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A53715 Of the mortification of sin in believers: the 1. Necessity, 2. Nature, and 3. Means of it. With a resolution of sundry cases of conscience thereunto belonging. By John Owen, D.D. a servant of Jesus Christ in the work of the Gospel. Owen, John, 1616-1683. 1668 (1668) Wing O787; ESTC R214591 86,730 191

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but_o of_o they_o and_o their_o mortification_n more_o afterward_o chap._n 8._o that_o the_o way_n and_o mean_n to_o be_v use_v for_o the_o mortification_n of_o sin_n invent_v by_o they_o be_v still_o insist_v on_o and_o prescribe_v for_o the_o same_o end_n by_o some_o who_o shall_v have_v more_o light_a and_o knowledge_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v know_v such_o direction_n to_o this_o purpose_n have_v of_o late_o be_v give_v by_o some_o and_o be_v greedy_o catch_v at_o by_o other_o profess_v themselves_o protestant_n as_o may_v have_v become_v popish_a devotionist_n three_o or_o four_o hundred_o year_n ago_o such_o outside_n endeavour_n such_o bodily_a exercise_n such_o self-performance_n such_o mere_o legal_a duty_n without_o the_o least_o mention_n of_o christ_n or_o his_o spirit_n be_v varnish_v over_o with_o swell_a word_n of_o vanity_n for_o the_o only_a mean_n and_o expedient_n for_o the_o mortification_n of_o sin_n as_o discover_v a_o deep_a root_a unacquaintedness_n with_o the_o 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