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A70857	Christos angasmos, or, Christ our sanctification faithfully explained, fully confirmed, and practically applied ... being the substance of several lectures or meditations / by Tho. Pichard ...	Pichard, Thomas.; Pritchard, Thomas, M.A.	1667 (1667)	Wing P3524; ESTC R10560	136,857	229

one is Christ He did not only satisfie divine Justice pacifie the Fathers wrath make reconciliation for the sins of the people but also as the H●gh-Priest of old he did and doth still appear before the Lord in garments of glory and beauty See Exod. 28.2 3 4 5. Those garments of gold blew purple scarlet c. did consecrate Aaron to his Priestly Office Those glorious garments without controversie did typifie the pure habitual and actual holiness of our great High-Priest Jesus Christ expressed by his annointing Isa 61.1 and receiving the Spirit without measure Joh. 3.34 That unction and unmeasurable effusion of the Spirit upon him did consecrate and sanctifie him to all his Offices he was annointed for us to be a Prophet to us to be a King in us to be a Priest for us which fulness of the Spirit of grace in our Head Christ is reputed to every one sanctified in Christ Jesus for their sanctification or holiness which doth also expiate and purge out of the sight of God all their impurity or unholiness This holy person described by his glorious titles viz. the Son of God the Heir of all things the Maker of the worlds the brightness of his Fathers glory the express Image of his person the upholder of all things by the Word of his Power is said by himself to have purged our sins Heb. 1.1 2 3. As by the merit of his passive righteousness to purge us from the guilt of sin so by the influential efficacy of his sanctity or inherent righteousness to purge us from the filth of sin and take down the power of it God accepts of believers in themselves impure and imperfect as perfect and compleat in him who is our Head and fulness Thus Christ is our Sanctification by way of Imputation 2. Jesus Christ is our sanctification by way of Union Union with him is the ground or Basis both of our Justification and Sanctification by him He that hath the Son hath life Joh. 1.5.12 Dulcius ex ipso fonte With him is the fountain of life Psa 36.9 by Faith through the spirit a believer hath union with Christs person and so communion with his life He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life Joh. 3. ult Whereupon Jesus Christ is called the life Joh. 14.6 and our life Col. 3.4 our life of righteousness our life of holiness our life of glory or happiness and this life is in his Son 1 Ioh. 5.11 By believing we are united to Christ who is our Head Fountain and Principle of spiritual life or holiness as the Head is the Principle and Fountain of sense and motion Ephes 4.15.16 From him the Head the Apostle tells us the whole body is fitly joyned and compacted together and so maketh encrease to the edifying of it self in love All the grace that is in us is but a measure or overflowing of his fulness Christ is principle of holiness by which it is wrought and also the rule unto which it is proportioned Dr. Reynolds in his life of Christ Heb. 12.2 Christ is the Author and finisher of our faith he is the first and the last the Alpha and Omega both the beginner of our sanctification here on earth and the perfecter thereof in heaven As the members by nerves and ligaments are firmly knit to the Head the superstructure to the foundation the branches to the Vine the Wife to the Husband by the Marriage-knot so are the Saints of God firmly and closely united to Jesus Christ in the spirit 1 Cor. 6.17 By vertue of which union they cannot but derive and draw down continual supplies of spiritual life from him for he is the life and he is their life Consider a little the nature of this wonderful Union I shall but touch it in transitu 1. It is an Union of Nature we are members of his body of his flesh and of his bones Heb. 2.14 because the children are partakers of flesh and blood he also himself likewise took part of the same Christ condescended to assume our Humane Nature that we might partake of his Divine Nature he took upon him our rag of flesh that he might cloath us with his robe of glory 2. It is an union of and in the spirit 1 Cor. 6.17 He that is joyned to the Lord is one spirit as man and wife united make one flesh so Christ and believers united in and by the spirit make up one spiritual Christ 3. It is an union of relations and that of the neerest and sweetest Christ is the everlasting Father Isa 9.6 and begets children to God in his own likeness Christ is the Son of God believers are the Sons of God but Christ is the Son of Gods Nature but we are the Sons of Gods will he by eternal Generation but we by the grace of Regeneration to conformity to whose Image we are predestinated Rom. 8.29 He is the first-born among many Brethren and is not ashamed to call us Brethren Heb. 2. which relation