of Santlification. 163. and refurreCl:ion of Chrifi to the believer; the Spirit doth really apply the fame death and refurrection to him, conforming him perfohally thereto, through the communication of grace to him, out of the fulnefs of· grace in Chrifi the Head, without which there cannot be any fuch conformation, acco~ding 'to the fl:ated method of grace reveal'd in ·the Scripture. .(lnd thus they have a mediate effeCl: on him, confl:ituting him really and perfonally holy, in fanEl:ification. Rom. viii; ~. ' For the law of the Spirit of life, in Chrifl: Jefus, hath made me free from the law ·of fin and death,' Col. ii. 1 z. ' Buried with him in Baptifrri, whetein alfo ye are rifen with him-' 1 Cor. xii. 13. ' -For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body: John xv. 4· As the branch cannot bear fruit of itfelf, except it' abide .in the vine; no more can ye, exceprye abide in · me.' There was a double fprinkling of the bloo~ of the facrifices, called Jhe blood of the covenant, Exod. xxiv. Fidl:, it was fprinkled on the altar, for atone– ment, and reconciliation with God for Ifrael, ver. 6. And next, it was fprinkled on the people, for their ' purification, ver.. 8. its purifying virtue flowing from its attonjng virtue. Accordingly there-i,s a double ~pplicatron or fprinkling of the blood of Chrifi, there• by fignified: one, for our jufiification and. reconcilia– tion with God; mentioned, Heh. xH. 22. 'Ye are come,---ver. 24.-··to the blood of fprinkling, that fpeaketh ,better things than that ofAbel,' namely, in -- that it fpeaks for mercy and pardon, whereas Abet's fpoke for vengeance: and thel) another, for our fanc– tification ; mentioned 1 Pet. i. 2. ' Through fancH· fication of the Spirit unto obedience, and fpriqkfing of the blood ofJefus Chrifl:.' And this is the only t.rue fanCl:ification ofa finner, having a fp.ecid n;lation to Jefus Chrifl: and his Spirit. - , Now the branches of the promife of fanctification are manifold : for it fpreads as wide, as the command– ments of_the h~ly law, which, in th~ fiation it barb. L 3 ill
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