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Then Luther means that they act, but grace rather acts upon them, for To. 3. in Gen. in cap. 28. fo. 82. Luther saith, there is a twofold holiness in us, one imputed, by which we are sanctified by the Word, and is perfect, another, by which we are holy by our work and conversation, which is unperfect.

Then Luther meanes that they act, but grace rather acts upon them, for To. 3. in Gen. in cap. 28. fo. 82. Luther saith, there is a twofold holinesse in us, one imputed, by which we are sanctified by the Word, and is perfect, another, by which wee are holy by our work and conversation, which is unperfect.

The other holiness is of works,¹ it is charity that makes us acceptable to God, there not only God speaks to me, but I study to follow God speaking. ^hWhen I was a Monk, often I desired that happiness to see a godly man in life and conversation, in the mean time I dreamed of an Eremite, that abstained from meat and drink, and fed on roots and cold water — but they are holy who are holy with a passive, not an active holiness — if every man do his duty, by rule, according to his calling, and obey not the flesh, and in the Spirit suppress the desires and lusts thereof. Altera sanctitas operum est charitas gratum faciens,³ ibi non solum Deus loquitur, sed studeo ego sequi loquentem Deum. ^hEgo Monachus saepe ex animo optabam eam faelicitatem mihi contingere, ut possim videre, conversationem & vitam alicujus sancti bominis. Interim somniabam talem sanctum, qui in Eremo agens, abstineret a cibo & potu & victitaret tantum radiculis herborum & aquâ frigidâ — & sancti sunt sanctitate passivâ, non activâ — si unusquisque ex praescripto verbi Dei faciat officium in vocatione suâ, carni non obsequatur, sed Spiritu reprimat desideria ejus.