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A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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Quest. But in what sense hath Christ redeemed justified Persons from Sin?
Quest. But in what sence hath Christ redeemed justified Persons from Sin?
Resp. A Reatu, from the Guilt of Sin, though not the Stain: Guilt is the binding a Person over to Punishment. Now, Christ hath redeemed a justified Person from the Guilt of Sin; he hath discharged his Debts. Christ saith to God's Justice, as Paul to Philemon, If he hath wronged thee any thing, or owes thee ought, put that on my account, Verse 18.
2. A justified Person is redeemed à Dominio, from the Power and Regency of Sin, though not the presence. Sin may furere, but not regnare, it may rage in a Child of God, but not reign: Lust did rage in David, Fear in Peter, but it did not reign; they recovered themselves by Repentance, Rom. 6.14. Sin shall not have dominion over you. Sin lives in a Child of God, but it is deposed from the Throne, it lives not as a King but a Captive.