Before The Work Of Grace The Heart

Leanness Of Body And Soul May Go Together.

Sin Also Carries On Its War By Entangling The Affections And Drawing Them Into An Alliance Against The Mind. Grace May Be Enthroned In The Mind, But If Sin Controls The Affections, It Has Seized A Fort From Which It Will Continually Assault The Soul. Hence, As We Shall See, Mortification Is Chiefly Directed To Take Place Upon The Affections.

In The Divine Scriptures, There Are Shallows And There Are Deeps; Shallows Where The Lamb May Wade, And Deeps Where The Elephant May Swim.

As A Tender And Loving Friend Is Grieved At The Unkindness Of His Friend... So Is It With This Tender And Loving Spirit, Who Hath Chosen Our Hearts For A Habitation To Dwell In.

Mortification Is The Soul's Vigorous Opposition To Self, Wherein Sincerity Is Most Evident.