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Vindiciae legis, or, A vindication of the moral law and the covenants, from the…Vindiciae legis, or, A vindication of the morall law and the covenants, from the…
Vindiciae legis, or, A vindication of the moral law and the covenants, from the errors of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially, Antinomians in XXX lectures, preached at Laurence-Jury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...Vindiciae legis, or, A vindication of the morall law and the covenants, from the errours of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially, Antinomians in XXX lectures, preached at Laurence-Jury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by James Young for Thomas Underhill, 1647
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The first instance that is brought, cometh from John 17. v. 17. 1Sanctify them through thy truth, thy Word is truth. Where, saith the Author, to sanctify, is to separate any thing from a common use, and to consecrate it to God: and, applied here to man includeth two things; 1. Justification by the communication of Christs perfect holiness, whereby the believer is presented holy and without blame to God. 2. An inward renewing, & changing, purifying the heart and life by degrees, &c. pag. 165.
The first instance that is brought, cometh from John 17. v. 17. 1Sanctifie them through thy truth, thy Word is truth. Where, saith the Authour, to sanctifie, is to seperate any thing from a common use, and to consecrate it to God: and, applied here to man includeth two things; 1. Justification by the communication of Christs perfect holinesse, whereby the believer is presented holy and without blame to God. 2. An inward renewing, & changeing, purifying the heart and life by degrees, &c. pag. 165.
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I answer. 1. The word sanctify, when applied to men, doth 1not only signify justification, or renovation, but setting apart to some peculiar office and charge: and there are Learned men ⟨p. 204⟩who take this to be the meaning of Christs prayer here; That as the Priests and Levites, who were to enter into the sanctuary, did first wash their hands and feet, being also clothed with goodly garments: so the Apostles are here prayed for by our Saviour, that they may be fitted for their great charge. And thus Chrysostom: you have a parallel place