Chapter XIII. Of Sanctification

Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens;
and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. Psalm 36:5

GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Morris County, New Jersey

"Nec tamen consumebatur."
Yet the bush was not consumed. Exodus 3:2

I. They who are effectually called and regenerated, having a new heart and a new spirit created in them, are further sanctified, really and personally, through the virtue of Christ's death and resurrection,¹ by his Word and Spirit dwelling in them:² the dominion of the whole body of sin is destroyed,³ and the several lusts thereof are more and more weakened and mortified,⁴and they more and more quickened and strengthened, in all saving graces,⁵to the practice of true holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.⁶

II. This sanctification is throughout in the whole man;⁷ yet imperfect in this life: there abideth still some remnants of corruption in every part;⁸ whence ariseth a continual and irreconcilable war, the flesh lusting against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh.⁹

III. In which war, although the remaining corruption for a time may much prevail;¹⁰ yet, through the continual supply of strength rom the sanctifying Spirit of Christ, the regerate part doth overcome;¹¹ and so the saints grow in grace,^l2 perfecting holiness in the fear of God.¹³

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1 Corinthians 6
11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

Acts 20
32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

Philippians 3
10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

Romans 6
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

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John 17
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

Ephesians 5
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

2 Thessalonians 2
13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

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Romans 6
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

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Galatians 5
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

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Colossians 1
11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

Ephesians 3
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

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2 Corinthians 7
1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Hebrews 12
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

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1 Thessalonians 5
23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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1 John 1
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Romans 7
18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

Philippians 3
12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

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Galatians 5
17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

1 Peter 2
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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Romans 7
23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

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Romans 6
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

1 John 5
4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

Ephesians 4
15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

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2 Peter 3
18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

2 Corinthians 3
18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

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2 Corinthians 7
1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

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1 Peter 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

Hebrews 1
14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?