390 7heGodly areWalbedandSane-It ed. S c c r VIII, to the name andtitle the Scripture giveth all believers, dl that are6aptifed, They ate called Saints, to theSaints a t Corinth: The Saintsfalote yea. I know many contro. verfiesate about this compellation ; I touchnot on them now, onely this is certain, the Titleofa Saint bindes thee to real Sanftification. To be called rich, and yet poor, is but a mockery : To be accounted well, and yetlick, is but a reall mifery: And thus it is here: Tobe becalled holy,andyet wicked; tobe ftiled a Saint, and yet aBeaft,or a Divel, Ohhow fhould it fhame and amaze thee ? Say then , My Chriflianiy , my Baptifine , my Religion loth oblige me to this Sandi- fication. I haveonely a Title, if I havenot true bolfneffe. So that all you Who live in grofi ignorance, and (candabas waies, What frail I term you? How (hall I name you ? Art thou fit to be called a Believer, a Saint ? Yet I fpeak not this, as if the Scripture callednoneSaints, or holy , but filch as had internall Sanédi6. Cation.. t 4. Fourthly, Be therefore flirredup to this, becaufethie ie better then all knowledge, parts andabilities. Oh that men who lookat religion, would winde this more. This is thewill ofGod, your fanftification, follow after holneffeor Sanftification, without which no man can fee God. Thou thinkeft it a great matter to be able to repeat Sermons, todifpute inmatters ofreligion : Ohbut it is better to fpeak five words froma principle of Sanftification, then five thoufand from parts and intellé- flual abilities only. Oh then fay, ifI pray,I preach,I difpute,I repeat, andhave not Sanftífication;I am but a tinckling cymbal that makes a pleafant none toothers,but it Pelfis not affefted therewith. Vfe of Exhrrtatia,s,fbll tobe mpved and pre(fed hereunto. Oh the comfort and glory of being in the number ofthofe that are Sanftified : I may add onemo- tive more , this is the onelyevidence of your Eleélion, ofJuflification, ofright to eternal glory. Here a man molt begin; IfI be fanftified, then I am eledled, then I am jultified. How thencan you have any comfort? Howis it that you are not full offears and troubles, that finde no tokens of fanftification upon you, but the dean contrary. Sanftification, it is the end of all our preaching, and of your hen ' ; and therefore every thingbath been in vain to you till this be ae- comphis Do not then rejoyceanymore that thy riches have encreafed ; that outwa meycies have abounded ; but(till look to this, Art thou fanitified ?Yet afteryou haveheard Sermon after Sermon , How prone are you to go home the fame men ? Not neighbour to fay to neighbour, How may we do that we maybe Sanftified. 444444***44444+4441.4.4144444 S at u.
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