Sinnes overthrow - The Digital Puritan

How to mortife evill Concupifiencc. *19
the hindcrance then is inourfelves. Confiderthefe
two places of Scripture, i Cor. 6. 9, /Wfpcaktng to
the Corinthians, of the greateft finne that ever mans
nature was capable of ^ Such were yee (faith he) but now
yee are waflied\and are fanclified,andjujiified in the name of
the Lordlefa, and the Sprit of our God : So in the 2 Cor.
1 2. and laft verfe.The Apoftle doth make no queftion,
but that they might repent, and have forgivenefle,
you may know how wi.lng God was to forgive gr. at
finnets jail thematteris, ifwebewillingtoapplythis
pa don toou felves. Toleiveourfinnesingenerall,
to take Chrift to be a King, as well as our Saviour.
To deny our felves, and to take up Chrifts Croffc:
and \ hen there is no queition, but wee may have this
pardon fealed and affined u>.
Certaine ic is, m^n will not doe this, as to deny
themfelvcs, and to take up Chrifts CrofTe, till they be
duely humbled,, and have repented theirfinncsjbut
fo it is, tha c men will not prize Chrift, untill that vengeance
fall upon them for their finnes -.would they
but doe it, they might be furs of this pardon, were
their humiliation true and fincere, ir is fufficient, the
laft ofthe Revelations, verfiy. ^dnd the Spirit, andthe
Bride, fay ,come and let him th^t heareth, fay,come, ad let
him that is a thirjl come> avdwhofoever will, let him take of
the water of life freely. Firft, hereis, Let him that bea-
rethj come, that is, To allwhofoever thi* Goftell is preached
unto, the promifeisgeneralltoalhhert isalfoadded,
Let him tkit is a thirsi come : there is further added, Let
whosoever will, come -,come that mil come, and take ofthe
water of life freely, feeking God in finccritie oi heart,
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