274 Pptíauo /aít ». deciphered in Chrifl crucified, the grand pata tern of our Mortification ; he was not only fiript and nailed, but commending his Spirit to God he gave up the Gho(f. Anfwerably in Mor- tification Sin is nót only fiript of its eligibili- ties, and nailed by refiraints, but it dies away in the furrenders of Faith ; by which the Soul Enoch -like it tranflated into Heaven, and its affe- ¿ions are not here below to animate Sin.Were this furrender in perfeáion, Sin could not fo much as be, as is evident in Chriffs Humane Nature, upon which no fpot could fall, be- caufe it ever was in perfect furrender to his Father. And proportionably, where it is but in truth only Sin is a- dying; becaufe the love and joy, whiled in the raptures and triumphs of Faith, afford no quickning thereunto:hence the Apoflle exhorts, Walk in the fpirit, in the elevations of Faith and other Graces, and ye Pall not fulfill the lull of the flcih, Gal. 5. 16: Sin (hail grow heartlefs, and be able to do little or nothing.. Here we fee how the dear intimate lofts come to die ; they ceafe to be dear as Faith turns the ftream of the Heart ; and give up the Ghoft, as the love and the joy go out to God. It was Lathers method in Re- formation, that firft the Images were to be removed out of the minds of Men, and then all would fucceed ; and it is Faiths method in Mortification, by holy furrenders to fever the Heart from its lufis,and fo do the work.More- over Faith calls out the love of Sin by con- verfng in the holy Word ; after which the Soul
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