The application of redemption

And therefore it's no work of Sanctification, properly, and as it's taken in a narrow and strict sense; for the sinner be ng justified by Faith, and having the Spirit of Adoption dwelling in him, hath received a principle of life whereby he comes to be active, Act. 15 9. Having purified their hearts by faith. This only is in way of preparation to fit us for our being in Christ, that I may receive this power; this is to make room for faith and Christ, that having received him, I might be enabled by the power of the Spirit to run right, which is Sanctification: Hence then, go no further than this work: the sinner as yet is not a good Tree, nor can he bring forth good Fruit, but is in way of preparation to be made one; yet this work as it comes from the Spirit, is good and pleasing to God, because the Spirit is a good tree, and is the Author of this, I only am the receiver of it, and therefore it is none of my fruit properly, nor am I said to do any thing to please God by this, because it's done in me, not by me; As it is in the infusion of the Grace of Faith, look at it, as the soul is the subject of the Work, the act it self comes from the Spirit: and as a fruit of the Spirit it is good and accepted of God, yet I cannot properly be said to please God in it, because it is not an act done by me.

And therefore it's no work of Sanctification, properly, and as it's taken in a narrow and strict sense; for the sinner be ng justified by Faith, and having the Spirit of Adoption dwelling in him, hath received a principle of life wherby he comes to be active, Act. 15 9. Having purified their hearts by faith. This only is in way of preparation to fit us for our being in Christ, that I may receive this power; this is to make room for faith and Christ, that having received him, I might be enabled by the power of the Spirit to run right, which is Sanctification: Hence then, go no further than this work: the sinner as yet is not a good Tree, nor can he bring forth good Fruit, but is in way of preparation to be made one; yet this work as it comes from the Spirit, is good and pleasing to God, because the Spirit is a good tree, and is the Author of this, I only am the receiver of it, and therefore it is none of my fruit properly, nor am I said to do any thing to please God by this, because it's done in me, not by me; As it is in the infusion of the Grace of Faith, look at it, as the soul is the subject of the Work, the act it self comes from the Spirit: and as a fruit of the Spirit it is good and accepted of God, yet I cannot properly be said to please God in it, because it is not an act done by me.