A Goodly Heritage

They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. — Gal. 5:24. Repentance, or true conversion, is the work of the Holy Spirit, under the influence of which, man, through the law , acknowledges his sin, and the wrath of God provoked against it; and earnestly mourns over his offences; and then, understanding, through the Gospel , the grace of God, by faith in Christ Jesus, he obtains the remission of his sins. By this repentance, the mortification or crucifying of the flesh, and of all carnal lusts and pleasures, is carried on; together with the quickening of the spirit, or the resurrection of the new man in Christ. Under the exercise of repentance, therefore, the old Adam, with his corruptions, dies within us; and Christ lives in us, by faith ( for we must be aware that these two are inseparably connected. The resurrection of the spirit follows the mortification of th...

Be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and ... put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. — Eph. 4:23, 24. The image of God in man, is the conformity of the soul of man, of his spirit and mind, of his understanding and will, and of all his faculties and powers, both bodily and mental, to God and the Holy Trinity. For the decree of the Holy Trinity was thus expressed: “ Let us make man in our image, after our likeness,” etc. Gen., 1:26. 2. It is evident, therefore, that, when man was created, the image of the Trinity was impressed on him, in order that the holiness, righteousness, and goodness of God, might shine forth in his soul; diffuse abundant light through his understanding, will, and affections; and visibly appear even in his life and conversation: that, consequently, all his actions, both inward and outward, might breathe nothing but div...