“We are crucified with him meritoriously, in that he procured the
Spirit for us to mortify sin; efficiently,
in that from his death virtue comes forth for our crucifying; in the way of a representation and exemplar we shall assuredly be crucified unto sin, as he was for
our sin. This is that the apostle intends: Christ by his death destroying the
works of the devil, procuring the Spirit for us, hath so killed sin, as to its
reign in believers, that it shall not obtain its end and dominion.” – John Owen, Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers, 85, in The Works of John
Owen, Volume 6: Temptation and Sin.
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