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the wild beasts, ie. pride, self-complacency, discontent, self-dependence, strange doctrines, and the like would multiply and strengthen in the old man, insiduously, and overcome the new man and nothing would be done for the glory of God; but of man. I have often thought it strange that our heavenly Father does not eradicate all sin from the hearts of His converted people, but suffer the old man still to remain in the flesh, after renewing in us the spirit of holiness, and giving us the new man - Why we should be troubled any more by sin working in us, after He has quickened us by the Holy Spirit, cleansed us in the blood of Christ, and given us grace to strive to enter in at the straight gate; but these few words of His Holy Book opens up the truth. Here is the reason why perfect sanctification is attained in the dark river Jordan only; and this is the reason why we must strive to be holy even as He is holy. As long as Israel was conscious of an enemy before him, against whom he must fight in order to inherit the land, he had a lively sense of his need of God his Saviour, and he strove manfully against the one and put his whole trust and confidence in the Other; but when he were? at ease in Zion he forgot God, trusted in