also bespeaks likeness for brethren for the most part resemble brethren Lastly Christ is our redeeming Kinsman and Husband and we are his redeemed Kindred and Spouse These relations also import similitude and proportion between Christ and us Christ as our Redeemer came to deliver us c. that we might be like him and serve him in holiness and righteousness Luke 1.74 75. he came not only to justifie but also to sanctifie Tit. 2.16 he came as Redeemer not only to save from hell but also to save from sin Mat. 1.21 not only to deliver us from eternal condemnation but also from our vain conversation 1 Pet. 1.18 Isa 61.1 2 3. not only to proclaim liberty to the Captives and the opening of the prisons to them that are bound Zech. 3.3.4 but also to pull off their rotten rags their nasty prison garments and to cloath them with change of rayment to cleanse and wash them from the pollution of sin and put upon them a robe of righteousness and renew them with inward holiness and so to present them as beautiful and glorious without spot or wrinkle c. To shew consent M. Jeremy Burroughs in his Saints Treasury p. 46. I shall take the boldness to transcribe the words of a Famous man now in heaven Our Sanctification saith he is not only from Christ meritoriously but efficiently and in a kind materially too he doth not only merit it and work it by his spirit but through our union with him there is a kind of flowing of Sanctification from him into us as the principle of our life as from the liver there flows blood into all the parts of the body so through our union with Christ he having the fulness of the Godhead in him from him as from a Fountain sanctification flows into the souls of Saints their sanctification comes not so much from their strugling I wish all disconsolate souls desponding for want of holiness would in the strength of the

have it restored in the second Adam Christ received the spirit above measure we have but some drops or drams of it Joh. 3 34. he was annointed with the Oyl of gladness above his fellows yet for his fellows whole Christ was given to us Isa 9.6 To us a Child is born to us a Son is given His sanctification also must needs be for us for our good and benefit For their sakes I sanctifie my self saith Christ that they might be sanctified by the truth Joh. 17.19 Holiness in Christ is as the light in the Sun ever shining and as water in a living fountain never sailing S●●ile ever running He is b●th an ever-flowing and an over-flowing fountain of grace to us as 't is endless and boundless in Christ so it is diffusive and communicative to h s members J●s s Christ is the Candlestick from whence the Golden Pipes do empty the golde● oyl through themselves Zech. 4.11 12. Christ is this Candlestick See the Dutch Annotat on the place the two Olive-trees signifie his Kingly and Priestly Offices the Golden Oyl signifieth the gifts and graces of the Spirit It must needs be so because it is the pleasure of the Father that in him should all fulness dwell Col. 1.19 What is this fulness It is all the fulness of the Godhead 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 bodily i. e. personally substantially for as the Hebrews put souls for persons as so many souls went down into Egypt c. so the Greeks put bodies for persons Our Lord Jesus is his Fathers Gazophylacium the great Magazine of infinite riches and treasures Note here a Climax yea three gradations the Godhead the fulness of the Godhead yea all the fulness of the Godhead dwells in Christ bodily Now our holiness is a stream derived from this Fountain a part or parcel of this fulness 4. 4 The formal cause What is the formal cause of our Sanctification I answer 'T is the infusion of the habits of grace into us as the School-men call them 't is the endowment of the soul with inward holiness So Mr. Perkins 'T is the infusion of or communion with the spirit So D. Reynolds 'T is the operation of the spirit dwelling in us as a spirit of sanctification Luke 11.13 Joh. 14.16 17. 'T is the deriving or drawing down the holiness that is in Christ our Head by the spirit of holiness who is the Bond of union and communion between him and us 't is the spirits transforming of us into the likeness of our Lord Jesus or the delineation of the Picture of Christ The spirit looks directly upon the glorious Image of Christ represented in the Gospel and draws exactly the picture thereof in a Saints heart Mr. Rich. Vines in Loc. Zech. 13.1 by the spirit of Christ in the soul of man 2 Cor. 3.18 It s Synonima's in Scripture are very emphatical 't is called a quickning Ephes 2.1 a birth Joh. 3.3 a forming of Christ Gal. 4.19 a Regeneration or begetting again 1 Pet. 1.3 a new heart and a new spirit Ezek. 36.26 a renewing of the mind Rom. 12.2 a new creature 2 Cor. 5.17 the new man Ephes 4.24 the renewing of the Holy Ghost Tit. 3.5 And the Divine Nature and the Image or likeness of Christ in respect of its Divine original and transcendent excellency The