*But surely he that is under a necessity of sinning, as long as he lives, can no more be said to be cleansed from _all unrighteousness_, than a man who must be a cripple to his dying day, can be said to be cured of _all his lameness_. What weaker conclusion can well be made, than to infer, that because Christ was the only man, that was born and lived free from sin, therefore no man on earth can be raised to a freedom from sinning; no better than concluding, that because our _Redeemer_ could not find us any thing but _sinners_, therefore he must of all necessity leave us _sinners_. *The sober divine, who abhors the pride of Enthusiasts, saith of himself and all men, We are poor, blind, imperfect creatures, all our natural faculties are perverted, corrupted, and out of their right state, and therefore nothing that is perfect can come from us, or be done by us. Truth enough! and the very same truth, as when the apostle saith, _The natural man knoweth not the things that be of God_. But what scripture ever required perfect works from this man, any more than it requires the _Ethiopian_ to change his skin? Or what an instructed divine must he be, who considers this old natural man, as the Christian, and therefore rejects Christian perfection, because this _old man_ cannot attain to it? What greater blindness than to appeal to our fallen state, in proof of a corruption, which we must have, when we are redeemed from it? Is this any wiser, than saying, that sin and corruption must be there _where_ Christ is, because it is _there_, where he is not? *To what end do we pray, that this _day we may fall into no sin_, if no such day can be had? But if sinning can be made to cease in us for one day, what can do this for us, but that which can do the same to-morrow? What benefit in praying, that _God’s will may be done on earth, as it is in heaven_, if the earth as long as it lasts, must have as many sinners, as it has men upon it? How vainly does _the church_ pray for the baptized person, _that he may have power and strength to have victory, and to triumph against the devil, the world and the flesh_, if this victorious triumph can never be obtained? If notwithstanding this baptism and prayer, he must continue _committing_ sin, and so be a servant of sin, as long as he lives?