O that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When the Lord brings hack the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice and Israel shall he glad. Psalms 14:7. Divine answer. If the Son make you free then you are free indeed. John 8:37. See also John 8:31-32.
Not as if sin should be utterly destroyed, or entirely dead, and could not stir any more in the heart of believers. For the scripture speaks of them as having still the lusts and motions of sin. Galatians 5:13. But it imports only, that it has no power either to condemn, or reign over us, nay it shall be weakened more and more. Romans 6:12-14. So that Christ reigns in the heart even where sin dwells, in the midst of his enemies; and it is a dangerous error indeed, to believe that sin is destroyed to the root. If it were so, whence these frequent expressions and exhortations, to crucify, withstand, and rule over it? Galatians 5:24.
Now sits our Saviour on his throne,
With pity in his eyes:
He hears the dying prisoners’ groan,
And sees their sighs arise.
He frees the soul condemned to death.
And when his saints complain,
It shan’t be said, that praying breath
Was ever spent in vain.
This shall be known when we are dead,
And left on long record,
That ages yet unborn may ’read,
And trust and praise the Lord.