We finish a supplemental study on the Sixth Petition of the Lord's Prayer from the Puritan John Whitlock's sermons through Psalm 18:23 in his book, "The Great Duty of Keeping Ourselves from Iniquity," with chapters 8-9 regarding special sins, "Some Motives to This Duty" and "Ways and Means to Keep Yourself from Iniquity." Ch. 8, Motive 1) They will keep your soul from conversion if not a Christian, and if you are, they will much hinder and interrupt your communion with God; 2) They will push to to apostasy if not a Christian, and if you are, they will cause great decays of grace; 3) if you are unconverted, they will most torment your souls in hell forever, and if you are converted, they will cause the greatest wounds and gashes in your consciences here; 5) they will provoke God judicially to give you up to that lust; 6; these are the sins that the men of the world will take occasion from to reproach religion; 7) these are the sins that of all others will most weaken your graces and hinder their growth; and 8) they will most most put a sting into afflictions and into death and the thoughts of it, and make you incapable to bear the thoughts of death comfortably. Chapter 9, Direction 1) Endeavor to get a deep and thorough sense and conviction of the great sin and evil of this your special iniquity; 2) Be earnest and importunate in prayer to God ... for pardon and power ... special grace and strength against your special sins; 3) You who are believers ... add faith in Christ and the lively, vigorous actings of it upon Him; 4) Make use of the sword of the Spirit and the examples of saints; 5) Starve and sever them; 6) Grow in their opposite graces.
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Pastor Grant Van Leuven accepted the call to the Puritan Reformed Presbyterian Church (PRPC) in June of 2010, and moved with his family to San Diego at the end of August to begin serving the saints here. He was ordained and installed as pastor by the Session of the PRPC on...
