CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

2. We are further to be Sanctified, because there remain Relics of corruption still to be subdued, Sanctifying grace doth expel sin but by degrees, Even as the heat by degrees doth expel the cold; Now the Apostle tells us, Gal. 6. what is in the hearts of all the godly, There are lusts rebelling against the Spirit, and there is a law of sin in our members, If then Sanctifying grace do not increase, sin will increase, If we be not further sanctified, we shall be further corrupted; The heart of a man is immediately susceptible of one of these either grace or sin; If then there be not more grace, there will be more sin, you cannot stand at a stay; If you swim not against the stream, the stream will bear thee down.

2. We are further to be Sanctified, because there remain Reliques of corruption still to be subdued, Sanctifying grace doth expell sinne but by degrees, Even as the heat by degrees doth expell the cold; Now the Apostle tels us, Gal. 6. what is in the hearts of all the godly, There are lusts rebelling against the Spirit, and there is a law of sinne in our members, If then Sanctifying grace do not encrease, sin will encrease, If we be not further sanctified, we shall be further corrupted; The heart of a man is immediatly susceptible of one of these either grace or sin; If then there be not more grace, there will be more sin, you cannot stand at a stay; If you swim not against the stream, the stream will bear thee down.

3. This is the end of all those afflictions and chastisements which God layeth upon us, that we should be more sanctified, John 15. Every branch is purged that it may bring forth more fruit; These are like the compost laid on the ground, these are the ploughing and the harrowing of the ground to make it more fruitful; The fire is to make the gold more pure from dross; The winnowing is to separate the Chaff from the Wheat, and thus are all Gods Dispensations which come in Severity