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• Indwelling sin always abides whilst we are in this world; therefore it is always to be mortified. Abides
• Mortification from a self-strength, carried on by ways of self-invention, unto the end of a self-righteousness, is the soul and substance of all false religion… All
• There is not a day but sin foils or is foiled, prevails or is prevailed on; and it will be so whilst we live in… Day
• Now nothing can prevent this but mortification; that withers the root and strikes at the head of sin every hour, so that whatever it aims… Aim
• Sin will be always acting, if we be not always mortifying, we are lost creatures... Acting
• By faith ponder on this, that though thou art no way able in or by thyself to get the conquest over thy distemper, though thou… Able
• When sin lets us alone we may let sin alone; but as sin is never less quiet than when it seems to be most quiet,… All
• He that stands still and suffers his enemies to double blows upon him without resistance, will undoubtedly be conquered in the issue. Blow
• Let not that man think he makes any progress in holiness who walks not over the bellies of his lusts. He who doth not kill… Any
• Spiritual wisdom consists in finding out the subtleties, policies, and depths of any indwelling sin... to trace this serpent in all its turnings and windings;… Able
• Let, then, the word be preached, and the sins of men will be rebuked, lust will be restrained, and some oppositions will be made against… Aimed
• Longing, breathing, and panting after deliverance is a grace in itself, that has a mighty power to conform the soul into the likeness of the… Breathing
• So great an advantage is given to sin and Satan by your temper and disposition, that without extraordinary watchfulness, care, and diligence, they will prevail… Advantage
• When the heart is once won to rest in God, to repose himself on him, he will assuredly satisfy it. He will never be as… Any
• It being our duty to mortify... we must be at work. He that is appointed to kill an enemy, if he leave striking before the… Appointed
• He who finds not opposition from [sin]... is at peace with it, not dying to it. Dying
• The good Lord send out a spirit of mortification to cure our distempers, or we are in a sad condition! Condition
• He works in us and with us, not against us or without us; so that his assistance is an encouragement to the facilitating of the… Assistance
• A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit. Easier
• To kill sin is the work of living men; where men are dead (as all unbelievers, the best of them, are dead), sin is alive,… Alive

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