chuckd
Puritan Board Junior
Mortification of Sin, Ch. 4
In our ordinary walking with God, and in an ordinary course of his dealing with us, the vigour and comfort of our spiritual lives depend much on our mortification, not only as a “causa sine qua non,” but as a thing that hath an effectual influence thereinto. For, —
1. This alone keeps sin from depriving us of the one and the other.
2. Mortification prunes all the graces of God, and makes room for them in our hearts to grow.
3. As to our peace; as there is nothing that hath any evidence of sincerity without it, so I know nothing that hath such an evidence of sincerity in it; — which is no small foundation of our peace. Mortification is the soul’s vigorous opposition to self, wherein sincerity is most evident.
Can #3 be rewritten:
Evidence that our faith is sincere is foundational to our peace with God. And sincerity is most evident in a believer's vigorous opposition to self, or mortification.
In our ordinary walking with God, and in an ordinary course of his dealing with us, the vigour and comfort of our spiritual lives depend much on our mortification, not only as a “causa sine qua non,” but as a thing that hath an effectual influence thereinto. For, —
1. This alone keeps sin from depriving us of the one and the other.
2. Mortification prunes all the graces of God, and makes room for them in our hearts to grow.
3. As to our peace; as there is nothing that hath any evidence of sincerity without it, so I know nothing that hath such an evidence of sincerity in it; — which is no small foundation of our peace. Mortification is the soul’s vigorous opposition to self, wherein sincerity is most evident.
Can #3 be rewritten:
Evidence that our faith is sincere is foundational to our peace with God. And sincerity is most evident in a believer's vigorous opposition to self, or mortification.
