2. In all his Relations towards Men.

1. As a Subject to his Prince, Tit. iii. 1. Rom. xiii. 1. 1 Pet. 2. 13.

2. An Husband or Wife, Eph. v. 22, 25, 37. 3. A Parent or Child, Eph. vi. 1, 2, 3, 4. 4. A Mafter or Servant, Eph. vi. 5, 6. 3. In his Words, Matt. xii. 36.

1. He dares not lie, Eph. iv. 25.

Non aliquando commitet Chriftianus ut lingua interpres animi a fenfu & cogitatione difcedat. Juft. 1. Lying proceeds from the Devil, John viii. 44

2. Contrary to the Nature of God, Tit. i. 2. 3. Hence it is an Abomination to him, Prov. xii. 22.

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2. He speaks Evil of no Man, Tit. iii. 2. Face iv. II.

2. In his Actions, he is juft and righteous, Matt. V. 20.

1. He doth Evil to none, Matt. vii. 12.

2. But all the Good he can to all, Gal. vi. 10, Fob xxxi. 19, 20, 22.

So that he, who is a true Saint, fhines as Light in the World, Phil. ii. 15. Matt.

V. 16.

USE.

Labour to be Saints:

Confider,

1. How miferable you are without Holiness. 1. Without it none of your Sins can be pardoned, Luke xiii. 3.

2. You can have no Peace, Ifa. xlviii. 22.

20, 21.

3. You can never get to Heaven, Heb. xii. 14.

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2. How happy you will be with it!

Saints are,

1. The wealthieft. Perfons in the World, 1 Tim. vi. 6. c. iv. 8. 1 Cor. iii. 22, 23. Pfal. cxliv. 15:

2. The moft honourable Perfons in the World, Ifa. xliii. 4. Pfal. xvi. 3. Honourable,

1. In their Titles, 1 Pet. ii. 9. Mal. iii. 17. 2. In their Relations:

Father, God, John i. 12.

Mother, the Church, Gal. iv. 26.

Brethren, Chrift and all Saints, Heb. ii. 11. 3. In their Retinue, Heb. i. 14. Pfal. xxxiv. 7. 2 Reg. 6. 17.

3. Hence they always live in Safety and Quiet, Prov. iii. 23, 24. No Evil shall befal

them, Rom. vii. 28.

4. Hence they live the moft pleasant and comfortable Lives of all Men, Prov. iii. 17. Phil. iv. 4. 1 Pet. i. 8.

5. They only get to Heaven, Matt. xxv. 46. Col. i. 12. 1 Cor. ii. 9.

ACTS

Acrs xxvi. 18.
ACTS

Among them which are fanctified by Faith that is in me.

are fanctified only by Faith in

WE Chrift.

I. Sanctification is not natural to us, neither can it be acquired by our own natural Powers and Faculties, Rom. viii. 7, 8. 2 Cor. iii. 5. Ephef. ii. 8. Jer. xiii. 23.

But it is infufed into us by God, Job. vi. 44. Lev. xx. &. Jer. xxxii. 39. Ezek. xi. 19. 2 Tim. ii. 25, 26.

II. Our Sanctification in Scripture is afcribed in a peculiar Manner to God the Holy Ghoft, as the immediate Author and Worker of it, 2 Theff. ii. 13. Rom. i. 4.

1. He enlightens our Minds, Ephef. i. 17, 18.
I Cor. ii. 10, 12.

2. He convinceth the Judgment, Job. xvi. 7.
3. He renews the Will, and fo regenerates and
fanctifies the whole Soul, Phil. ii. 13. Tit.
iii. 5. Job. iii. 5.

4. He guides and directs us in the Ways of
Holiness, Rom. viii. 14. 1 Cor. vi. 11.

III. The Holy Ghoft is fent upon us to fanctify and make us holy, only upon the Account of Christ's Merit and Mediation for us.

Therefore it is called the Spirit of Christ, Rom. viii. 9.

He promiseth to fend it, Job. xv. 26.

It was not given till Chrift's Afcenfion, Job. vii. 39.

When afcended, he fent it, Acts ii. 33.

So that it is by him only that we partake of it, Tit. iii. 5, 6. Rom. v. 5,6.

And whatsoever it does for us, it first receives it from Chrift, Job. xvi. 14.

For he proceeds from the Son as well as from the Father: And whatsoever he doth for us, is only because Chrift, from whence he proceeds, took our Nature upon him.

IV. Hence our Sanctification depends altogether upon Chrift's Merits and Interceffion for

us.

So that we are fanctified in him, 1 Cor. i. 2. He was made our Sanctification, 1 Cor. i. 30. He fanctifies us, Ephef. v. 25, 26, 27.

And gives us every Thing conducing there

unto:

1. Repentance, Acts v. 31.

2. Converfion, Acts iii. 26.

3. Faith, Heb. xii. 2. Luke xvii. 5. cap. xxii. 32. 4. Grace and Power to do good Works, Job. xv. 4, 5. Phil. 4. 12, 13.

Yea, this was the great End of his Death and Paffion for us, Tit. ii. 14. Gal. i. 4. Heb. ix. 14. I Pet. i. 18.

So that whatsoever Grace we have, we muft thank Chrift for it, Rom. vii. 24, 25.

V. The Way whereby we partake of this Sar&ification in and through Chrift, is by believing. in him.

By Faith that is in me.

I Joh. v. 5. Gal. ii. 20. Acts xv. 9. Job. xv. 5. Acts xvi. 31,

This therefore is the firft and great Thing which we are to believe in Chrift for, even for our Sanctification.

Which Faith may be attained by,

1. Prayer, Luke xi. 13. Fac. i. 5.
2. Hearing, Rom. x. 17.

3. Meditation, confidering especially what
ftrong Grounds we have to believe, even the
Infallibility of God and his Word, Heb. vi.
17, 18.

4. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, Acts

ii. 42.

This comprizes all the reft.

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