by John Owen – March 5th, 2019 Chapter 9  PREPARATORY DIRECTIONS  Dangerous Symptoms (Continued) b. Secret pleas Secret pleas of the heart for its own defense, and to keep up its peace—notwithstanding the abiding of a lust, without a vigorous gospel attempt for its mortification—is another danger-ous symptom of a deadly distemper in the heart. … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin