Eph. I, 5. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6. To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved.
7. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.
Gal. V, 22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.
23. Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts.
2. Christian Holiness.
Deut. XXX, 6. And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Jer. XXIV, 7. And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
Jer. XXXI, 33. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel: After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.