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JOHN OWEN, D.D.
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BY THOMAS RUSSELL, M.A.
MEMOIRS OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS, BY WILLIAM ORME.
VOL. XIIL
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CONTAINING
THE NATURE, POWER, DECEIT, AND PREVALENCY, /
OI' THE REMAINDERS OF INDWELLING SIN IN BELIEVERS; AND ^ •M'ONHMA TOY nNEYMATOS; OR, THE GRACE AND DUTY OF BEING SPIRITUALLY MINDED.
LONDON:
PRINTKD FOR R;CHARD BAYNES, 28, PATERNOSTER ROW:
And sold by J. Parker, Oxford ; Deij;liton and Sons, Cambridge ; D. Brown, Waiigh and Inncs, and U.S. l^aynes and Co. Edinburgh ; Chalmers and Collins, and M. Ogle, Glasgow ; M. Keenc, and R. M. Tims, Dublin.
1826.
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CONTENTS
THE THIRTEENTH VOLUME.
THE NATURE, POWER, DECEIT, AND PREVALENCY, OF THE REMAINDERS OF INDWELLING SIN IN BELIEVERS.
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The Preface iii
CHAP. I.
Indwelling sin in believers treated of by the apostle, Rom. vii. 21. The place explained 5
CHAP. II.
Indwelling sin a law. In what sense it is so called. What kind of law it is. An inward effective principle called a law. The power of sin thence evinced 12
CHAP. III.
The seat or subject of the law of sin. The heart ; what meant thereby. Pro- - perties of the heart as possessed by sin. Unsearchable. Deceitful. Whence that deceit ariseth. Improvements of these considerations ♦ 20
CHAP. IV.
Indwelling sin enmity against God. Thence its power. Admits of no peace nor rest. Is against God himself. Acts itself in aversalion from God ; and propensity to evil. Is universal. To all of God. In all of the soul. Constant. 28
CHAP. V.
Nature of sin farther discovered as it is enmity against God. Its avcrsatiou from all good opened. Means to prevent the effects of it prescribed 35
CHAP. VI.
The work of this enmity against God, by way of opposition. First, it lusteth. Wherein the lusting of sin consisteth. Its surprising of the soul. Readiness to close with temptations. Its (igliting and warring. 1. In rebellion against the law of grace. 2. In assaulting the soul 4o
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Page CHAP. VII.
The captivating power of indwelling sin, wherein it consisteth. The prevalency of sin, when from itself, when from temptation. The rage and madness that is in sin 59
CHAP. VIII.
Indwelling sin proved powerful from its deceit. Proved to be deceitful. The general nature of deceit. James i. 14. opened. How the mind is drawn off from its duty by the deceitfulness of sin. The principal duties of the mind in our obedience. The ways and means whereby it is turned from it 71
CHAP. IX.
The deceit of sin in drawing off the mind from a due attendance unto especial duties of obedience, instanced in meditation and prayer 86
CHAP. X.
The deceit of sin in drawing off the mind from its attendance unto particular duties farther discovered. Several things required in the mind of believers, with respect unto particular duties of obedience. The actings of sin in a way of deceit, to divert the mind from them 97
CHAP. XI.
The working of sin by deceit to entangle the affedtions. The ways whereby it is done. Means of their prevention 112
CH.\P. XII.
The conception of sin through its deceit. Wherein it consisteth. The consent of the will unto sin. The nature thereof. Ways and means whereby it is obtained. Other advantages made use of by the deceit of sin. Ignorance. Errors. 119
CHAP. XIII.
Several ways whereby the bringing forth of conceived sin is obstructed 131
CHAP. XIV.
The power of sin farther demonstrated by the effects it hath had in the lives of professors. First, in actual sins. Secondly, in habitual declensions 1.53
CHAP. XV.
Decays in degrees of grace caused by indwelling sin. The ways of its preva- lency to this purpose 1^''^
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Page CHAP. XVI.
The strength of indwelling sin, manifested from its power and effects in persons unregenerate 182
■■-■■■■-■■ CHAP. XVII.
The strength of sin evidenced from its resistance unto the power of the law • • • 195
■tPONHMA TOY nNEYMATOS; OR, THE GRACE AND DUTY OF BEING SPIRITUALLY MINDED.
Tlie Preface 209
CHAP. I. The words of the text explained 215
CHAP. II.
A particular account of the nature of this grace and duty of being spiritually minded. How it is stated in, and evidenced by, our thoughts 224
CHAP. III.
Outward means and occasions of thoughts of such spiritual things, which do not prove men to be spiritually minded. Preaching of the word. Exercise of gifts. Prayer. How we may know whether our thoughts of spiritual things in prayer are truly spiritual thoughts, proving us to be spiritually minded • • 233
CHAP. IV.
Other evidences of thoughts about spiritual tilings, arising from an internal prin- ciple of grace, whereby they are an evidence of our being spiritually minded. The abounding of these thoughts, how far, and wherein, such an evidence- • 253
CHAP. V.
The objects of spiritual thoughts, or what they are conversant about, evidencing them in whom they are to be spiritually minded. Rules directing unto steadiness in the contemplation of lieavenly things. Motives to fix our thoughts with steadiness in them 265