A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture…

Use 1. Are you thus purified? Have you passed this Laver? The Priests under the Law, before they went to the Altar, they first washed in the great Laver. You are not his People till you are sanctified. Esther was purified before she was brought to Ahasuerus, Esther 2. Christ telleth Peter, John 13.8. If I wash thee not, thou hast no Part in me. Though he took humane Nature, yet he owneth no Relation to any but the Sanctified; Heb. 2.11. For both he that sanctifieth, and they that are sanctified, are all of one; for which Cause he is not ashamed to call them Brethren. The Devils cannot say, He is Bone of our Bone. But what though he took your Natures? this is not enough, he will disclaim you if you be not sanctified; I took Flesh, but not for you; I died, but not for you. There is a double Notion of Purification in this Place, it noteth Cleansing and Dedication; there is a Difference between them and others, and between them and themselves; Whereas I was blind, now I see. I could before discourse and hear Sermons for Notions, but now my Conscience is more serious, I am more freed from Bondage, I have a more distinct Hope towards God in Christ; my Will is not obstinate and unpliable to the Counsels and Motions of the Holy Ghost; my Affections are reduced to a better temper as to earthly things. Thus examine your selves; Is any thing washed off?

Vse 1. Are you thus purified? Have you passed this Laver? The Priests under the Law, before they went to the Altar, they first washed in the great Laver. You are not his People till you are sanctified. Esther was purified before she was brought to Ahasuerus, Esther 2. Christ telleth Peter, John 13.8. If I wash thee not, thou hast no Part in me. Though he took humane Nature, yet he owneth no Relation to any but the Sanctified; Heb. 2.11. For both he that sanctifieth, and they that are sanctified, are all of one; for which Cause he is not ashamed to call them Brethren. The Devils cannot say, He is Bone of our Bone. But what though he took your Natures? this is not enough, he will disclaim you if you be not sanctified; I took Flesh, but not for you; I died, but not for you. There is a double Notion of Purification in this Place, it noteth Cleansing and Dedication; there is a Difference between them and others, and between them and themselves; Whereas I was blind, now I see. I could before discourse and hear Sermons for Notions, but now my Conscience is more serious, I am more freed from Bondage, I have a more distinct Hope towards God in Christ; my Will is not obstinate and unpliable to the Counsels and Motions of the Holy Ghost; my Affections are reduced to a better temper as to earthly things. Thus examine your selves; Is any thing washed off?