his own, that God might be reconciled to him, who without intolerable diminution to himself could never otherwise have shown him favour, he had always carried about him the καρδίαν ἀμεταμέλητον, the heart that could not repent. The “carnal mind,” which is “enmity against God, is neither subject to him nor can be,” had remained in full power; there had never been any stooping or yielding on man’s part. And there had remained, besides, all manner of impurities: fleshly lusts had retained the throne;