Sentence:  But He set a bound to his [ state 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 <WSD>earth</WSD> , 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 loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface