90 The excellency of the rigkteo fKeffe of Sassï}ifrcgti.en., them: Now what is it to fanc`iifie a thing, to fari ii ie, it, .i to let a thing a part for God It's grace that fan&iíies the foule, whereas the foule was im;Toyed for.commor u:es before, now it is feparated for God,as when the, veffels of the Temple were fantiiued, they were feparatëd for holy ufes, only for that ufe; fo a godly man he is ièparated for God,being taken out of the world, and imployed now in holy fervices ; In the 4 Pfal: 5. Not only leparated for God by an áEi of Gocí upon the foule, which hath been from all eternity; But though this be a blef.- fednefs and a high priviledge to be fanttifyed and fet a part from all eternity for God, but it is a fanEiiíication by grace:, there is that rut into the foule whereby the foule is enabled to- let it felfe a part for God, and fo it comes to grow in grace more and more, and'tis enabled for to make a ianctiied ufe of all it enjoyes, it can now. tell how to make ufe of all crea- tures fot the glory of Cod, where as before the world had the ufe of the foule, but now faith the ioule, I am felarated only for high ends, for the glory of that God from whom I receive my being.. Twelfthly, This helpes the foule to overcome the greatefi evill in the world, fin is the greateft evil, and one truly en- ligkned had rather fuffer any thing in the world then be over- come by the leali fin, a gracious heart lookes with more indig- nation upon the leaf} fin then upon any fufferingzs. Now'tis no- thing but the Holy Gholi can overcome fin, it is the Spirit alone chat can fubdue iniquity, The foule it bath a principle within it felfe whereby it overcomes fin : and fo goes on untill the worke be perfec ed,fo that a gracious heart doth not onely overcome fin by the helpe of the Spirir,but altò from an inward principle that there is working in the foule againfi that which is contrary unto God. Thirteenthly, The excellency of it confifis in this; becaufe Jesus Chrifi in itattaines the end of his Death, and certainly that wherein Jeius Chrtfi atraines the end of his Death muff needs be very precious, it's a part of the end why the Father fent J;fus Chrifi into the world, that we being delivered out 'f the hand of our enemiesmight ferve him without feare itt soli-
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