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A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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Second Sign of Sanctification, is the in-dwelling of the Spirit, 2 Tim. 1.14. The Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. As the Unclean Spirit dwells in the Wicked, and carries them to Pride, Lust, Revenge; the Devil hath entered into these Swine, Acts 5.3. So the Spirit of God dwells in the Elect as their Guide and Comforter. The Spirit possesseth the Saints; God's Spirit sanctifies the Fancy, causing it to mint holy Thoughts; it sanctifies the Will, putting a new Bias upon it, whereby it is inclined to Good. He who is sanctified, hath the Influence of the Spirit, tho' not the Essence.
Second Sign of Sanctification, is the in-dwelling of the Spirit, 2 Tim. 1.14. The Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. As the Unclean Spirit dwells in the Wicked, and carries them to Pride, Lust, Revenge; the Devil hath entred into these Swine, Acts 5.3. So the Spirit of God dwells in the Elect as their Guide and Comforter. The Spirit possesseth the Saints; God's Spirit sanctifies the Fancy, causing it to mint holy Thoughts; it sanctifies the Will, putting a new Byass upon it, whereby it is inclin'd to Good. He who is sanctified, hath the Influence of the Spirit, tho' not the Essence.
Third Sign of Sanctification is, an Antipathy against Sin, Ps. 119.104. An Hypocrite may leave Sin, yet love it; as a Serpent casts its Coat but keeps its Sting: but a sanctified Person can say, he not only leaves Sin, but loathes it. As there are Antipathies in Nature, between the Vine and Laurel, so in a sanctified Soul there is an holy Antipathy against Sin; and Antipathies can never be reconciled. Because he hath an Antipathy against Sin, he cannot but oppose it, and seek the Destruction of it.