The truly blessed man

6. Pardon or Justification is in order to Glorification. They are Connected, Rom. 8.30. So long as the Law Sentence of Death was out against them, they were incapable in that state of being Glorified: when God taketh off the Sentence, it is always in order to the making them happy for ever: and therefore it must needs be followed with the Making them meet for that Glorious state, which cannot be enjoyed by any of the Children of men, so long as they have a Spirit full of Guile. The natural man cannot be entertained in the spotless Kingdom; nor can he resent the happiness ⟨p. 120⟩either of the Place, or Company, or employment in it, except he be made Holy; all being accommodated to happily no other. That then God may accomplish this design of his, he Sanctifieth them together with Justifying of them. Christ had an eye to this, Eph. 5.25, 26, 27. From all these Considerations, we see how evidential this being without Guile, is of our being pardoned; and how necessary it is for us to be able to argue this from that, if we would not be mistaken in our hopes and assurances.

6. Pardon or Justification is in order to Glorification. They are Co•nected, Rom. 8.30. So long as the Law Sentence of Death was out against them, they were incapable in that state of being Glorified: when God taketh off the Sentence, it is always in order to the making them happy for ever: and therefore it must needs be followed with the Making them meet for that Glorious state, which cannot be enjoyed by any of the Children of men, so long as they have a Spirit full of Guile. The natural man cannot be entertained in the spotless Kingdom; nor can he resent the happiness ⟨p. 120⟩either of the Place, or Company, or employment in it, except he be made Holy; all being accommodated to happily no other. That then God may accomplish this design of his, he Sanctifyeth them together with Justifying of them. Christ had an eye to this,