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2. Impartial. It is true, one sin may trouble more then another, but it will be thy wisdom to trouble all sin: Sins are chained together as well as Graces; and one sin serves to help another, and the neglected sin may perhaps suddenly wound thee, and make thee to stagger. The whole body of sin in every member of it, must be the object of thy mortifying work: This will testify the truth of Grace received, and the sincerity of thy conscience, and consequently will remove many bottoms of fears and doubtings.

2. Impartiall. It is true, one sin may trouble more then another, but it will be thy wisdome to trouble all sin: Sins are chained together as well as Graces; and one sin serves to help another, and the neglected sinne may perhaps suddenly wound thee, and make thee to stagger. The whole body of sinne in every member of it, must be the object of thy mortifying work: This will testifie the truth of Grace received, and the sincerity of thy conscience, and consequently will remove many bottomes of feares and doubtings.

3. Diurnal: (i) a daily work. Perhaps sometimes thou art fervent in the work, (when conscience is struck, or when afflictions strike thee) but afterwards thou art negligent, ⟨p. 120⟩and then sin gets strength again. But as thou shouldst live by faith daily, so thou shouldst die to sin daily: Watch thy spirit, resist the motion of it, insist on divine promises, implead the strength of Christ every day: Thou shouldst so believe still, as if thou never yet hadst enough of Christ; and so live still, as if thou wert to live thy last; and so mortify sin still as thou didst at the first time wherein God looked on thee.

3. Diurnall: (i) a daily work. Perhaps sometimes thou art fervent in the work, (when conscience is struck, or when afflictions strike thee) but afterwards thou art negligent, ⟨p. 120⟩