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A53731	A treatise of the dominion of sin and grace wherein sin's reign is discovered, in whom it is, and in whom it is not : how the law supports it, how grace delivers from it, by setting up its dominion the heart / by John Owen ...	Owen, John, 1616-1683.	1688 (1688)	Wing O812; ESTC R3626	60,758	151

trial least they should be found out and appear to themselves in their ugly shapes whilst they are willing that all the World should have a good Opinion of them under which they cannot admit of any inward disturbances but desire to sleep in a whole Skin OTHERS there are sincere broken-hearted Believers scared at the Rock of Presumption on which they see so many Professors wracked daily are apt to fall upon the other Extream and too wrongfully to free Grace condemn themselves as being under the Dominion of Sin and therefore censure themselves to be under the Law and Wrath notwithstanding all their seeming Faith and Holiness calling that Presumption and this Hypocrisy Hence returning to a kind of Spirit of Bondage again to fear their Faith is shaken by prevailing Unbelief their Peace is broken and all Gospel Ordinances rendred ineffectual as to their true Ends of profit Edification and Comfort Hence though they are truly under Grace they do not know or rather through Temptation will not acknowledge it but go mourning all the day long because of the Oppressor and the Enemy But I beseech such a poor Soul to consider a little and not to receive the Grace of God in vain dost thou groan under the Vsurpation and Oppression of remaining Sin and is this the Dominion of it Is there no difference between Sin 's Dominion and Sin 's Tyranny and Vsurpation Dominion is upon account of right of Conquest or subjection there is upon both that Sin reigns in carnal and unregenerate Men who yield up their Members as instruments of Vnrighteousness unto Sin but you reckon your selves dead unto Sin having no joy in its prevalency but grief being planted in this respect in the likeness of Christ's Death who died unto Sin once but dieth no more Sin shall have no more Dominion over him likewise reckon ye also your selves dead indeed unto Sin but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord i. e. To be under Grace to put your self freely and joyfully under the Conduct and Dominion of Jesus Christ and to keep up a continual fight and opposition against the prevailing Power of Sin. Indeed Sin will often as an Out-lying watchful Enemy make its assaults and incursions on the best of God's Children as it did on David Hezekiah Peter and though it may make breaches upon them Sin shall not have a Dominion and set up a Throne of Inquity in their Hearts Grace will beat out Sin 's Throne for indeed the words of this Text that is the subject of the ensuing Treatise carry the force of a promise to the Saints to animate and encourage them to fight against Sin under the Banner of our Lord Jesus the Captain of our Salvation made perfect through Sufferings For Sin shall not have Dominion c. IN treating of which Text this late Learned and Reverend Author hath acted the part of a good Work Man that rightly divided the Word of God as in all his other Writings of the like nature giving every one their portion as it belongs to them with so much perspicuity and demonstration that if Christian Reader thou wilt afford a little time and pains to read meditate dilate and digest well the Truths here laid before thee through the blessing of the God of all Grace thou wilt find much satisfaction and real spiritual advantage unto thy Soul either to awaken and recover thee from under the Dominion of Sin the dangerous and palpable Symptoms thereof being here plainly made manifest or else to discover thy happy estate in being taken from under the Law and brought under the Dominion of Grace whereby thou maist assume great Encouragement to thy self to proceed more chearfully in running the Race set before thee IT 'S enough to say that the Author hath left his Encomium firmly rooted in the minds of all Pious and Learned Men that are acquainted with his Writings Polemick or Practical Yea his Renown will always be great in after Generations among the Churches of Christ and all true Lovers of the great Truths of the Gospel And that he is the Author of this small Tract is sufficient to recommend it to thy most serious Perusal taking this assurance that it was left among other Writings of great value thus perfected for the Press by his own hand and is now by his worthy Relict published for the Benefit of others besides her self I doubt not but thou wilt say that it will answer the several Lines that hath been drawn in thy Heart by Sin or Grace as Face answereth Face in a Glass and that this may be the effect of thy Perusal thereof in order to thy spiritual and eternal Wellfare is the hearty desire and prayer of Thy unfeigned Well-wisher J. C. THE CONTENTS CHAP. I. WHAT Sin is consistent with the State of Grace and what not Sin 's great Design in all to obtain Dominion It hath it in Vnbelievers and contends for it in Believers The ways by which it acts Page 1 CHAP. II. The Enquiries for understanding the Text proposed the first spoken to viz. What is the Dominion of Sin which we are freed from and discharged of by Grace Page 9 CHAP. III. The Second Enquiry spoken to Whether Sin hath Dominion in us or no In answer to which it 's shewed That some wear Sin 's Livery and they are the professed Servants thereof There are many in which the Case is dubious where Sin 's service is not so discernable Several Exceptions are put in against its Dominion where it seems to prevail Some certain Signs of its Dominion Graces and Duties to be exercised for its Mortification Page 32 CHAP. IV. Hardness of Heart spoken to as an eminent sign of Sin 's Dominion and is shewed that it ought to be considered as total or partial Page 72 CHAP. V. The Third Enquiry handled viz. What is the assurance given us and what are the Grounds thereof that Sin shall not have Dominion over us The Ground of this assurance is That we are not under the Law but Grace The Force of this Reason shewed viz. How the Law doth not destroy the Dominion of Sin and how Grace dethrones Sin and gives Dominion over it Page 92 CHAP. VI. The Practical Observations drawn from and Application made of the whole Text. Page 100. A TREATISE OF THE DOMINION OF Sin and Grace Rom. vi 14. For Sin shall not have Dominion over you for ye are not under the Law but under Grace CHAP. I. What Sin is consistent with the State of Grace and what not Sins great design in all to obtain Dominion It hath it in Vnbelievers and contends for it in Believers The ways by which it acts THE Psalmist treating with God in Prayer about Sin acknowledgeth that there are in all men unsearchable Errors of Life beyond all humane understanding or comprehension with such daily sins of Infirmity as stand in need of continual cleansing and Pardon Psal. xix 12. Who can understand his Errors cleanse thou

