A Body of Practical Divinity

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 ⟨p. 143⟩himself into an Angel of Light: But here is our Certificate to show for Heaven, Sanctification. Sanctification is the first Fruits of the Spirit; the only Coin will pass currant in the other World. Sanctification is the Evidence of God's Love; we cannot guess at God's Love by giving us Health, Riches, Success, but by drawing his Image of Sanctification on us by the Pencil of the Holy Ghost.

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 compar'd 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 ⟨p. 143⟩himself into an Angel of Light: But here is our Certificat to show for Heaven, Sanctification. Sanctification is the first Fruits of the Spirit; the only Coyn will pass currant in the other World. Sanctification is the Evidence of God's Love; we cannot guess at God's Love by giving us Health, Riches, Success, but by drawing his Image of Sanctification on us by the Pensil of the Holy Ghost.