The doubting believer, or, A treatiseThe doubting beleever, or, A treatise

1. To the first, Who can mortify his sinful nature? I answer, Of himself, no man can; naturally he hath neither will nor power thereto: But as Chrysostom spake in the business ¹of Repentance, Thou canst not turn thee, but yet thy God can turn thee; That I say here in the business of mortifying, Thou canst not mortify thy sins, but God can do it: He can do it for thee, though thou canst not do it for thy self: Though thy natural corruption be a spreading leprosy, he can heal it: Though it be a violent plague, he can ⟨p. 117⟩cure it: God hath put enough in Christ to save a sinner, and therefore enough to heal a sinner. Remember one thing, In all commands, the duty is thine, and the power is Gods: He who commands thee to mortify sin, is ready enough with sufficient power to effect it, if he be sought unto.

1. To the first, Who can mortifie his sinfull nature? I answer, Of himselfe, no man can; naturally he hath neither will nor power thereto: But as Chrysostome spake in the businesse ¹of Repentance, Thou canst not turn thee, but yet thy God can turn thee; That I say here in the businesse of mortifying, Thou canst not mortifie thy sins, but God can doe it: He can doe it for thee, though thou canst not doe it for thy selfe: Though thy naturall corruption be a spreading leprosie, he can heale it: Though it be a violent plague, he can ⟨p. 117⟩cure it: God hath put enough in Christ to save a sinner, and therefore enough to heale a sinner. Remember one thing, In all commands, the duty is thine, and the power is Gods: He who commands thee to mortifie sinne, is ready enough with sufficient power to effect it, if he be sought unto.

1. 1Tu non potes, sed Dominus tuus potest.