Holiness, JC Ryle; Sanctification, second point

In the second chapter, bishop Ryle brings us to Sanctification. He works through three sub-topics and several sub-topics within these three sub-topics. The three are: I. The True Nature of Sanctification; II. The Visible Marks of Sanctification; III. Wherein justification and sanctification agree and are like one another, and wherein they differ and are unlike. In his second point, the visible evidence (marks) of sanctification, the Bishop has 10 sub-points to bring to our attention, which I will provide here but not in detail, so you may "take up and read" further yourself. 1) True Sanctification does not consist in talk about religion (I Jn 3:18). 2) True Sanctification does not consist in temporary religious feelings (Mt. 13:20). "Reaction , after false religious excitement, is a most deadly disease of soul." 3) True Sanctification does not consist in outward formalism and external devoutness. 4) True Sanctification does not consist in retirement from our place in life and the renunciation of our social duties (Jn 17:15). "True holiness does not make a Christian evade difficulties, but face and overcome them." 5) True Sanctification does not consist in the occasional performance of right actions (II Chron. 31:21; Psm. 119:104). 6) Genuine Sanctification will show itself in habitual respect to God's law AND habitual effort to live in obedience to it as the rule of life (I Tim. 1:8; Rm. 7:22). 7) Genuine Sanctification will show itself in an habitual endeavour to do Christ's will, and to live by his practical precepts (Jn. 15:14). 8) Genuine Sanctification will show itself in an habitual desire to live up to the standard which St. Paul sets before the Churches. 9) Genuine Sanctification will show itself in habitual attention to the active graces which our Lord so beautifully exemplified (Jn 13:34-35). "Saving faith and real converting grace will always produce some conformity to the image of Jesus (Col. 3:10). 10) Genuine Sanctification will show itself in habitual attention to the passive graces of Christianity (Gal. 5:22-23). Passive graces would consist of long-suffering, gentleness, and meekness. "The passive graces are no doubt harder to attain than the active ones, BUT they are precisely the graces which have the greatest influence on the world." Joshua Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry