Perfection

i!i " - - The Theological Que.tion BoX : tude markedtawhrdthe'offeudar by the Spirit of Christ. must always Still, on- be odins resembles foreigner them called in external sin, _ho appearance, slightly
.', " tire sanetific_/tion does glve perfect pa- but is wholly different in moral character. "
_)r. _ Ortott .Wiley . . . -. tienec. wholly, not Whenonly a patiadee, person issanctified but oU the Iexten_led must confess throughthatmany a dose yearn, observation, demon-
.. - graces of the Spirit dwdll witldn the heart strates the justice of this plea• Hence I
,'-" " " - . - . " " , in their purity: Bishop Foster .snys_ .livein ]_eacewith these old e}Kzens,but
./'s/it possible td lose the blqss_n_ ._ a clea/tsed .away as ,in the.case of ill ad_ " "T _ese graces wdi exist in the sanctified _ do not:dehght In their society. I . .
12 _'e heart, and still retain a justi]isd ex- quired depravity..,Hence he _mgin_ined" soul Without alloy without mirrors in Dr Steele furth' d _, _,._ h "
•_ _eri_tec? " • . . • . flinta person.must:Derestoreso2,,a smgle " simphcRy. ' " There" is nothing contrary _ to tween ' sins. and - infirmities er _ra_s in.his a con.._..e- chanter
_.. -e.. -- .". .. ' _ reach of faith. Many .of the older bell = them ahd they exist in measure cortes- - o*" "St_s ' I-n,'_m,_ _nd #h,, A_,,n,,m_,_#"
L _ This question is frequently'asked by . hesspeople hq!dthispositlor_, hurl th.ink.o poi_dingto thepresentcapaiityof thesoul _,'_p.h_'is '_,_.'ha'"_,s_,o''_'_'_ t'_e- °l_s'(_'1_4_n'_
those interestedin the doctrhinand ex- . itmoot so common amon,_.us._ t_ernaps bpossessingthem. .. evn_ publ_hed_n thissubject.We can
• perlonce of t_ntlrn sanctification..We think : in .instanecs like. this, one S teaching/in- . . -- ' only give a.brlof summary of his pusttlo/m.
that _ _£ generally ,,q_,, ¢ I. those _ falling ,,,,A _'_iaht into sin reia",,n lose - :men.c_,.s.his upon ,we wur,,s slc_lg/_g..w_tJl ,_, gracevou, o_ l,eop l_?_jz_nc_ _ es,; - . l_hy do lieu make a rIisttoctio*t bbtween 1, IMirmttles_ are failure_ to keep the ""
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to Adam
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ever_ l_lag lu SO]_Le Ins - ' sane
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" Sin of universal
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humanity
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Sins
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are offenses
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- .. • .. .... _ , _.,,. holding as he did that a. si g e grasp of and Infir_nlty, -Sip attaches solely.to the -agamst the law of. love, ,_e law. of Christ..
•sues and _ustifcationbefore • "' God i s lost.......... ,az_,, _,ou .................. a" ' ..... _- spiritual realm, to .man as.a free and re- 2. Infirmities are an mvaluntary .out:.
But'if th/'0uoh i_,norance or uneonseidus non :tom wmcn ne xeth m mmmea tnoz . sponsiblo agent 'before God. Infirmities flov_ from our imnerfect moral organiza-
. tach tergely to the soul as dwelling in a • ' " : - .
h sio_ t, a under the Curse of death 3 :hfirmltles have their ground in our
• r d hysical nature and they are eggravated
"_, pOnly y _ in the .o_y resu-rechonwill.mar/sbe , • y • _ " •'l e--at" fl" ncles.'Sinre ts I" " [
__i _ _i_?r_i are the oohsec_ueneesof thnfa]l, and•at-tieR. "Sin is always"'vgluntary. • " "
may evidently bn lost Withdut forfeiting _bareldv _inI_ o_h_nlfirSttedinSn_n_d_ltne Is. "..
and
be freed,
enter
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the state of justification, : If_ as ts true, ce ,,_y o _. _ , • .. - " ' "of heart.does not bring perfect._n ofjudgr _t. "Infirmities entail regret and humllla-
•,h ,, ,_I _ ,, _,_ ,_-,_' has harden cesslm_es twoworgs o_ grace. J.l_now- '
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in the'case
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went nor does
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entirn
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sanctification
we
bring
know.'
tlon
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Sin
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always produces
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guilt.
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...... " "' n of _ove and ;usti[l be inherited sin, and becomes acq Irsd the distinction between a manssaul and a. mur mmes m wen.-1 .i_truc_ SOUl_.
