The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 479

SANCTIFICATION men.

And

IS

A MYSTERY

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sanctificathe only connection between the demand for Works is, that the latter ever pursues

tion and the Covenant of

with this demand, and with the terror of Horeb. Unof Works and holiness destroys the foundation of the Covenant Hence the renders compliance with its conditions impossible. life. personal contradiction between it and the sinner's

fallen

man

absolute

The one must make room

for the other; they can not stand to-

gether.

we are often tempted to ask whether God of us the impossible, and to lay is not unjust in His law to demand so? And from this the blame on Him; for did He not make us escape, either by to difficulty the Arminian in our own heart seeks In this painful conflict

substitudenying that there ever was a Covenant of Works, or by ting the fulfilment of the law for sanctification. to Wherefore it is our aim, especially regarding this doctrine, corat a arrive to and escape from this harmful confusion of ideas, The preaching must rect understanding and purity of expression.

understanding. not add to the chaos, but lead us to clear insight and we must Word, the upon Instead of sweetly cradling ourselves church country and city In earnestly endeavor to understand it. ever-increasing with and Word must be preached persistently, the begin to see purity, imtil, convicted of personal unholiness, men they must self-betterment, that by absolute sanctification, not mere restore unto

God His

right; until, feeling their inability, with

broken hearts they turn to God to receive the Mystery of tion from the treasures of the Covenant of Grace.

Sanctifica-

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