QUITE true, say they; yet the flesh is a sinner,
so much so, that it forces the soul to sin along with it. And thus they
vainly accuse it, and lay to its charge alone the sins of both. But in
what instance can the flesh possibly sin by itself, if it have not the
soul going before it and inciting it? For as in the case of a yoke of oxen,
if one or other is loosed from the yoke, neither of them can plough alone;
so neither can soul or body alone effect anything, if they be unyoked from
their communion. And if it is the flesh that is the sinner, then on its
account alone did the Saviour come, as He says, "I am not come to call
the righteous, but sinners to repentance." Since, then, the flesh has
been proved to be valuable in the sight of God, and glorious above all
His works, it would very justly be saved by Him.
