| Paras | |
| 1 | I. The description of sanctification |
| A. Its inception in definitive sanctification | |
| B. Its increase in progressive sanctification | |
| 1. Its character: "really and personally" | |
| 2. Its source: "through the same virtue" | |
| 3. Its means: "by his Word and Spirit" | |
| 4. Its substance: | |
| Negatively, sin is weakened and mortified | |
| Positively, grace is quickened and strengthened | |
| 5. Its necessity: "without which no man shall see the Lord" | |
| 2-3 | II. The distinctives of sanctification |
| 2 | A. Struggle with sin |
| 1. The roots of this struggle | |
| 2. The nature of this struggle | |
| 3. The combatants in this struggle | |
| 3 | B. Progress in grace |
| 1. The difficulty of this progress | |
| 2. The certainty of this progress | |
| 3. The quality of this progress | |
From: Samuel E. Waldron, A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, (Evangelical Press, 1989), p174. Used by permission.