“In general. ‘This is the will of God, even your
sanctification,’ or holiness, 1 Thess. iv.
3. This is that which God wills, which he requires of us, —
that we be holy, that we be obedient, that we do his will as the angels do
in heaven. The equity, necessity, profit, and advantage of this ground of
our obedience might at large be insisted on; and, were there no more, this
might suffice alone, — if it be the will of God, it is our duty:—