_--,--- ~0 ~he committing of what thou would' it not do. and is not ~his an atflietion offpirit! dotl! not this caufe frtqu~nt confliCts in thy fpirit? if not, thou mayft well fufpeet that lm is not dead, but afleep, or if it be dead to thee, yet thou art not dead to it . I confe{fe death- pangs are not all alike in all, fome have a more>- gentle, and others a more painful death; fo it is in this fpiritual death unto fin; and that herein there may be no mi!lake, I {hall 2ropound this quefl:ion; what is the leaft rneafurcof thefe pangs, rhefe foul-agonies, and confliCts, that are necelfarily required to ~rile mortification? I anfwer.~ 1 . There muft be a fenfe of lin, a~d of Gods wrath due unto fin; fuch a fenfe we finde in Jefus Chrift, he was very fen!i bleof the weight and burt hen ofthofe fins, and of that wrath of God ~at lay upon him, which made him cry out, my God, .my God, why ha/l theN forfak_eH me ? thus fouls - in the a~ of mortification fometimes cry it out, 0 my jinnu ! and 0 Gods wrath! 2 . There rnuft be a forrow for fin. Such an affection we find alfo in Jefus Chrift, my[otel u exceedinrr forrowful, rven unto death, ~ CI'r•7·"'· , "" d fi ~ r '~~~ft A.ll?ro~ be was be1et, an urrounded with 10rrows ; fo every mortified finner, at fome time or other, he feeles an inward forrow .and griefe; even that godly forrow which the Apoftle fpeaks of~ a forrow accort/ing to God ; ( i.) coming from Go~, well- pleafing to God, and bringing to God back againe. 3. There muft be a defire of being freed, and delivered from fin: fuch a defire we finde alfo in Jefus Chrift, I havea baptifme Lu~.x ~· ~o ~o be baptifed with, and how am I ftraiten~d untl!/ it be accomplifhed? a regenerate foul tarndlly dellreno be freed, not only from the goilt, but alfo from the power of fi n, 0 wret fhed man that I ' am!who (ha(t deliver me, ejc. ' . 4· There muft be anfwerable endeavours in effectual ftrivings , Ueb. l t· 'l ' again{\; fin, ye have not rejijhd unto 'blood,flrivi~g flgt!linfl fin. How did our Saviour wreftle in the gard~n, ~ffering up prayers and(upI;leb. s ·7· plica~i~ns with jfrong crying a1td te11rel.? fo will a regenerate foul wrc;!H~ with Goo about the death of fin, praying, watching, going out in the ft reqgthofGod, and engaging in a continual war, a deadly feyde againft it, and thefe are the leaft ofthofe foul-con- ~i~s~ wherewith this mortificatiQn, or dcar:h unto fin is attended·. ' · Now
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