"those who have been justified and have the forgiveness of sins are sinners, because they complain that they cannot do what they want. They fight, and they resist concupiscence and the inherent sickness; they crucify the flesh. Nevertheless, they cannot be completely set free, as Paul explains (Rom. 7:24): “Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?”
The antinomians will obscure this doctrine, and they will stress grace so much that they will blot it out and bring people under the wrath of God, because they will make people altogether unconcerned about God’s wrath and judgment, as though no sin remained and no fear of death and hell.
Accordingly, sin clings to the saints, and grace contends against it most vigorously. The struggle between the spirit and the flesh, between the serpent and the Seed, continues as long as this life lasts. The Seed crushes the head of the serpent, but the serpent lies in wait for the Seed and bites His heel (Gen. 3:15)."
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