Chapter XX.
From whom we can learn the destruction of sin and
perfection of goodness.
Lastly
if you would like
to investigate more thoroughly whether it is possible for human nature
to attain sinlessness, from whom can we more clearly learn this than
from those who “have crucified the flesh with its faults and
lusts,” and to whom “the world is really
crucified”?
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Who though they
have not only utterly eradicated all faults from their hearts, but also
are trying to shut out even the thought and recollection of sin, yet
still day after day faithfully maintain that they cannot even for a
single hour be free from spot of sin.
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Gal. v. 24; vi. 14
.