• WlUlOU_ U perzec_.lo • t • " _" r " '_ _ '* "
cation without entirs_s_ctt[lastion, than _ep _wty,. mn aeeve mennoned, position _ los • body; but that soul dwells In-a haman •...... aonas mmrrupt eommumon .. w_m . ,,_ou. _ '
h._d_, ana-_,e i.'a,motalwaws'tell where the ' _m cuts me te_egropmc cammumcauon
it oppears, reesanal_le to supEese, that thb woum seem to. se .tenan!e. ' .... _,_ir_l"--a_ and ,h _ff'sioal be,_us with heaven . (Here he puts In the fplwhoLly
sanctified person' may fall .back : " ' " • " " ",,_o_uld Weehnb_Sknowt_l_ o_Ycertaintv_.'w_, lowhg, note: The'infirmities" of unenlightagain
into this same oondltlon.,'wtthout a _ ' " -- ' " _ Should alwavn know the line bet,deen' in- ened believers bei/_g regarded as sins
_omplete break with .God. The whole Does a purs heqrt give.onoperfeet pa- " fi,'_itv "_1_r ._ _, *h" "_" _,m '_" m-_t may produce. "condemnation and sunder
matter seems 'to rest. in thL_, _]oes the fiance? """ _ on. sm. --o. _,is .en_ --e ..._ " b --" " in_ ':%nco '-
_anctified I_rsan, or 'does. he _ot, fall b£ ,. .. always • exercise oharRy in our dealings _ e..on-_munmn, . y. oastro,y g. eonu_ ,?_.
an overt act
of sin.
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writer
In asking"
is seeking
this
to
question,
oauntei'act_a
I think
false pothe
with
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one
preach
another..
as if.
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• "--7- sition concerning the nature" of patience " mcrdy anbther name for the •carnal mind.- "6.. Infirmities, hiddcn" from ourselves,
. '. I_ one" _ho is. enttrslll _ancfl/ted fat/8 as a "grace. of. the Spirit.' The reason that Doubtless they find much gamd. in this _e covered by the blood of Christ With:- -
.. ]rom 0race into actual zln, is tt oases- I think this is. true is due to a further " hiding place. But there" are cases of out a definite' a'ot of faith,' tn the case o!
-. sary to .hi# lull reaofatton that'.he fdrst statement of the writer. He i_ays; "Will • nerves, and one's 1: the saul vitally united with Him. Sins
'":be JUsti)¢ted, uud: hter .s_iuctt]tsd?. Holt-- sanctLlicatian fix n man up'-.so he: .Will. fleets Itself in the Dr., W. 'C. demand a specihl, resoi't .to .the" blood "of.
ness _people hi,re been somewhat "divided actually 'kiss .the .cow'.' When she_ kicks, spi-inkling and on act of reliance on Christ.
'in thclr opinions ceneerning:this inatter., over .the proverbial pall of milk? -What 7. Infirmities are. without remedy so
• A Wesleyan. Methodist preacher_ about little Johnny when he throws rocks as weare in.the body. Sins, by the.
• man whom I knew as a through the window for the third or fourth dren "all di_yi would sometime_ come 'to the
• 'insisted that. what timc, should, the parsnts grab him. and altar to seek when what of Christ, are. avoidable
act must kiss him, or 'bust his hide?'" The .best' they.needed to da was'in,go l_our 6f our. regenerdto life,
• definition- of holidess Is the statement, a glass of butthrlnilk d,nd g_
- 8. A thousand infirmities are consistent
grasp, el spoken concerning our Lord which says_ , o • Dr.. Daniel Steele bes': the following to with perfect love, but no one sm,- .'Who .
in. this manner, r- "thou hast loved rlgh(eonsness: and' hated say of "infirmities.. "Thdrn 'are old resl- can Understand. his .errors? Clcause thou
._n must sack for as iniquity." Trun holinegs is not,a passive dents of this country who are by no me_us me/row secret (unconscioUs) faults; Keep .
n second work 'of to state merely; it is aCttee_ loxling the right-, favorites with me an_ I out their oeouahi- back thy servant, also, from presumptuous .
Justification, for th a- -and hatlug the wrong. Patience Is not • tanecs as much as possll_le, such'as [gnor- (willful;. high handed) sins; let them not "
purity 'of his heart _ not ms ny choice but mere"passivity. Any interpretation of.this • _ 'anne forgeffLuiness, " misjudgment, erro_, have dominion over me; then shall I .be .
by-inheritance." Bul_ once 'this person hos boantMul grace of the Spirit which WouldP. _madvertance, 'failuro,:and a terge family upright,' (Hebrew, perfect) and 1.shall be '.
been wholly • sanctified, end then frills make it passive in the presence of wrong[ by the name of Infi/mlty. In fact, ][ have 'innocent irora, the grsat., fraasgr_c'_sian."
from gi-ace, the deprsvity of his heart ts is false. To he n'.llttle "•morn _orcefu], , repeatedly east'my vote foi _ tholr.l_xolu: Heie the. psalmtet expects to faLl Into
no ldnger origthal or Inherited depravity" dt is plain stt/pldhy..:Chri#t was patient, ston, hut they insist that they have a . errors 'and unconscious faults, aud he
but personal and acquh'ed "depraVity. "It .' arid yet he drove the money-ckangcrs _nt:. •right to remaIn, since no 'statute lies p_'ays to be cleansed from them, but 'he "
attaches to his sin as defilement, and on of the temple, Patience must never con,_, against them. They say" that tl_ey are prays to ha'kept from Rnown and volun- -
the pardon of -that sin, the defLlement i_" dana unrighteousness,' although its atti- grossly wronged when confounded with an tary sins.... - " ' .
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