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3. Thy quickening Spirit, is a Spirit of sanctification; such was the Spirit, whereby Christ was raised, he was declared mightily to be the Son of God, ¹according to the Spirit of sanctification, by the resurrection from the dead. That same Spirit which raised up ⟨p. 454⟩Jesus Christ, was that same divine Spirit which sanctified his humane nature wherein it dwelt; and such is that quickening Spirit to all in whom it dwelleth; it is a Spirit of holiness, and it works holiness, changing the heart, and turning the bent of it from sin to holiness.² If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away, behold all things are become new. q. d. When once the believer is by an act of faith passed over unto Christ, there goes immediately from the Spirit of Christ into his soul an effectual power, which alters and changes the frame of the whole man; now he is not the same that he was; he is changed in his company, in his discourse, in his practise; he is changed in his nature, judgment, will, affections; he is sanctified throughout in soul, body, and Spirit; O my soul, try thy self by this sign, dost thou find such an inward change wrought in the soul? dost thou find the law of God, a law of holiness written on thy hear? dost thou find a law within thee contrary to the law of sin, commanding with authority that which is holy and good? so that thou canst say with the Apostle, I delight in the law of God after the inward man? ³and with my mind I my self serve the law of God? if so, surely this is no other, but the law of the spirit of life in Jesus Christ; or the law of this quickening Spirit, communicated from Christ, unto thy soul.

3. Thy quickening Spirit, is a Spirit of sanctification; such was the Spirit, whereby Christ was raised, he was declared mightily to be the Son of God, ¹according to the Spirit of sanctification, by the resurrection from the dead. That same Spirit which raised up ⟨p. 454⟩