;8 The Godly areWaliedandfanitifrd. S a cT. VIII. allthe fins of the godly are tobe aggravated, Sin not with thyeyes, with thy hands, With thy body, thou makeli the Temple of God an Hell, thou att guiltyof highSacri ledge. 3 Thirdly, Tobe fanetifiedyouheard, was to beprepared andfitted for any great work and imployment ; Thur alfo the people of God are createdand pre- paredfor everygoodwork: All the anions ofgrace are fupernatural, far above humane power, they are Divineworks, and therefore mutt have power from above to enable them thereunto. To leave thy fins, thou mutt be fannifted thereunto to pray aright, to hear the wordofGod in a foul-faving maner, there muttbe a fannification of thy heart ; efpecially this is ufed for execu- ting Juftice upon the enemies of God and his glory : This is Gods Sacrifice, and thus every particular Chriftian, he bath manySacrifices, for theoffering of whichhe needeth this Sannification. A broken and contrite heart, that is a facrifice, Pfal.5 t.good works are a facrifice, prayer is a facrifice. Now as in the Old Tellament theywere peculiarlyconfecrated and fitted thereunto thus alfo in the New Teftament, nonecan fubdue fin, approach nigh unto God in any holy way, that is not firft fanetified by his fpirit, z Tim.z.z t. Saullified and meet for the Maflers to/e. As the Medes were fanftrfied to defroy theBabylonian:, fo mull thou be to kill thy lufts,to mortifie thy fins : Though youare not now to WI beans, todellroy them unto God, yet ye have beaflylufts, which you are tomortifiecontinually Pride, Covetoufnefs, Prophanenefs,theirare beaftly lefts , which thou art fannified to deftroy. l' Fourthly, Tobe fanñitied, in the Scripture fence, is to be madefit and lawful for itsproper ufe : Thus fome expound that place, The unbelievingwife isfanfli- fled through the believing husband, a Cor.y. that is, made fit and lawful forcon- jugal relation, though,that is not all themeaning ; but we baveanother place, whereevery thing is faid to befanllified by the word ofGodandprayer, a Tim.4,5. viz. All our Meats, Drinks, lawful imployments, they are fanetified by prayer: The code that is upon all the creatures is removed away, and thy meat is made fit to nourifh thee, thy cloathestowarm thee, &c. Of a Civil In this fenfeDivines fpeakòf a civil right, anda fanelitied right to the crea. and Spiritual tures: Wicked men have a civil, lawful right to the goods to the pellef- right to the fions they, enjoy, and poffefs them with a good confcience, but they want the Cr<a:nre. fanetified right of them; i.e. they have not the grace of God in their heart, whereby they might improve them in a godly manee, to the glory and honor of God; le being imponible Without faith to pirate God: Oh then bewail thy condition 1 while thou art unfannified, thou art not fit to eat, todrink, to be a poffefforof any eftate, any honor, any goods ; not but that a wicked man is true owner of what he is, but hebath not a faatified ufe of them, he doth noteat or drink to the glory of God , his dilate and wealth he knoweth not bow to improve for bleffed and heavenly ends. Fifthly,Tofanlïifie, is to acknowledgeand rife all things that belong toGod, after anholy, reverent and heavenly roamer : Thus the people of God are often exhort- ed TofanflifieGod intheir hearts, Ifa.8.t3. and fo they are commanded Tofanili- fieorkeep holy hisSabbaths, Ifa.z9.z3. fo thatherein is a true fanetified perfon dif- covered, when hedoth with all holy fear and reverence approach near unto God inhis Ordinances : Thus a godly man is defcribed by this property, Ile feareth anoath, Ecclef9.2. becaufe an oath is a famed appeal unto God, as the witnels of our anions, and becaufe his maje/y is fo great and glorious, that we are unworthy to take his name into our mouthes therefore he is faid To fear an oath, he tremblerh to (wear. O how far are thole then from Sannifica- tion, whoprophanely and paffronaeelybelt-trout their oathes, and without any reverence, yea in madnefs and fury, make mention of God in their Oathes. If thou welt fanetified, thouwouldeft acknowledge the Name, Perlon, Nature, Attributes and Ordinances of God Sacred and Holy, and fowouldit after.a fort- Quo
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