The divine life in three treatises

This Holy Word is the Immortal seed that begetteth Holiness in the soul, which is the second subject of derived Holiness; And this our Holiness is a conformity of the soul to the Law, as the Product of the Holy Will of God, and not a mere conformity to his predictions, and decreeing Will as such. It is a separation to God, but not every separation: Pharaoh was set apart to be the Passive monument of the Honour of Gods Name: and Cyrus was his servant to restore his people, and yet not thus Holy: But it is a separation from common and unclean uses; and a Purgation from polluting vice, and a renovation by reception of the Image of Gods Holiness, whose Nature is to incline the soul to God, and devote it wholly to him; both in Justice, because we are his own, and in Love, because he is most Holy and perfectly Good.

This Holy Word is the Immortal seed that begetteth Holiness in the soul, which is the second subject of derived Holiness; And this our Holiness is a conformity of the soul to the Law, as the Product of the Holy Will of God, and not a meer conformity to his predictions, and decreeing Will as such. It is a separation to God, but not every separation: Pharaoh was set apart to be the Passive monument of the Honour of Gods Name: and Cyrus was his servant to restore his people, and yet not thus Holy: But it is a separation from common and unclean uses; and a Purgation from polluting vice, and a renovation by reception of the Image of Gods Holiness, whose Nature is to encline the soul to God, and devote it wholly to him; both in Justice, because we are his own, and in Love, because he is most Holy and perfectly Good.

The third subject of Holiness is those creatures that are but separated to Holy uses, and these have but a Relative Holiness, and secundum quid: As the Temple, the holy utensils, the Bible as to the materials, the Minister, as an Officer, the people as visible members, &c.