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We believe that repentance and mortification involve a real, personal turning from sin—a weakening of the lusts of the old nature, a dying to the pleasures of sin, and a growing desire for heavenly things. This flows from union with Christ in His death and resurrection, apprehended by faith.
Samuel Rutherford
https://www.monergism.com/modest-survey-secrets-antinomianism-ebook A thousand praises and doxologies do not honour God so much as the mortifying of one lust.The Ten Commandments, 37
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