t TheDeariveofMartifrcßtioni lent figne that time is mortified. Four.hly, you ih 11 knowwhether-your lulls are mortified by thecontinuanceof them : For if finne bemortified, and have received h deadly wound, itwill bye but for the prefenr, it will not continue ; it maywell rage and trouble thee fora time, bat it is onely now and then by fits, whereisanum: or ified luit ever rageth. It is with finne in this cafe, as it is witha man that hath received_ his deadly wound from his enemy, hee will not prefently flye away, but will ratherrunne more violently upon him that hath wounded him ; yet let him beenever fo vio' Pent,. in the middleof the a, ion heeMikes downe whenheethinkes todoethe moltharm; then hee is themolt unable, becaufe beehath receivedhis dead- ly wound,, whereby hee hath loft the tlrength and power of nature which orherwife mighr havepre.` wiled : fo it will beewith finne; and witha morti® Fled luí1, itmay rage in the heart, and feeme tobeare Twayandruleover thee as lord, but the power :ind' i$rength offinneis mortifiéd, and finks docwne, wan-' tingability toprevaile } andwhy t' becaufe itbath re-' eceived its deadly wound :. Indeed the molt hoaneff inn, and the molt fantified that is, mayhave luit ira his heart, and this lull may many timesfortheprefent beviolent ; yet though it rage, it cannot rule ; it may ftrive, but it cannotprevaile : therefore you may try your felves by this, whether thecorruptions and `ilir rings of your hearts proceed from amortified luít, orno. Now feeing Mortification is fo hard a worke, and yet aworke.that ofnecellitymutt bee done :. Men al- fo
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