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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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7. Sanctification fits for Heaven. 2 Pet. 1.3. Who hath called us to glory and virtue, Glory is the Throne, and Sanctification is the Step by which we ascend to it. First you cleanse the Vessel, and then you pour in the Wine. First God cleanseth us by ⟨p. 144⟩Sanctification, and then pours in the Wine of Glory. Solomon was first anointed with Oil, and then he was King, 1 Kings 1.39. First God anoints us with the holy Oil of his Spirit, and then he sets the Crown of Happiness upon our Head; Pureness of Heart, and seeing God are linked together, Matth. 5.8.
7. Sanctification fits for Heaven. 2 Pet. 1.3. Who hath called us to glory and vertue, Glory is the Throne, and Sanctification is the Step by which we ascend to it. First you cleanse the Vessel, and then you pour in the Wine. First God cleanseth us by ⟨p. 144⟩Sanctification, and then pours in the Wine of Glory. Solomon was first anointed with Oil, and then he was King, 1 Kings 1.39. First God anoints us with the holy Oil of his Spirit, and then he sets the Crown of Happiness upon our Head; Pureness of Heart, and seeing God are link'd together, Matth. 5.8.
Quest. How may Sanctification be attained to?