A Body of Practical Divinity

Branch 2. It shows the Misery of such as are destitute of a Principle of Sanctification; they are spiritually dead, Eph. 2.1. Though they breathe yet they do not live. The greatest part of the World remain Unsanctified, 1. Joh. 5.19. The World lies in Wickedness, that is, the major Part of the World. Many call themselves Christians, yet blot out the word Saints; you may as well call him a Man, who wants Reason, as him a Christian who wants Grace: Nay, which is worse, some are buoyed up to such an height of Wickedness, that they hate and deride Sanctification: 1. They hate it; 'tis bad to want it, it is worse to hate it; they embrace the Form of Religion, but hate the Power. The Vulter hates sweet smells, so do they the Perfume of Holiness. 2. Deride it; these are your Holy Ones. To deride Sanctification argues an high Degree of Atheism, and is a black Brand of Reprobation: Scoffing Ishmael was cast out of Abraham's Family, Gen. 21.9. Such as scoff at Holiness shall be cast out of Heaven.

Branch 2. It shows the Misery of such as are destitute of a Principle of Sanctification; they are spiritually dead, Eph. 2.1. Though they breathe yet they do not live. The greatest part of the World remain Unsanctified, 1. Ioh. 5.19. The World lies in Wickedness, that is, the major Part of the World. Many call themselves Christians, yet blot out the word Saints; you may as well call him a Man, who wants Reason, as him a Christian who wants Grace: Nay, which is worse, some are boy'd up to such an height of Wickedness, that they hate and deride Sanctification: 1. They hate it; 'tis bad to want it, it is worse to hate it; they embrace the Form of Religion, but hate the Power. The Vulter hates sweet smells, so do they the Perfume of Holiness. 2. Deride it; these are your Holy Ones. To deride Sanctification argues an high Degree of Atheism, and is a black Brand of Reprobation: Scoffing Ishmael was cast out of Abraham's Family, Gen. 21.9. Such as scoff at Holiness shall be cast out of Heaven.