Every one who has this hope
By the same discipline every good soldier of Christ is to accustom himself to endure hardship (2 Timothy 2:3). Confirmed and strengthened by this, he will be able not only to renounce the works of darkness, but every appetite too, and every affection which is not subject to the law of God. For, says Saint John, every one who has this hope purifies himself even as he is pure (1 John 3:3).
It is his daily care, by the grace of God in Christ, and through the blood of the covenant, to purge the inmost recesses of his soul from the lusts that before possessed and defiled it, from uncleanness, and envy, and malice, and wrath, from every passion and temper that is after the flesh, that either springs from or cherishes his native corruption. He knows well that he whose very body is the temple of God (1 Corinthians 6:19) ought to admit into it nothing common or unclean, and that holiness befits that house forever (Psalm 93:5), where the Spirit of holiness is pleased to dwell.
1771 text
10. By the same discipline is every good soldier of Christ, to inure himself to endure hardship. Confirmed and strengthened by this, he will be able not only to renounce the works of darkness, but every appetite too and every affection, which is not subject to the law of God. For every one, saith St. John, who hath this hope, purifieth himself even as he is pure. It is his daily care, by the grace of God in Christ, and thro’ the blood of the covenant, to purge the inmost recesses of his soul, from the lusts that before possest and defiled it; from uncleanness, and envy, and malice, and wrath, from every passion and temper, that is after the flesh, that either springs from, or cherishes, his native corruption: as well knowing, that he whose very body is the temple of God, ought to admit into it nothing common or unclean; and that holiness becometh that house for ever, where the Spirit of holiness vouchsafes to dwell.
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Sermon 17 in the 1771 Works. Romans 2:29. Saint Mary's, Oxford, 1 January 1733.
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