2.96 arance po(sikle. Serm.tz Secondly, By this we may be fure of our Adoption, G41.4 6, 1.4nd becaufe ye are foes, God bath fent forth the fpirit of his Son into your hearts, crying,A6ba Father. Tr,crdly, By the fpirit dwelling in us , we may be fure of Eternal fllva[ion, Ephef.i.i 3,14. In whomye Ifotrufted,afrer that ye heard the Word of 7 ruth,the Go fpel of your falwatze s, in whom alfo after that ye belie- ved, ye were fealed with the holy. fpirit of Promife, which is the e:trnefl of our inheritance , until the redemption of the purchafed poffeffion, tinto the praife of his glory. In which Text there are two Words that are to be conndered ; the Spirit is a feal,it is an earnefi ; a feat among men, is, irep to -des, I. For Secrecy. 2. For Dì :in1tior.. 3. For Authority. 4. For Certain- ¿PPaB r. ty. A writingfealed is authentiek,and for enfuring. It is an earnefi,fo alfo called, 2 Cor. r. 22. a Metaphor taken fro :n buyers and fellers. An earneffatnong men,is part of payment, and though it be but fmall, yet it is fuf}ìcieut to fecure you of that which is of very great value. Though there be no commutative Judice betwixt God and the Crea- ture, yet here it bath its weight. There is this diiferent:e betwixt an earned and apawn ; A paean might be fetcht from his hands to whom it was committed to keep, but an earned binds a man to Eland to his agreement, or at lead he mutt- lore his earned : But God will give the ppceè r whole Inheritance, and will not lofe his earned. For our greater corn - Pectsldz iter di- fort,we may take noriceof thefe particulars in this Text, and the 2 Core titer par's ali- 1.21,22. compared together. I. The perfon fealing,che Father. 2. In tca pe fouet z whom,in Chrill 3 With what fcal,rhe fpirit of Promife,where areal' Prctat ast ends- the ?erfons in theTrinity making us Pure of our inheritance. Whet', iwtcrvexi- t Y a 4 n entic, ut fides after ye believed. 5. The end, fubordin ate, the certainty of our falvar.- fìat rcliqua per- ono feal,an earn& : ultimate, the praife of his glory. 6. How long this folvenda f +s;n- feat and carnet+ fï all thus affure us, and chat is, till we hive the corr;- mæ.'' pleat poffetlìon of what it is an carnefi. 3 Argument 3. cilfesy have without extraordinary revelation obtained 4 certain tram m(fances, knowledge, that they should be Paved ; Therefore it is peflible : That ab efte ad pofü'e which, hath been done,is nor impotlible, 2 Tim.4.7,8, 1 have f ughca vale' cox(. g ood fit g ht , 1 have f n(hed tour fe; hence f orth there is a Crown o f Rs h- quehtie. teoufnefs, which the Lord, the Righteosu hedge will give me at that day : and not to me only, but to oll then, alfo that love his appearing. This cer- tainty the Apodle gathers from his fincerity and conflancy in his Obe- dience and Faith, and declaretla the fame certainty that all chofe have, that know they love his appearing, Heb. t 0.34. Knowing in your (elves, that ye have in Heaven a better and an enduring futbflarrse. °jar parirnn efl ratio, & par affrmatio, 4. God
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