Wesley Corpus

“Quite expel the carnal mind.” “That there is no sin in a (weak) believer, no carnal mind, is contrary to the word of God.” 90. “From every evil motion freed.” “How naturally do men think, Sin has no motion; therefore it has no being !” But how does this prove that I contradict myself? 91. “All the struggle then is o'er.” These are two of my 92. “I wrestle not now.” brother’s expressions, which I do not subscribe to. 93. “God is thine: Disdain to fear The enemy within.” “Let us watch and pray against the enemy within.” Are these lines cited as implying the enemy was not within 2 Most unhappily. They mean, the enemy which is within. For the very next words, which Mr. H. himself cited but the page before, are, God shall in thy flesh appear, And make an end of sin. 94. “We wrestle not with “We wrestle both with flesh and blood when * we flesh and blood, and with are grown up in Christ. principalities,” while we are babes in Christ. No contradiction yet. 95. “Sin shall not in our flesh remain.” “Still he (the babe in Christ) feels the remains of the old man.” 96. “I cannot rest if sin in me “Sin remains in them remains.” still;”--in all weak believers. 97, 98, 99. My brother's. 100. “Do not the best of “We groan, being burdened men say, ‘We groan, being with numberless infirmities, burdened with the workings of temptations, and sins.”--This inbred corruption?’” This is wrong. It is not the mean is not the meaning of the ing of the text. I will put it text: The whole context out, if I live to print another shows the cause of that edition. So just one shot in groaning was, their longing a hundred has hit the mark. to be with Christ. . 101. “Nor does he that is “Many infirmities remain, born of God sin by infirmi whereby we are daily subject ties; for his infirmities have to what are called “sins of no concurrence of his will; infirmity.’ And they are in and without this, they are not some sense sins; as being properly sins.”--That is, they (involuntary) transgressions are not voluntary transgres of the perfect law.” sions of a known law. I see no contradiction here; but if there was, it ought not to have been mentioned.