least return unto their former Love, and Delight in Spiritual things. But this is a false Notion also, by virtue of that Rule, Heb. 3.12. Let mens Circumstances and Occasions of Life be what they will, all their Departures from God, are from an Evil Heart of Unbelief.
Secondly, They are prone to suppose that this Decay doth not arise from themselves, and the Evil of their own Hearts; but from their Circumstances, Business, present Occasion, and State of Life, which when they are freed from, they will at least return unto their former Love, and Delight in Spiritual things. But this is a false Notion also, by vertue of that Rule, Heb. 3.12. Let mens Circumstances and Occasions of Life be what they will, all their Departures from God, are from an Evil Heart of Unbelief.
Thirdly, They judge it no hard matter to retrieve themselves out of this State, but that which they can easily do, when there is an absolute Necessity of it. But this is a false Notion also. Recovery from backsliding is the hardest ⟨p. 283⟩task in Christian Religion, and which few make either comfortable, or honourable work of.
Thirdly, They judge it no hard matter to retrive themselves out of this State, but that which they can easily do, when there is an absolute Necessity of it. But this is a false Notion also. Recovery from backsliding is the hardest ⟨p. 283⟩task in Christian Religion, and which few make either comfortable, or honourable work of.