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

Secondly, In that by Christs death we are sanctified, there is implied, ¹That we of our selves are very impure and unclean, that we are like so many noisome dunghills. For our being unsanctified, doth imply,

Secondly, In that by Christs death we are sanctified, there is implied, ¹That we of our selves are very impure and unclean, that we are like so many noisome dunghils. For our being unsanctified, doth imply,

1. 1II. What is implied in our being sanctified by Christ.

1. Our filthiness or uncleanness; this is the state of every man till sanctified by Christ, he is like an unclean leper, his riches, his honours, his greatness, his parts, his morality doth not free him from this impurity, so that he ought to abhor himself as a monster, as a toad. This is the foundation of all our misery, that ⟨p. 516⟩we do not look upon our selves as so many vile carcasses, as so many dead dogs. Till this be laid as the first principle, Christ is not prized, Sanctification is not sought after: Oh therefore stand like the leprous person afar off, and cry out, I am unclean, unclean? Thou wouldst be ashamed as Adam was to come with this nakedness and filthiness upon thee into Gods presence.

1. Our filthiness or uncleanness; this is the state of every man till sanctified by Christ, he is like an unclean leper, his riches, his honours, his greatness, his parts, his morality doth not free him from this impurity, so that he ought to abhor himself as a monster, as a toad. This is the foundation of all our misery, that ⟨p. 516⟩