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Of the Mortification of sin in Believers

by John Owen

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A searching Puritan treatise on mortification grounded in Romans 8:13. Owen argues that only Spirit-empowered believers are called and equipped to wage war against indwelling sin — not the unregenerate, and not by self-invented disciplines. With pastoral urgency he dismantles Roman Catholic and moralistic approaches to self-denial, then offers concrete directions for killing particular lusts: examining symptoms, burdening the conscience, meditating on God's majesty, and drawing on Christ's death. A classic of Reformed practical theology.
Chapters
14
Word count
39,375
Type
Treatise
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Table of contents

  1. 01 Chapter 1. The Foundation of the Discourse in Romans 8:13 1,952 words
  2. 02 Chapter 2. The Necessity of Mortification 3,656 words
  3. 03 Chapter 3. The Spirit the Only Author of Mortification 2,216 words
  4. 04 Chapter 4. The Usefulness of Mortification 1,510 words
  5. 05 Chapter 5. What It Is to Mortify Sin 1,907 words
  6. 06 Chapter 6. The Mortification of Sin in Particular 2,388 words
  7. 07 Chapter 7. General Rules for Mortification 3,462 words
  8. 08 Chapter 8. Universal Sincerity Required 1,440 words
  9. 09 Chapter 9. Consider the Dangerous Symptoms of Any Lust 3,212 words
  10. 10 Chapter 10. Get a Clear Sense of the Guilt and Danger of Sin 2,979 words
  11. 11 Chapter 11. Load the Conscience with Guilt; Further Directions 3,017 words
  12. 12 Chapter 12. Thoughtfulness of the Excellency of the Majesty of God 3,611 words
  13. 13 Chapter 13. Speak No Peace to the Heart Until God Speaks It 3,966 words
  14. 14 Chapter 14. Act Faith on Christ for the Killing of Sin 3,995 words
Front matter (1 section)

Title Page

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.

The third edition.

London, Printed for Nathanael Ponder, at the Peacock in the Poultrey near Cornhill, and in Chancery-lane near Fleet-street, 1668.

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