Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachi the…Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachy the…

2. We are freed from the Predominancy of sin, Rom. 6.14. Sin shall not have dominion, or as the word is [Greek or Hebrew], it shall not Lord it over you. Though Believers are not freed from the In-being of sin, nor from the Combat with it, yet they are freed from its Imperious command. As it is said of those beasts in Daniel, they had their Dominion taken away, yet their Lives were prolonged for a season, Dan. 7.12. So sin Lives in the Regenerate, but its Dominion is taken away. And to be thus freed from the jurisdictive power and tyranny of sin is no small blessing. A Wicked man is at the command of sin, as the Ass is at the command of the driver: the curse of Ham is upon him, Gen. 9.25. A Servant of Servants shall he be. He is a slave to his Lusts, and a slave to Satan. O what a privilege is it to have ones neck out of the Devils Yoke!

2. We are freed from the Predominancy of sin, Rom. 6.14. Sin shall not have dominion, or as the word is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, it shall not Lord it over you. Though Believers are not freed from the In-being of sin, nor from the Combate with it, yet they are freed from its Imperious command. As it is said of those beasts in Daniel, they had their Dominion taken away, yet their Lives were prolonged for a season, Dan. 7.12. So sin Lives in the Regenerate, but its Dominion is taken away. And to be thus freed from the jurisdictive power and tyranny of sin is no small blessing. A Wicked man is at the command of sin, as the Asse is at the command of the driver: the curse of Cham is upon him, Gen. 9.25. A Servant of Servants shall he be. He is a slave to his Lusts, and a slave to Satan. O what a priviledge is it to have ones neck out of the Devils Yoak!