The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…

Commonly it is called Nature, Grace and Glory: But either the terms [Grace and Glory] must be plainlier expounded, or that distribution is not sound: If by Grace be meant all the extrinsic medicinal preparations made by Christ; and if by [Glory] be meant only the Holiness of the soul, the sense is good: But in common use those words are otherwise understood. Sanctification is usually ascribed to the Holy Ghost: but Glorification in Heaven, is the perfective effect of all the three persons in our state of perfect union with God, Rom. 15.16. Titus 3.5, 6. But yet in the work of Sanctification it self, the Trinity undividedly concur: And so in the sanctifying and raising the Church, the Apostle distinctly calleth the act of the Father, by the name of Operation; and the work of the Son by the name of Administration, and the part of the Holy Ghost by the name of Gifts, 1 Cor. 12.4, 5, 6. And in respect to these sanctifying Operations of God, ad extra, the same Apostle distributeth them thus, 2 Cor. 13.14. The Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God, and the Communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all: Where by God, seemeth to be meant all the persons in the Trinity in their perfection; but especially the Father as the Fountain of Love, and as expressing Love by the Son and the Spirit; and by the Grace of Christ, is meant all that gracious provision he hath made for mans salvation, and the Relative application of it, by his intercession, together with his mission of the holy Spirit. And by the Communion of the Spirit is meant that actual communication of Life, Light and Love to the soul it self, which is eminently ascribed to the Spirit.

Commonly it is called Nature, Grace and Glory: But either the terms [Grace and Glory] must be plainlier expounded, or that distribution is not sound: If by Grace be meant all the extrinsick medicinal preparations made by Christ; and if by [Glory] be meant only the Holiness of the soul, the sense is good: But in common use those words are otherwise understood. Sanctification is usually ascribed to the Holy Ghost: but Glorification in Heaven, is the perfective effect of all the three persons in our state of perfect union with God,