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baptism. When you see that your old man is crucified with Christ, that the body of sin may be destroyed, you will take courage against sin, and will refuse to serve it, since by Christ you are freed from the dominion of it. When you thus by faith put on the Lord Jesus Christ, Rom. xiii. 14, you shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh.

2d. Grieve heartily for your sins, James iv. 9, Job xlii. 6, 2 Cor. vii. 10; conceive deadly hatred against them, and displeasure against yourself for them. These, like a corrosive, will eat out the life and power of sin.

3d. Make no provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts of it, Rom. xiii. 14; but be sober in the use of all worldly things, 1 Cor. vii. 29 - 31; this, by little and little, will starve sin.

4th. Avoid all objects and occasions of sin, Job xxxi. 1, Prov. xxiii. 20 - 31; yea, abstain from the appearance of it, 1 Thess. v. 22; this will disarm sin.

5th. When you feel any motion unto sin, whether it arise from within, or come from without, resist it speedily and earnestly, by the sword of the Spirit, the word of God, 1 Peter v. 9, Acts viii. 20, as your Saviour did, Matt. iv. 4, and as Joseph did, Gen. xxxix. 9; for which cause it must dwell plentifully in you, Col. iii. 16. Thus you shall kill sin.

That you may strengthen the inner man by the Spirit, whereby you may not only mortify the deeds of the flesh, but bring forth the fruits of the Spirit, do thus:

1st. Apply Christ, risen from the dead, to yourself particularly, Rom. iv. 24, 25, vi. 4; believing that God by the same power quickens you, and raises you together with Christ, Eph. ii. 5, 6; to walk in newness of life; reckoning yourself now to be alive unto God, Rom. vi. 9 - 11; being dead unto sin, and become the servant of righteousness. This believing in Christ, embracing and relying upon him, as set forth in the precious promises of the gospel, 2 Peter i. 4, does draw virtue from Christ into your heart, and does more and more incorporate you into him; and by it,