Try yourselves by this. Are you thus upon the Lord's side? Is sin a burden to your souls? Is holiness of character the object of your desires and labours? Are you contending against the predominance of unholy appetites, passions, and pursuits? Are you resisting the prevalence of a carnal, worldly mind? Do you feel it to be the greatest of all evils to be alienated from God? Is it your daily prayer, that he would deliver you from the bondage and danger of such a spirit? Does the consciousness of sin, however involuntary, fill you with grief? If you have no experience of this inward conflict, and are not daily, by the Spirit of God dwelling in you, resisting the power of sin and death, you cannot be on the Lord's side.

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