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And remark, in the elements even of this doctrine, necessarily, from its very nature, we are not called to die to sin. No such thought is in Scripture. We are called upon, as alive in Christ, to mortify every movement of sin; but not to die to it. We are alive in Christ who has died, and we are viewed as dead; and called upon to view ourselves as dead, because Christ, who is our life, has died. "I am crucified with Christ." (Gal. 2:20.) "They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh." (Rom. 5:24.) "Reckon yourselves to be dead." (Rom. 6:11.) "You have been planted together in the likeness of his death" (v. 5); "buried with Him unto death. (v. 4.) "Ye are dead." (Col. 3:3.) Such is the uniform language of Scripture. All the sentimental talk about crucifying being a lingering death, is the setting aside the plain and imperative sense of these passages. "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me." (Gal. 2:20.) We have died in Christ; that is the doctrine of Scripture.