The death of Christ is their meritorious cause; the Spirit of God and his effectual grace their efficient, working instrumentally with power by the word and ordinances.
All attempts, then, for mortification of any lust, without an interest in Christ, are vain.
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All attempts, then, for mortification of any lust, without an interest in Christ, are vain.
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