Sentence:  But He set a bound to his [ <WSD>state</WSD> of ] sin , by interposing death , and thus causing sin to cease , putting an end to it by the dissolution of the flesh , which should take place in the earth , so that man , ceasing at length to live in sin , and dying to it , might live to God '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the way something is with respect to its main attributes