a HOLY LIFE. 



CHAP. II. 



What Hol'mefs is. 



i 



HOlinefs (as I have fhewn in a former 

 Treatife) is a Word of various fig- 

 nifications in Scripture. 



When it is attributed to God$ it figni-^ 

 fies (as Dr. Owtram well * obferves) either* 

 i. His tranfcendent Purity, or conftant and 

 immutable volition of that which is right 

 and good, which the Apoftle Tcter pro- 

 pofes to our imitation, i*Pet. i.iy. As he 

 that hath called you Is holy, fo be ye holy in 

 all manner of converfation. Becaiife it is 

 written^ Be ye holy, for / am holy, i John 

 3.3. And every man that hath this hope 

 in him, furifieth himfelf, as he is fure. 

 Pfal. 145. 17. The Lord is righteous in all his 

 ways, and holy in all his works. Or^ 



x. His glorious Majefty, which mani- 

 fefts it felf in all Excellencies and Perfefti- 

 ons, infinite Wifdom, infinite Power and 

 Might, fovereign Dominion- over all things ; 

 in refpeet whereof he is worthy of all Praife 



r, to Sacnfic. Cap. r. 



B 2. 