shewed that it ought to be considered as total or partial HARDNESS of Heart is either Total and Absolute or Partial and Comparative only TOTAL Hardness is either Natural and Universal or Judiciary in some particular Individuals NATURAL Hardness is the Blindness or Obstinacy of the Heart in Sin by Nature which is not to be cured by the use or application of any outward Means Hardness and impenitent Heart Rom. ij 5. This is that Heart of Stone which God promises in the Covenant to take away by the Efficacy of his Almighty Grace Ezek. xxxvi 26. Where this Hardness abides uncured unremoved there Sin is absolutely in the Throne this therefore we do not enquire about JUDICIARY Hardness is either immediately from God or it is by the Devil through his Permission IN the first way God is said frequently to harden the Hearts of Men in their Sins and unto their Ruine as he did with Pharaoh and he doth it in general Two ways 1. By with-holding from them those supplies of Light Wisdom and Understanding without which they cannot understand their Condition see their Danger nor avoid their Ruine 2. By with-holding the Efficacy of the means which they enjoy for their Conviction and Repentance yea and giving them an Efficacy unto their Obduration Isa. vi 9 10. And concerning this divine Induration we may observe 1. THAT it is the severest of divine Punishments in this World 2. That therefore it is not executed but towards those that are habitually wicked and so do of choice harden themselves in their Sins Rom. i. 26 28. 3. For the most part it respects some especial Times and Seasons wherein are the turning points for Eternity 4. That the Condition of those so hardned is remediless and their Wounds uncurable WHERE any are thus hardned there is no Question about the Dominion of Sin. Such an Heart is its Throne its proper Seat next to Hell. THERE is a Judiciary Hardness which Sathan through God's Permission brings on men 2 Cor. iv 4. And there are many ways whereby he doth effect it not here to be insisted on BUT there is an Hardness of Heart that is indeed but partial and comparative whatever appearance it may make of that which is total and absolute where the Enquiry ariseth whether it be an Evidence of the Dominion of Sin or no. THERE is an Hardness of Heart which is known and lamented in them in whom it is Hereof the Church complains Isa. lxiij 17. O Lord why hast thou hardened our Heart from thy Fear or suffered it so to be not healing not recovering our Hardness And there are sundry things which concurr in this kind of Hardness of Heart As 1. WANT of readiness to receive divine Impressions from the Word of God. When the Heart is soft and tender it is also humble and contrite and ready to tremble at the word of God. So it is said of Josia that his Heart was tender and he humbled himself before the Lord when he heard his Word 2 Kings xxij 18 19. This may be wanting in some in a great measure and they may be sensible of it They may find in themselves a great unreadiness to comply with divine Warnings Reproofs Calls They are not affected with the Word preached but sometimes complain that they sit under it like Stocks and Stones They have not an experience of its Power and are cast into the mould of it Hereon they apprehend that their Hearts are hardned from the fear of God as the Church complains There is indeed no better frame of Heart to be attained in this Life then that whereby it is to the Word as the Wax to the Seal fit and ready to receive Impressions from it A Frame that is tender to receive the Communications of the Word in all their Variety whether for Reproof Instruction or Consolation and the want hereof is a culpable Hardness of Heart 2. THERE belongs unto it an Affectedness with the guilt of Sin as unto the sorrow and Repentance that it doth require There is none in whom there is any spark of saving Grace but hath a gracious sorrow for Sin in some degree or other but there is a Proportion required between Sin and Sorrow Great Sins require great Sorrows as Peter on his great sin wept bitterly And all especial Aggravations of Sin require an especial sense of them This the Soul finds not in it self It bears the Thoughts of Sin and the Rebukes of Conscience without any great concussion or remorse It can pass over the charge of sin without relenting mourning dissolving in Sighs and Tears and it cannot but say sometimes thereon that its heart is like the Adamant or the Flint in the Rock this makes many fear that they are under the Dominion of Sin and they fear it the more because that fear doth not affect and humble them as it ought And it must be granted that all unaffectedness with sin all want of Humiliation and godly Sorrow upon it is from an undue hardness of Heart And they who are not affected with it have great reason to be jealous over themselves as even unto their spiritual State and Condition 3. OF the same kind in its measure is unaffectedness with the Sins of others among whom we live or in whom we are concerned To mourn for the sins of others is a duty highly approved of God Ezek. ix It argues the effectual working of many Graces as Zeal for the Glory of God Compassion for the Souls of Men Love to the Glory and Interest of Christ in the World. The want hereof is from hardness of Heart and it is that which abounds among us Some find not themselves at all concerned herein some make pretences why they need not so be or that it is not their Duty what is it unto them how wicked the World is it shall answer for its own Sins Nor are they moved when it comes nearer them If their Children come to Losses Ruine Poverty then they are affected indeed But so long as they flourish in the World be they Apostates from Profession be they Enemies to Christ do they avowedly belong unto the World and walk in the ways of it they are not much concerned especially if they are not scandalously Profligate But this also is from Hardness of Heart which will be bewail'd where Grace is vigilant and active 4. WANT of a due sense of Indications of divine displeasure is another Instance of this Hardness of Heart God doth oft-times give signs and tokens hereof whether as unto the publick State of the Church in the World or as unto our own Persons in Afflictions and Chastisements In the seasons hereof he expects that our Hearts should be soft and tender ready to receive Impressions of his Anger and pliable therein unto his Mind and Will. There are none whom at such a time he doth more abhorr than those who are stout-hearted little regarding him or the Operation of his Hands This in some measure may