Peccatum furit sed non regnat
A justified person is redeemed a dominio, (from the master) from the power and
regency of sin, though not from the presence. Sin may furere, (to rage) but not regnare (to reign);
it may rage in a child of God, but not reign. Lust raged in David, and fear in
Peter, but it did not reign; they recovered themselves by repentance. 'Sin
shall not have dominion over you.' Rom 6:14. Sin lives in a child of God, but
is deposed from the throne; it lives not as a king, but a captive.
Thomas Watson
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