Father sends the Son into the world to work out eternal Redemption for us and to that end to open a fountain in his side and heart for our purification he furnisht him with an instrumental fulness and fitness to be the Lord our righteousness and our Fountain of grace and holiness Joh. 17.4 Eph 4.8 the Son finisheth his work ascends up on high receiveth gifts for men sends the holy spirit the sanctifier and comforter as his Vice-Roy to dwell in us and abide with us for ever and not only to dwell in us as our heavenly companion and comforter Joh 14 16 17. but also to work in us as our Sanctifier and therefore called The Spirit of holiness Rom. 1.4 Joh. 16 14. He shall glorifie me saith Christ for he shal receive of mine He receives from the Son wisdome righteousness holiness all gifts and graces wherewith Christ was annointed and bestows them upon the Saints annoints them with this Unction implants in them these gifts and graces imprints vpon them the Divine Nature and therewith sanctifies them which very impression of the Divine Nature or likeness of Christ on the soul of man by the energy of the spirit I conceive to be the very formality of sanctification For the better explication and dilucidation of this Argument give me leave to shew what it is to sanctifie The word Sanctifie hath many acceptions the most famous are these two 1. To set apart 2. To cleanse In each of which we suppose something privative and something positive 1. When it signifies to set apart we must conceive not only a setting a thing or a person apart from a common or prophane use but also it s or his actual dedication to holy uses or setting apart for God which is the proper notion of it 2. When it signifies to cleanse you must not only conceive a purgation from filthiness but also a plantation of the seed of grace called the seed of God The abolition of natural corruption is the privative part the renovation of Gods Image is the positive part of Sanctification 1. To sanctifie is to set apart and dedicate Thus Gods people are set apart and dedicated by God and for God 1. Before time 2. In time 1. Before time Psa 1.4 They are set apart by Gods Decree to be an holy seed to himself in and by Chr st separate from the reprobate and perishing world to be Vessels of Honor whereas the Reprobates are called Vessels of wrath and dishonour M. Burroughs in his Saints Treasury Psa 1.4 Him that is godly God hath set apart for himself i. e. as a good man saith Not only actually set apart in vocation but vertually set apart by God from eternity in Election Ephes 1.4 Having chosen us in him before the foundation of the world c. 2. In time They are regenerated called or actually sanctified or set apart to be Vessels of Honour sanctified and meet for the Masters service Wollebius in his Body of Divinity 2 Tim. 2.21 Sanctification is an actual Election by which we are set apart from the miserable and vain world to act for God by Jesus Christ and to seek the things that make for his glory Thus by Regeneration we are called his First-fruits which under the Law were the Lords portion Jam. 1.18 Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth that we should be a kind of the first fruits of his new creatures Joh. 3.3 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as they are born from above so they are born for above they have heavenly affections and heavenly conversations and shall have

Lord take his counsel and endeavours vows and resolutions as it comes flowing to them from their closing with Christ and union with him There may be saith he a great deal of striving and endeavouring that may be utterly ineffectual for want of having recourse to Christ as the Spring and Well-head of all grace and holiness Thus Jesus Christ is our Sanctification by union with him we are sanctified in him and daily receive supplies of grace from him 3. Jesus Christ may be said to be our Sanctification and to be given of God for our Sanctification in regard of Assimilation 1 Christ is the pattern of our Sanctification 1. As Christ is the Author so Christ is the Rule and Pattern of our Sanctification formal and compleat Sanctification consists in a souls conformity to Jesus Christ as the Exemplar or Pattern of his obedience Heb. 12.3 Consider him that endured c. i. e. consider him as the Pattern and President of your obedience both active and passive Wherefore ye shall find that Christ propounds his own example as the pattern of our obedience Ioh. 13.15 I have given you an example i. e. of meekness and humility that you should do as I have done to you So Mat. 11.29 Learn of me for I am meek and lowly Again Phil. 2.5 Let the same mind be in you as was in Christ i. e. the same opinion judgement affections compassions Once more 1 Pet. 1.15 As he who hath called you is holy so be ye holy in all manner of conversation Christ throughout his whole life was a standing rule a walking Bible a visible Commentary on Gods Law whose ordinary communicable works and