Robert Traill (Sermons from 1 Peter 1:1-4), Works 4:75:
Sanctification differs greatly as to the persons that are partakers of it; and it differs greatly too as to the same man: for a true believer, a truly sanctified man, may be more holy and sanctified at one time than at another. There is a work required of us, to be perfecting holiness in the fear of God, 2 Cor. 7:1; but we are no where required to be perfecting righteousness in the sight of God. For God hath brought in a perfect righteousness, in which we stand; but we are to take care, and to give diligence to perfect holiness in the fear of God. A saint in glory is more sanctified than ever he was, for he is perfectly so; but he is not more justified than he was. Nay, a saint in heaven is not more justified than a believer on earth is; only they know it better; and the glory of that light in which they see it, discovers it more brightly and more clearly to them.
Sanctification differs greatly as to the persons that are partakers of it; and it differs greatly too as to the same man: for a true believer, a truly sanctified man, may be more holy and sanctified at one time than at another. There is a work required of us, to be perfecting holiness in the fear of God, 2 Cor. 7:1; but we are no where required to be perfecting righteousness in the sight of God. For God hath brought in a perfect righteousness, in which we stand; but we are to take care, and to give diligence to perfect holiness in the fear of God. A saint in glory is more sanctified than ever he was, for he is perfectly so; but he is not more justified than he was. Nay, a saint in heaven is not more justified than a believer on earth is; only they know it better; and the glory of that light in which they see it, discovers it more brightly and more clearly to them.
