46o The NA E and PoVER póintment of the whoid work of indwelling fin, Gal. vi_ 14. God -for- bid that I Gould glory, fave in the crofs of our Lord Jefus, whereby the world is crucified untome, and I unto the world. I he crofs of Chrift he gloried and rejoyce'd irf ; this lus heart was let upon, and theft were the efleels of it ; it crucified the world unto him, made it a dead and un- ;fetirable thing. The baits and pinafores of fin are taken all of them out of the world, and the things that are in the world, namely the luft of the defh, the loft of the eyes, and the pride of life. 'l'hefe are the things that are in the world ; from thefe doth fin take all its baits, whereby it éiiticeth and entangleth out fouls. If the heart be filled with the crofs of Chrift, it cafts death and undefirablenefs upon them ail, itleaves no feeming beauty, no appearing pleafure or comelinefs in them. Again, faith he, t crucitìetir me to the world; makes my heart, my ate&ions, my defires dead unto any of thefe things. It roots up corrupt lofts and affe&ions, leaves no principle to go forth and make provifion for the fleth to fulfil the tufts thereof. Labour therefore to fill your hearts with the crofs of Chrifl. Confider the furrows he underwent, the curie he bore, the blood he fGed, the cries he put forth; the love that was in all this to your fouls, and the itiyffery of thegrace of God therein. Meditate on the vilenefs, the demerit, and puniflunent of fin as reprefented in the crofs, the blood, the death of Chrift. Is Chrift crucified for fin, and fha11 not our hearts be crucified withhim unto fin? Shall we give entertainment unto that, or hearken unto its dalliances, which wounded, which pierced, which flew our dear Lord Jifas ? God forbid. Fill your affe&ions with the crofs tlf Chrift, that there may be no room for fin. The world once put him out of the houle into a liable, when he came to fave us ; let him now turn the world out of doors, when he is come to fandify us. [z.] Look to the vigour of the affe&ions towards heavenly things; if they are not conffatitly attended, excited, directed, and warned they are apt to decay, and fin lies in wait to take every advantage agaìnft them. Many complaints we have in the fcriptute üf thofe who loft their firft love, in fuffering their affections to decay. And this fhould make us jea- lous over our own hearts, left we alffo Ihould be overtaken with the like backfliding frame. Wherefore be jealous over them, often ítri&ly ex- amine them, and call theta to account, fuppiy unto themdue confiderations 5 t their exciting and tirring upunto duty. immes c%3SF£G 920ssmc°dx.v,i` ec.t5:6Yáf 3mF 7S` li;1t3mL`Xlw.v:.G4ìm;S9 * CHAP. XII. The Conception of Sin through its Deceit. Where- in it confifteth. The Crsnfent of the Will unto Sint. The Nature thereof Ways and Means whereby it is obtained. Other Advantages made ufe of by the Deceit of Sin. Ignorance, Errors. HE third fuccefs of the deceit offin in its progreflive work, is the conception of a&ual fin. When it hath drawn the mind off from itsduty and entangled theaffeetions, it proceeds to conceive fin in order to the bringingof it forth. Then when be bath concei- ved, itfoingethforthfin. Now the conceptionoffin, in order unto its per- petration
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