Now we must know, that howsoever Mortification is a deadly wound-given unto sin, whereby it is disabled to bear any rule or commanding power in the heart of a regenerate man, yet we say, Mortification is not perfect- that is, it doth not so slay sin, that we have no sin at all in us, or that we cease to sin- for in the most regenerate and holiest man that lives, there is still the sap of sin in his heart- A tree may have withered branches by reason of some deadly wound given unto the root, and yet there may remain-some sap in the root which will in time bring forth other branches-