PURITY AND MATURITY - Enter His Rest

1 You will know them by their fruits. Mt. 7:16 PURITY AND MATURITYBy J. A. WoodAuthor Of Perfect Love See and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest to your souls. -- BibleEntered According To Act Of Congress,In The Year 1876, By J. A. Wood,CONTENTSINTRODUCTIONC hapter 1 CHRISTIAN PURITYP urity A State Or Quality Of BeingBishop Foster On Sin And DepravityHoliness An Uncompounded Element Or QualityDr. Chalmers On PURITY . Bishop Foster On States And Tempers PURITY Implies Entirety Or CompletenessHoliness Not Expressive Of Advancing ProcessesNo Absolute Perfection Except In GodChristian PURITY DefinedThe Entirely Sanctified Perfect In The Sense Of PURITY Bishop Foster On The Elements Of Holiness In The Regenerate Bible Terms Sometimes Used In An Accommodated Sense No Perfection In Degree Except In A Restricted Sense There Is A Sense In Which All Christians Are Holy And Sanctified A Biblical Description Of Christian PurityPurity As A State Is Rather Negative Than

2 Positive PURITY The Negative And Perfect LoveThe Positive In Full Salvation PURITY Is The Soul s Health Rev. John Fletcher Rev. Richard WatsonPurity Consistent With Small Spiritual PowerThe Soul Cleansed Is Not VacatedThe Positive Is Involved In The NegativeThe Positive Virtues All Imparted In RegenerationPurity Requisite To An Admission To HeavenChapter 2 THEOLOGICAL AUTHORITIESP urity The Bible Idea And Fact Of HolinessRev. John Wesley s ViewsRev. John Fletcher Dr. Adam Clarke Richard Watson Rev. Joseph Benson Bishop HeddingBishops Hamline, Thomson, Clarke, FosterBishop J.

3 T. Peck Drs. John Dempster, H. Bannister Drs. D. D. Whedon, A. Lowrey, D. W. C. Huntington, Drs. Daniel Curry, L. R. DunnBinney s Compend. Methodist CatechismMatthew Henry Prof. Jacobus, Robert Hall Dr. John Dick Rev. G. Burder Albert Barnes Drs. Watts, Worthington Drs. Harnock, Berridge, NorrisRev. Dr. Leonard WoodsHoliness No Exemption From TemptationPurity Not Incessant RaptureChapter 3 SCRIPTURE TESTIMONYThe Great Evangelical Fact Of HolinessBible PURITY Illustrated. Albert Barnes Richard Watson Who Shall Enter Heaven? John WesleyPurity By Ablution.

4 PURITY By Purgation. PURITY By Creation Justification And Regeneration Greater Than Purification PURITY Typified By Cleansing With WaterA Fountain Opened For Sin And UncleannessBishop Simpson At Vineland Rev. Jas. H. TaylorThe Purified Soul Whiter Than Snow PURITY Spiritual Circumcision Adam ClarkeChrist The Refiner The Purified Like Refined Gold God Will Not Accept Corrupt ServiceThe Kingdom Of God( Righteousness, Peace, And Joy In The Holy Ghost ) Purified Through The Truth Rev. John WesleyDeath To Sin Illustrated By MortificationDestruction Of Sin Life Of Righteousness Rev.

5 Dr. Hodge Death Of Corrupt Nature By Crucifixion Dr. A. Clarke Freedom From Sin The Finished Character Of A Christian The Author And Price Of Personal HolinessOur Sanctification God s Will Both Permissively And Authoritatively Sanctified By The Holy Ghost. The Fire MetaphorChapter 4 SCRIPTURE TESTIMONYC onfession Precedes Pardon And PurityHuman Agency In Christian PuritySoul And Body Both To Be SanctifiedGod No Respecter Of Persons PURITY By FaithHoliness Commanded And ExpectedThe Blood of Christ Infinitely Efficacious Krummacher Christ Died To Sanctify His ChurchSanctification By Faith Matthew HenryThe Mighty Efficient Agent Rev.

