from sins and must sin every day, since they still have remnants of their old nature. Nevertheless, what the apostle argues stands unalterable—namely, that the purpose of regeneration is to destroy sin, and that all who are born of God lead a righteous and a holy life because the Spirit of God restrains the lusting of sin. The apostle means the same thing by God’s seed, for God’s Spirit so forms the hearts of the godly for holy affections that the flesh and its lusts do not prevail, but being subdued