S a c T.VIII. The Godlyare Wa/bedand SaufIifIed. 377 444444414'41Atc44 SERMON. LXIV. The counterfeits of SanRification. That Devo- tion, infuperliaiotts Cuflomes, or Clods o'n Ordi nances,or being externally inCovenant xvith Clod, donot reallyfantlifie a man. S CO R. 6. Andfad) wereTome ofyou, lot ye are Sad&iifeel, be. y Ou have heard the natureand properties of Sandification:Now let us difcufä thecounterfeits ofit: forthere are many things in Chrillianitie which people do,generally trail in,as ifthey had power to fanftifie them, in the mean while negle&ing wholly trueand real Sanetification. This point is ofgreat eonfequenco,if men woulddiligently attend to it:Foras it was generallyreceived among thejews; that the Temple& Sacrificesdid fanäifie them,thoughtheir lives Were fill of wick- edneffe : So there is fcarce any one Chrillian, but thinketh his Baprifine, his Chri. [hanity, theGofpel, thefe dofanftifie him. And as among theJewes, this princi- pleingraffed in their hearts, was that bitter root whichmade all thingselfe bitter; foie is now among Chriftians.Let usgo over in particular tholeabufed inliruments for fandlification. And firlt, Thereare and havebeen manyfuperflitiotte humane eufomet introduced, ?o in the aealma performance ofwhichmen. have thought they're/vet[anflifed. Thefe Zeal in Sup; thingshave abounded in Popery: Infomuch that all the holineffe almoll they cele. ßiríous cu= brute and commend, is this external holineffe. Hence their holy images,holy veil- }toms: menu, holy Altars, holyCroffes, holy Water , and a world of filch Confecrated things they have, in the devoutufe whereof they conceive themfelves made more holy. The accumulating and heapingoftheft confecrated fanftities, were brought in partly by anignorant zealto imitate the Jewilh difpenfations, as altoa delire to fymbolize with Paganifh rites:and party for to facisfie the ambition and avarice of theirholy Mother, the Church of Rome: And if we confider the generali igno; ranceand fuperftitious difpofition in molt people, It may feem a wonder of won. ders, that cace loch a reformation could be brought in, as fhoüld take people off from their accutomed fuperititious fanaification. But God calkth thinga that arenot , as if they were: Nowalthough I hope there are fewthat hear me but have learnt betterthen to be add¡lied to filchconfecrated holineffe, yet take theft antidotes again(} it. a. Thatif the in(litutedconfecratiant, and fantlifications in the old Tefamene, Aniiïat t, and that by Godhim/elf, didnet upon themeer ore of them, or the Rork done , beget I. real, and moralfaui}iftcation;mach left can weer humane inf}itutions, introduced folel by thewill ofmm,. Now that it was fo in the Old Teftament, it is plain. We readofmany purifications , and fanftifications; They had holy veffels, the holy Temple, the PrieftsGarments were holy ; yet none of thefe Militated boll. tidies did make the prieftsor people better ; though they had holy Oyl poured ore their
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