6 C. H. SpurgeonThe Infinite Merit Of Christ s BloodSuperiority Of Christ Over The Levitical Priesthood The New And Living WayChrist Can Save To The UttermostThe Instrument Of Purification Matthew HenryThe Fruitful Branch Rev. John WesleyThe Heart A Treasury Of Good Or Of EvilLove The Substance And Fulfillment Of The LawChrist Divine, Therefore Able To SaveSaints Washed In The Blood Of ChristChrist The Great PhysicianThe Scriptures Regarding PURITY Clear, Definite And Positive The Bible A Plainly Written BookNo Figure Or Term Used Limits The CleansingChapter 5 REGENERATION IS NOT COMPLETE PURITYR egeneration The Commencement Of Purification Mr.

7 Wesley Depravity Not Sin Strictly SpeakingDepravity Evil In Nature And TendencyThe Soul The Seat Of Moral Quality Bishop Foster Regeneration And Entire Sanctification Not Identical Nature Of Regeneration Dr. John Dick Bishop Hopkins Depravity And Holiness Antagonisms, And Moral Opposites PURITY Can Not Be Transmitted Dr. CurryThe Testimony Of Consciousness Positive And Certain No Combination Or Composition Of Inbred Sin And Holiness They Are Antagonisms, Distinct In Nature And Tendency Condemnation Consequent Only Upon Actual SinThe Zinzendorf And Maxwell Error Mr.

8 WesleyThe Testimony Of Mr. Wesley And John FletcherDr. Adam Clarke Bishop Hedding Wm. Bramwell Rev. Dr. Hodge Dr. N. Bangs Rev. Wm. McDonald Prof. Upham Bishop Janes Drs. Mattison, Curry, Smith Dr. John Dick Bishop Thomson Richard Watson Dr. Dempster Dr. George Peck Bishop Foster Disciplinary Questions Bishop Hamline Who Have Professed PURITY ?Bishop Asbury s ProfessionBishop Whatcoat s ProfessionWhy So Many Lose It? -- Mr. WesleyPurity Should Be Preached Constantly, Strongly And Explicitly Grace Dominant In RegenerationJustification Negatived By Committing SinChapter 6 CHRISTIAN PURITY NOT OBTAINED BY GROWTH IN GRACEI mpurity Remaining In The RegenerateSin And Depravity Not The Same Bishop Foster Mr.

9 Wesley Depravity Original And Acquired Inborn And Inbred Guilt Involved Only When Depravity Is Yielded ToGrowth In Grace May Abate Its ForceDepravity Not Action Or Deed Bishop HamlineIt Can Not Be Imperceptibly Outgrown Dr. Steele The Subjugation Of Depravity Is Not Its Destruction The Soul Passive In Purification Dr. SteeleDr. Hodge Sanctification Not By Moral CultureRev. Timothy Merritt On The Gradual ProcessBishop Foster Means Of SanctificationMr. Wesley -- Second Change Instantaneous Deliverance Depravity Sometimes A Hidden And Often A Latent Evil Dr.

10 John Dick Dr. Steele Depraved InclinationPurity By Purgation Ablution Extermination Destruction Growth Has No Cleansing Power Rev. Wm. Reddy Weeds In A Garden Dr. F. G. HibbardChapter 7 CHRISTIAN PURITY NOT OBTAINED BY GROWTH IN GRACEI nbred Sin Not Removed In PartsMr. Wesley -- The Seed Of All Sin Dr. Steele Dr. Adam Clarke Holiness By Gradation PURITY By Faith PURITY And Impurity Facts Of Consciousness Dr. F. Hodgson Mr. Wesley Growth In Grace Not Enough Growth A Naturalism PURITY Not By WorksDr. F. G. Hibbard PURITY Preceded And Followed By A Gradual Work Rev.