duties are recorded for our imitation 2. Holiness is the Image of Christ 2. Holiness is the Image of Christ Now as the face is both the fountain of that Image or Species which is shed upon the glass and likewise it is the exact pattern and example of it too so Jesus Christ is both the principle of holiness by whom it is wrought and the pattern to which it is conforme Now in an Image there are two things 1. Proportion 2. Deduction 1. Proportion A similitude of one thing to another 2. Deduction A derivation or impression of similitude upon the one from the other and with relation thereunto Now our Renovation is after the Image of Christ 1 Cor. 15.49 As we have born the Image of the earthly so we shall bear the Image of the heavenly Adam begat a Son in his own likeness i. e. his Son was like him in corruption and mortality so in the Regeneration Christ begets children to himself in his own likeness i. e. like him in grace and holiness in spirituality and immortality for the seed of which we are begotten is incorruptible 1 Pet. 1.23 When man had lost that glorious Image of God wherein he was created he became an ugly and a miserable creature presently ugly because he had lost his holiness miserable because full of guilt and horror he durst no more draw neer to the most holy inaccessible Majesty than stubble before the flames No man can see his face 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 deficiuntur and live We all by sin are come short of Gods glory Rom. 3.23 both of the glory of his Image and of the glory of his Kingdome Now unless the Lord be pleased to exhibit this Image to us through some glass or veil we must be for ever both desolate and destitute And this the Lord hath graciously been pleased to do by the veil of Christs flesh he is God manifest in the flesh 1 Tim. 3.16 The glory of God now shines in upon us and before us in and from the face of Iesus Christ Col. 1.15 2 Cor. 4.6 Christ is the Image of the invisible God and he that hath seen him hath seen the Father So that now by the Incarnation of the Son there is a Vision of Gods glory and a restauration of Gods Image Ioh. 1.18 No man hath seen God at any time the only begotten Son who is in the bosome of the Father he hath declared him The glittering beamings of the Invisible and Eternal Glory did and do shine most resplendently through the transparent medium of Christs Humane Nature which seen and taken in by the eye of Faith do strangely irradiate and enlighten beautifie and glorifie the soul of man Ephes 4.23 24. and renew it according to the Image of God in righteousness and true holiness 4ly and lastly Jesus Christ is our Sanctification by way of influence and communication This is more general and hath some connexion with and dependance upon the former Ye have received an Vnction from the Holy One i. e. Christ c. Ioh. 1.2.20 This Unction is like that oyntment that ran down from the head of Aaron unto the skirts of his garments to note the plentiful effusion of the Spirit on Christ and from Christ unto his lowest members 1. The Spirit of holiness was Christs right jure proprio by vertue of the personal union so that Christ had a plenitude or fulness of the spirit in him like the fulness of a fountain but to us the spirit belongs by an inferiour union through Christ our Head So Bishop Down●m in his Justification by way of influence from Christ our Head from the grace of the Spirit is derived in such proportion as Christ is pleased to communicate yet 't is the same holiness for truth and substance Simile As it is the same light which breaketh forth in the dawning of the day with that which inhereth in the body of the Sun shining in his strength 't is in Christ in fulness in us in measure The Apostle tells us 2 Cor. 3.18 We are changed into the same likeness with Christ by the Spirit of the Lord. 2. Of this fulness of the Spirit which is in Christ believers do receive and grace for grace Ioh. 1.16 As the Child receives member for member from the Father and as the paper receiveth letter for letter from the Press c. so a sanctified soul receives grace for grace i. e. all manner of grace exactly and proportionably from Jesus Christ The glorious Image of Gods holiness in Christ fashioneth and produceth it self in the hearts of the faithful Simile as an Image or species of light shining on a glass doth from thence fashion it self upon a wall by reflexion As the head communicates real influences to the body so Iesus Christ who is both an head of eminence and of influence communicates his spirit grace light life comfort to his Body the Church for he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are both of one As they are one in Nature so one in Spirit and in spiritual likeness also For the farther explication and illustration of this deep and illustrious truth viz. That Jesus Christ is our Sanctification Before I come to the definition of Sanctification Causa 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