Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
If we look into Rom. 8.22. we shall find that the whole creation is said to groan: for indeed the Bondage of Corruption, the burden of sin is very heavy and grievous: but, if we consider aright, we shall perceive, that tis Man, which hath drawn this burden upon the Creature; tis Man, that is out of order; Man, that is corrupted; Man, that is grown as old in sin as the world in years: and therefore tis Man, that must be set right again; tis He, that must be cleansed; tis He, even sinful Man, that must become New. And indeed if He be once right, then are all things well: if Man be once Renewed, there is nothing any longer Old: for He hath, as it were, all other things contained in Him; being (as he is called) that Microcosm, or lesser world, the Epitome of nature and of the works thereof; so that if He be New, then are all things so. ...
For more, see Henry Tozer on sinful man becoming new.
For more, see Henry Tozer on sinful man becoming new.
