Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI. THE POSITIVE WORK OF THE SPIRIT IN THE SANCTIFICATION OF BELIEVERS. Differences in the acts of sanctification as to order--The manner of the communication of holiness by the .Spirit--The rule and measure whereof is the revealed will of God, as the rule of its acceptance is the covenant of grace-- The nature of holiness as inward--Righteousness habitual and actual--False notions of holiness removed--The nature of a spiritual habit--Applied unto holiness, with its rules and limitations--Proved and confirmed--Illustrated and practically improved--The properties of holiness as a spiritual habit declared--1. Spiritual dispositions unto suitable acts; how expressed in the Scripture; with their effects--Contrary dispositions unto sin and holiness how consistent--2. Power; the nature thereof; or what power is required in believers unto holy obedience; with its properties and effects in readiness and facility--Objections thereunto answered, and an inquiry on these principles after true holiness in ourselves directed--Gospel grace distinct from morality, and all other habits of the mind; proved by many arguments, especially itt relation unto the mediation of Christ--The principal difference between evangelical holiness and all other habits of the mind, proved by the manner and way of its communication from the person of Christ as the head of the church, and the peculiar efficiency of the Spirit therein--Moral honesty not gospel holiness. The distinction we make between the acts of the Holy Ghost in the work of sanctification concerneth more the order of teaching and instruction than any order of precedency that is between the acts themselves; for that which we have passed through concerning the cleansing of our natures and persons...
