Robert Traill (The Lord's Prayer, John 17:24), Works 2:211:
True holiness is indeed an excellent blessing; a main part of the image of God in standing Adam, utterly lost and defaced in fallen man, renewed again by Jesus Christ in regeneration, and perfected in heaven. The study of holiness is an excellent study, and a study for all our days. We should be still perfecting of it, 2 Cor. 7:1, but cannot in this life be perfect in it, Phil. 3:12. Perfect holiness is an excellent aim and design, and is in the heart and eye of every one that is truly holy. Diligence, and continuance in it, and to grow in holiness, is a saint’s best exercise; and success therein his choicest mercy. The holiest man on earth is surely the happiest man on earth: and the perfection of holiness in heaven is a necessary constituent of the happiness of heaven.
True holiness is indeed an excellent blessing; a main part of the image of God in standing Adam, utterly lost and defaced in fallen man, renewed again by Jesus Christ in regeneration, and perfected in heaven. The study of holiness is an excellent study, and a study for all our days. We should be still perfecting of it, 2 Cor. 7:1, but cannot in this life be perfect in it, Phil. 3:12. Perfect holiness is an excellent aim and design, and is in the heart and eye of every one that is truly holy. Diligence, and continuance in it, and to grow in holiness, is a saint’s best exercise; and success therein his choicest mercy. The holiest man on earth is surely the happiest man on earth: and the perfection of holiness in heaven is a necessary constituent of the happiness of heaven.
