The Renewal of the Evangelical Spirit

x Ephesians 4:17, 18, 19. original: "Ephef. 4. v.17.18.19."

[The spirits of men] have contracted even more x miseries through the same sin than the bodies of men have contracted. For the miseries of the Spirit are much more subtle and dangerous than those bodily miseries which are coarse and perceptible In the original French "sensible," meaning things that can be felt by the physical senses., whereas the spiritual miseries of the understanding are hidden, and indeed sometimes unknown to the person who is burdened by them. y Romans 1:22. original: "Rom. 1. v. 22." y For how many are there in the world who think they are wise when they are great fools, and whose spirits are filled with foolish ideas of vain and unreasonable imaginations, which they put into effect to their own ruin, the loss of their lives, or the salvation of their souls? And all this is often done when they think they are doing the best; so much have their spirits been z Psalm 49:13, 14, and 21. original: "Pfal. 49. v. 13. 14. & 21." z rendered brutish original: "abrutis." To be made like a beast, lacking the divine light of reason. by sin, that they are almost no longer capable of making a sound judgment.

### XV. ### It is to corruption that the Evangelical Law is impossible: but not to the grace of God.

How then can it be that such a corrupted spirit could understand divine truths or the Evangelical Law The moral and spiritual requirements set forth in the Gospels. with this brutish mind and this so infirm body? It is in this sense that these Reformers Referring to the Protestant leaders and their followers. preach and teach the people that it is impossible to keep the Evangelical Law. This is true when considering only the miseries and the weakness of man corrupted by sin, without looking to THE POWER OF GOD’S GRACE. This is what a Matthew 19:24, 25, 26. original: "Matt. 19. v.24. 25. 26." a Jesus Christ wished to make his Apostles understand, when they said to him: that it was therefore impossible for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God. To which Jesus Christ replied: it is impossible