Where the confusion began
Not discerning this, not observing the wide difference between being justified and being born again, has caused very great confusion of thought in many who have written on this subject. Particularly when they have attempted to explain this great privilege of the children of God, and to show how whoever is born of God does not commit sin.
1771 text
3. The not discerning this, the not observing the wide difference there is, between being justified and being born again, has occasioned exceeding great confusion of thought, in many who have treated on this subject: particularly when they have attempted to explain this great privilege of the children of God; to shew how whosoever is born of God, doth not commit sin.
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Catalogue & scope
Sermon 19 in the 1771 Works. First John 3:9.
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