A treatise of the dominion of sin and grace wherein sin's reign is discovered,…

THUS it may be with some over whom Sin hath not the Dominion; yet ought the first Entrance of it to be diligently watched against, as that which tends unto the danger and ruin of the Soul.

THUS it may be with some over whom Sin hath not the Dominion; yet ought the first Entrance of it to be diligently watched against, as that which tends unto the danger and ruine of the Soul.

Thirdly, CONSTANT self-abasement, condemnation and abhorrency, is another duty that is directly opposed unto the Interest and Rule of sin in the Soul. No frame of Mind is a better Antidote against ⟨p. 69⟩the Poison of sin; He that walketh humbly▪ walketh surely. God hath a continual regard unto Mourners, those that are of a broken Heart and a contrite Spirit. It is the Soil where all Grace will thrive and flourish. A constant due sense of sin as sin, of our Interest therein by Nature, and in the Course of our Lives, with a continual afflictive Remembrance of some such Instances of it, as have had peculiar Aggravations issuing in a gracious Self-Abasement, is the Soul's best posture in watching against all the Deceits and Incursions of Sin. And this is a duty which we ought with all diligence to attend unto. To keep our Souls in a constant frame of Mourning and Self-Abasement, is the most necessary part of our Wisdom, with reference unto all the Ends of the Life of God: And it is so far from having any inconsistency with those Consolations and Joys, which the Gospel tenders unto us in Believing, as that it is the only way to let them into the Soul in a due manner. It is such Mourners, and those alone, unto whom Evangelical Comforts are administered, Isa. lvij. 18.

Thirdly, CONSTANT self-abasement, condemnation and abhorrency, is another duty that is directly opposed unto the Interest and Rule of sin in the Soul. No frame of Mind is a better Antidote against ⟨p. 69⟩