The passive receiving of Christ is the process by which a spiritual principle of grace is generated in the will of man.

The passive receiving of Christ is the process by which a spiritual principle of grace is generated in the will of man.

The first act of religion, therefore, concerns those things which are communicated to us from God. The other concerns those things which we yield to God.

The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin.

From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised between God and us; the hearing of the word and prayer.

An idea in man is first impressed upon him and afterwards expressed in things, but in God it is only expressed, not impressed, because it does not come from anywhere else.

Sanctification is not to be understood here as a separation from ordinary use or consecration to some special use, although this meaning is often present in Scripture, sometimes referring to outward and sometimes to inward or effectual separation.