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The third thing is, a denying sanctification the honour of [ 116] a faithfull and true witnesse, or cleare evidence of our justifi∣cation: for if a beleever be not bound to look unto the Law as his rule, why should he then have any eye to his sanct••fica∣tion, which is nothing else but our habituall conformity to the Law, as inherent corruption is nothing else but habituall dis∣agreement
with it: although sanctification be no part of our righteousnesse before God, and in this sence is no evidence of our justification,* 1.1 yet there is scarce any clearer truth in all the Scrip••u••e then this, viz. that it is an evidence that a man is in a justified estate; and yet this leven which denies the Law to be a Christians rule of life, hath sowred some mens spirit•• against this way of evidencing. It is a doubtfull evidence (saith D•• Crisp) an argument, not an evidence, it is a carnall and an inferiour evidence, the last and the least, not the first evidence; it is an evidence if justification be first evident (say Den and Salt∣marsh) some men may be led to these opinions from other principles then a plain denyall of the directive use of the Law, but this I feare lies undermost; however let these two things be examined.
Ps. 119.4, 5 1 Ioh. 2.3, 4 & 3.14. 2 Thes. 2.1••, 14. Isa. ••8.3. 1 Thes. 1.4, 5, 6.