Guilt, power, and the being of sin

What follows, for some pages, answers a paper published in the Christian's Magazine. I am surprised Mr. Dodd should give that paper a place, because it is directly contrary to our ninth article.

But believers walk after the Spirit, Romans 8:1, and the Spirit of God dwells in them. Consequently, they say, believers are delivered from the guilt, the power, or, in one word, the being of sin.

These three are coupled together as if they were the same thing. But they are not the same thing. The guilt is one thing, the power another, and the being yet another. That believers are delivered from the guilt and the power of sin, we allow. That they are delivered from the being of it, we deny. Nor does this follow in any way from these texts. A person may have the Spirit of God dwelling in him, and may walk after the Spirit, though he still feels the flesh lusting against the Spirit.