A Body of Practical Divinity

Sixth Sign, Steadfast Resolution; he is resolved never to part with his Holiness: let others reproach it, he loves it the more; let Water be sprinkled on the Fire, it burns the more. He saith as David when Micol reproached him for Dancing before the Ark, 2 Sam. 6.22. If this be to be vile, I will yet be more vile. Let others persecute him for his Holiness, he saith as Paul, Acts 20.24. None of these things move me. He prefers Sanctity before Safety, and had rather keep his Conscience pure than his Skin whole. He saith as Job, My integrity I will hold fast, and not let it go, Cap. 27.6. He will rather part with his Life then his Conscience.

Sixth Sign, Stedfast Resolution; he is resolved never to part with his Holines: let others reproach it, he loves it the more; let Water be sprinkled on the Fire, it burns the more. He saith as David when Micol reproach'd him for Dancing before the Ark, 2 Sam. 6.22. If this be to be vile, I will yet be more vile. Let others persecute him for his Holiness, he saith as Paul, Acts 20.24. None of these things move me. He prefers Sanctity before Safety, and had rather keep his Conscience pure than his Skin whole. He saith as Iob, My integrity I will hold fast, and not let it go, Cap. 27.6. He will rather part with his Life then his Conscience.

Use 1. See what is the main thing a Christian should look after, (viz.) Sanctification; this is the Unum necessarium. Sanctification is our purest Complexion, it makes us as the Heaven bespangled with Stars: it is our Nobility, by it we are born of God, and partake of the Divine Nature; it is our Riches, therefore compared to rows of Jewels, and Chains of Gold, Cant. 1.10. It is our best Certificate for Heaven; what Evidence have we else to show? have we Knowledge, so hath the Devil? Do we profess Religion? Satan oft appears in Samuel's Mantle, and transforms