S a c T. VIII. ?lte GodlyäreWetilirdatrdSanaiifeát. 3}l ÿ Without the gate; and thus Chrî1 is raid Toh made unto ui,wifdromandSane ifs. cation ;; But this fenfe of the wórd is not fo generally acknowledged. Fourth;:, Tofantlifie, it[maims ufedfor the preparing aud defining of any tofomegreat oaarkand exploit ; fo IJa. 13. TheMedes are laid to be fandfied, for the deftrudion of Babylon: I have commanded my fanilified ones; yea, in the Scripture commonly the judgementsof God upon the'wicked, by way of war and (laughter, arecompared to Sacrifices, and fo thofe that are nftrumento rò execute them, in that fenfe are fandified ; yea, itfignifieth to prepare or endea- vor any thing, Jer.6. Santtifie awar, Mich.3. Ifthey d, not give in theirmouth, they prepare a war. Fifthly, The Word is fometimes ufed antiphrafiically, for the clear contrary, to fandifie, is then as much as to pollute, and to beunclean; thus Exod.i9. Thofe that did after an unclean maner draw nigh to holy things, they are laid to be fandífied, that is, unclean : And thus whores in the Hebrew are called Holy, that is , polluted and vile; and thus Sacrum among the Latins is afed. Sixthly, There isa?alive SanEfification, oraWorkof Gad, whereby he changeth us, andmaketh us of unholy, holy ; and, this is the grace intended in the Text : I prayGodjebefantlifedthroughout, aTheff.ult. iPet.r.t. Through theSantfifi.. cation of the Spirit to obedience. Seventhly, There ìr anaélive Santlification, Whereby in theprogrefs ofholiuefs,we daily purifie ourfelves,growinpmore andmore 44,2Cor.7, 7, t John 3.He that hath this hopepurifjethor fanilifiethhimfelf, as God is holy: Thefe two latter relies of theword, maybe here chiefly intended. That thole who arerenewed by the Grace of God; they arefanílifled ones; they are Obferv. madeholy, and purifiedfrom thefilth and drofs that Was in them. Let us firitobferve how the leveret leaks of the wordSamalified, formerly related, is aptly applicable to them : And Fief, They are Segregated from the World; They are chofen from that pro- Wherein the phone and common courfe of life they lived in before ; that as the Veffels were People oï Ged taken from all common ufe, and applied onely to fatted adorns, to the Sa- are lanaifìe.. cotices, andother Offerings : Thus God by grace, doth take men, who before Were under the power of Satan, at the command ofevery tuft, they were vile, unclean, fit for no holyimployments; now they are feparated from thole for- snot evils : Thou true Religion it that which keeps a man un;potted from the world, James r. 37. Thou dolt touch this pitch, andart not defiled ; thou art in this Babylonian furnace, and haft not thy garments tinged: This is tobe a true anda good feparatdt, when by the heart and affedions, a man forfaketh the ways of the world ; though he bein the world, yet he is not of the world; for theworld lying in wickednefs, godlinefs cannot be but frngu!arityand pre- cifenefs, in relpd of the multitude; therefore thou art not in the number of thelefandifiedones, nay thou canft not fay, thou art of the true Religion or haft any true Religion at all, till thou keepeft -thy fell clean and unblameablè from all the profs end foul wickednefs, that the world ufually commits. Secondly, The godly are fandified, becaufe they are not only feparated from z: their former prophanenefs, but they are alto Dedicated andCanfeerated unto God, they are made his, and are peculiarly applyed unto him ; in which fenfe thegodly are called ARoyal Priefhood,iPet. z. g.and,TheFirff fruits, j Imes t . t 8. thus they are faid to be nene of their OWN, Phil.q.. The godly bath G'odfèt apart for bimfelf(faith the Pfalmiff;) fo then, tobefanetified, is to be given up wholly unto theLord as his, no more a mans own, no more the worlds, no more fins : Thereforeall the fins of' a godly man, have a kinde ofSacriledge in them, i hey taketheir fouls and bodies, which were confecrated unto. God, and apply them toprophane and the Devils ufe: Thus the Apoifle argueth, Shall I tale the Temple of the HolyGhoft, andmake it one Withan Whore ? z Cora& In this Manner; Ccc 3 aft
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