to TheDoarine. fMartifa`cation . Firff, you fhall knowwhether the Iuft.in theheart be mortified, and proceed froma woundedheart or no, by theground ofit ; that is,ifitproceed from the right root, or arifefrom a deepe humiliationwrought uponthe foule, either by the Law, or bythe judge- mentsof God,whereby the Confcience is awakened to f- -ke Thanein its owne nature ; and then a raifingup ofthe fouleby the apprehenfionof the loveof God inChrifl; and out ofa love unto God to beginne to mortifie frnne :iftheheart inthiscafedoe fight àgainff the fpirit, that is, the loftof the heart, it is b:caufeit bathreceived the deadlywound.:; but if it beenot out of loveunto God that thou mortified !lane, if thy heart, in thiscafe, have much rebellion in it, whatfo.: ever thou thinkeftofthy felfe, finne is notmortified- in thee : Every thing proceeds fromTome Caufe ; if the Caufe be good, the Effec mutt needsbe good likewife : as (forinffancc) if the tree be good, the fruitmutt be. good . ; but ifthetreebe evill, the fruit cannot begood :. Let every man therefore examine himfelfeupon this ground. Secondly, you (hall knowit by thegeneralityofit ForMortification is generalI ; and as death is unto the members of the body, fo is Mortification unto the membersof frnne: nowyou know that the nature of death is-to feize upon all themembers of thebody, it leaves life innone ; fo, where true Mortification is, it leaves life in no finne ; that is, it takes awaythe commanding power of finne :.For what is the life of: finne, but the powerof finne ? take away this power, and you take away this lìfea.Therefore itis not futfici- rat to axaortifie one fin,but you mutt znortifie all fins;. to ,.
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