Perfect Justification and Perfect Sanctification

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"The believer has a perfect sanctification, as well as a perfect justification, in his Lord and Saviour. In his approaches to a throne of grace, he looks beyond both guilt and graces in himself, pleading the salvation of Jesus only. Christ crucified is the source of peace, acceptance, and humble boldness; also of inward fruits and heart holiness. Sin cannot be mortified, but by looking to him who hung upon the cross for its atonement; and beholding the glory of God in the face, person, and undertaking of Jesus, is the only thing that transforms the soul into the same image. — Christ is the tree of life, both root and branch; the temple, the altar, and the sacrifice; the giver and the gift; the all in all of a believer's dependence. Christ, thus apprehended, is the cause of holiness, in the bud, blossom, and fruit. Christ is a cordial in times of fainting; a door of hope in times of trouble and temptation; a healer of spiritual sickness; a setter of bones, when broken by wilful sin or aggravated backsliding; an altar, sanctifying every gift that is offered upon it; a fountain, watering his own graces in the heart: the spring of all happiness and peace, purity and holiness, here and for evermore. Our sanctification in Christ is thus complete."

- excerpt from William Mason's The Believer's Pocket Companion: Or, Putting on Christ the One Thing Needful