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A treatise of the dominion of sin and grace wherein sin's reign is discovered,…
A treatise of the dominion of sin and grace wherein sin's reign is discovered, in whom it is, and in whom it is not : how the law supports it, how grace delivers from it, by setting up its dominion the heart / by John Owen ...
London: printed by J. L. for William Marshall, 1688
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.
HENCE Two Things do follow.
1. A Constant Repugnancy against Sin, from Light in the Mind and Conviction in the Conscience, doth not prove that those in whom it is, are not under the Dominion of Sin. For until blindness and hardness do come on Men to the uttermost, there will be in them a judging of what is Good and Evil, with a self-judging with respect thereunto, as the Apostle declares, Rom. ij. 15. And herein many do satisfy themselves. When their Light condemns Sin, they suppose they hate it; but they do not. When Convictions call for Duties, they ⟨p. 28⟩suppose they love them; but they do not. That which they look on as the Rule of Light in them, in opposition unto Sin, is but the Rebellion of a natural enlightened Conscience, against the Dominion of it in the Heart. In brief; Light may condemn every known sin, keep from many, press for every known Duty, lead to the performance of many; yet sin have a full dominion in the soul. And this it will evidence when it comes to the trial, in those Instances where it exercises its ruling Power.
1. A Constant Repugnancy against Sin, from Light in the Mind and Conviction in the Conscience, doth not prove that those in whom it is, are not under the Dominion of Sin. For until blindness and hardness do come on Men to the uttermost, there will be in them a judging of what is Good and Evil, with a self-judging with respect thereunto, as the Apostle declares, Rom. ij. 15. And herein many do satisfie themselves. When their Light condemns Sin, they suppose they hate it; but they do not. When Convictions call for Duties, they ⟨p. 28⟩suppose they love them; but they do not. That which they look on as the Rule of Light in them, in opposition unto Sin, is but the Rebellion of a natural enlightned Conscience, against the Dominion of it in the Heart. In brief; Light may condemn every known sin, keep from many, press for every known Duty, lead to the performance of many; yet sin have a full dominion in the soul. And this it will evidence when it comes to the trial, in those Instances where it exercises its ruling Power.