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SPECIFICATION.

will soon be, if they are not already,
demanding recognition, as sect, 1t
is to be hoped that every one that is
aroused to seek holiness through their
instrumentality, will be led to search
the scriptures for the means and con-
ditions of salvation. The object of
the writer, therefore is to help such
as set themselves to find out what
revelation teaches, and not to contro-
vert opinions formed after diligent
examination Of the Bible. Holiness
is no new doctrine. All the sects
preach the necessity and therefore
the possibility of its attainment.
There is not one of them that does
not maintain that by one offering
Christ for ever perfected all he died
to save. If the sanctifers taught
nothing m"re and nothing less, there
would be no concern about a new
sect, or necessity of any sort for this
writing.
The sanctifers base their whole
claim upon scriptures of doubtful in
depreciation, and upon a word that
has more Specifications attached to it
in English renditions Of revelation
than any other term in them. Many
words found in both catholic and pro-
testant translations of the holy wri-
tings were compounded of terms ia
ken from the Greek and Latin Ian
guages after national use of them had
ceased, and some of them were in
vented to disseminate and perpetuate
ideas, that had not been widely re-
ceived previously to their manufac-
ture. The terms mostly resorted to
for this purpose were not such as had
been winged by the spirit TO convey
the will of God. In their common
and profane use they had no spiritual
signification whatever, and this was
Especially true of sdnctus and facio,
the Latin words from which sanctif-
cation was coined to embody, justify
and transmit the peculiar doctrine
and claim of the catholic priesthood
to power, so to administer extreme
JUNCTION as to sanctify, and fit for
Ipurgatory those to whom it was APP
piled and who were even there sup
posed to need further assistance to
reach heaven.
AS sanctus and tacio were used in
the days of Christ and his Apostles,
their most appropriate English repre-
sentative as will be hereafter shown is
eonsecrate. Among the ancient Ro-
mans it was the shrine and priesthood
that was made sacred and not the
soul.
We are now prepared to look into
some of the uses, that have been
made in English Bibles of the monas-
tic invention we are discussing. In
Job, ch. l, V. 5, in alluding to Jobs
fears for his children, it is soid ''That
Job sent and sanctlfied Gustyied)
them and rose up early in the morn
ing and offered sacrifices according
to the number of them ALL That
the word justified ought to have been
used here is apparent from the fact,
that Job, as priest of the Most
High, was an accepted vlcarious adj
yocate with him, as can be seen in
Job ch. 42, V. 8. "And my servant
Job shall pray for you; for him will
1 accept: lest 1 deal with you after
Iyour folly Again in Mum. ch. 20
yer. 12: The rendering is because
ye believed not to sanctify (hallow,
me-" &c. That hallow ought to have
been used here is suggested by the
Lords prayer, "Hallowed he thy
Name" In Isa. ch. 8, yer 1S, it ii
"sanctify (hallow) the Lord of Hosts
himself. Joel, ch. /, yer. IA
"Sanctify FAST that is accompan,
| it with sacrifices and prayer. Joe
himself explains his meaning by add
ing, "Call q solemn assembly, gathe
the elders and all the inhabitants o
the land into the house of the Lor'
your God, and cry unto the Lord. ,
In John, ch. II, yer. 10, the word
of Christ himself are rendered $50
their sakes 1 sanctify (conseerate
myself" That consecrdte ought t
have been used here can be seen b
turning to the New Version of th
New Testament, and far better b
reference to Ep. ch. 5, yer. 2e
where Paul declares GAS Christ ais
loved the church and gave himsel
for it, that he might sanctify (justify
and cleanse it. 1t is quite impol
tant that the distinction here made b
, Paul should be noticed. Accordin
to the new Lights, to be sanctified
to be cleansed, but Paul intimate
there is need of cleansing after sant
tifcation and this view of his NEAR
ing is confirmed by his prayer l The
Ich. 5, v. %. "And the very God {
, peace sanctlfy (eonsecrate) yo
, wholly. In Jer. ch. l, yer. 5, ther
is this declaration, Before tho
camest out of womb 1 sanctifie
(consecrated) and 1 ordained thee
prophet to tue Nations" Cor. ch.
yer. IA, "The unbelieying husband
4 sanctified (consecrated) by the Wi
and the unbelieving wife is sanctifie
(consecrated) by the husband, ell
were your children unclean." He
the sanctificationis obviously partial
| limited to the appointed relations