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So with your soul. Come to the decision once for all: "every known sin shall go  if there is a deliverance to be had, I will have it." Put the Cross of Christ, in its mysterious delivering power, irrevocably between you and sinning, and hold on there. SO WITH YOUR SOUL COME TO THE DECISION ONCE FOR ALL EVERY KNOWN SIN SHALL GO IF THERE IS A DELIVERANCE TO BE HAD I WILL HAVE IT PUT THE CROSS OF CHRIST IN ITS MYSTERIOUS DELIVERING POWER IRREVOCABLY BETWEEN YOU AND SINNING AND HOLD ON THERE
utting on" the latter. Take a practical instance. An old habit of doubting and fearing asserts itself in your soul, alive and strong. You have two things to do. Close the door upon the doubt: shut your eyes to it: reckon yourself dead to it. And then reckon into life the new-born growth of faith in your soul, and put all your force into believing: lift up your eyes to the God in Whom you believe: believe in the teeth of everything, as if the cause for doubt were not there. Then the sap, ceasing from feeding the old shoot, will flow into the new. But is it an act, or a gradual process, this "putting off the old man?" It is both. It is a resolve taken once for all, but carried out in detail day by day. The first hour that the sap begins to withdraw, and the leaf-stalk begins to silt up, the leaf's fate is sealed: there is never a moment's reversal of the decision. Each day that follows is a steady carrying out of the plant's purpose: "this old leaf shall die, and the new leaf shall live.  THE NEW PUTTING OFF THE FORMER PUTTING ON THE LATTER TAKE A PRACTICAL INSTANCE AN OLD HABIT OF DOUBTING AND FEARING ASSERTS ITSELF IN YOUR SOUL ALIVE AND STRONG YOU HAVE TWO THINGS TO DO CLOSE THE DOOR UPON THE DOUBT SHUT YOUR EYES TO IT RECKON YOURSELF DEAD TO IT AND THEN RECKON INTO LIFE THE NEW BORN GROWTH OF FAITH IN YOUR SOUL AND PUT ALL YOUR FORCE INTO BELIEVING LIFT UP YOUR EYES TO THE GOD IN WHOM YOU BELIEVE BELIEVE IN THE TEETH OF EVERYTHING AS IF THE CAUSE FOR DOUBT WERE NOT THERE THEN THE SAP CEASING FROM FEEDING THE OLD SHOOT WILL FLOW INTO THE NEW BUT IS IT AN ACT OR A GRADUAL PROCESS THIS PUTTING OFF THE OLD MAN IT IS BOTH IT IS A RESOLVE TAKEN ONCE FOR ALL BUT CARRIED OUT IN DETAIL DAY BY DAY THE FIRST HOUR THAT THE SAP BEGINS TO WITHDRAW AND THE LEAF STALK BEGINS TO SILT UP THE LEAF'S FATE IS SEALED THERE IS NEVER A MOMENT'S REVERSAL OF THE DECISION EACH DAY THAT FOLLOWS IS A STEADY CARRYING OUT OF THE PLANT'S PURPOSE THIS OLD LEAF SHALL DIE AND THE NEW LEAF SHALL LIVE
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