A Body of Practical Divinity

2. The necessity appears in this, without Sanctification there is no evidencing our Justification; Justification and Sanctification go together, 1 Cor. 6.11. But ye are sanctified, but ye are justified. Mic. 7.18. Pardoning iniquity, there is Justification; ver. 19. He will subdue our iniquities, there is Sanctification. Out of Christs sides came water and blood, 1 Joh. 5.6. Blood, viz. Justification, Water, viz. Sanctification. Such as have not the Water out of Christ's sides to cleanse them, shall never have the Blood out of his sides to save them.

3. Without Sanctification we have no title to the New Covenant. The Covenant of Grace is our Charter for Heaven. The Tenure of the Covenant is, that God will be our God, (the crowning Blessing) But who are interested in the Covenant, and may plead the benefit of it, only sanctified Persons; Ezek. 36.26. A new heart will I give you, and I will put my spirit within you, and I will be your God. If a Man make a Will, and settles his Estate upon such Persons as he names in the Will, none else but they can lay claim to the Will; so God makes a Will and Testament, but it is restrained and limited to such as are sanctified, and it is high presumption for any else to lay claim to the Will.

3. Without Sanctification we have no title to the New Covenant. The Covenant of Grace is our Charter for Heaven. The Tenure of the Covenant is, that God will be our God, (the crowning Blessing) But who are interessed in the Covenant, and may plead the benefit of it, only sanctified Persons; Ezek. 36.26. A new heart will I give you, and I will put my spirit within you, and I will be your God. If a Man make a Will, and settles his Estate upon such Persons as he names in the Will, none else but they can lay claim to the Will; so God makes a Will and Testament, but it is restrained and limited to such as are sanctified, and it is high presumption for any else to lay claim to the Will.