138 Ephelianr,Cháp,r. VE to marke, t. The benefit. z. The foundation ofit. 3. The end, The benefit hath reference to the7. verfe, Inwhomwe have redemption, in whom alfo we have obtainedan inheritence ; The oldbooks reade it, Wee arechofen, the latter, we have obtainedan inheritance : The word frgnifyeth, we have beene chofen, as it were by lor,to an inheritance. The ground fhewethus, firft ourpredeftination: Secondly, the author of it,byhimwho is defcribed from theof th; inwhich we are to mark, (.TheAnion, who doth worke effetlually. z. The Objeû,all things. 3. The Manner,accordingto the counfell ofhis will: the end ofthis and all the otherbenefits following. Thewords being carte, we will come to theinftrutìions. Dolt, a Firft, we fee that being in Chrift, we findenot onelyrighteoufneffe in him,butlife everlafting : God doth not fet us free from finin Chrift, that by our felves we might, by workes meritorious, worke out falva- tion ; but even as finnecaufeth death,fohis grace through Chrift raign- eth to life eternal!. Now the order in which we receive this inheri- tance,you may fee, Ac?rz6.r8.Rom.8.God enlightens their eyes,brings them to know and beleeve on Chrift, that fo they may receive in him, Firft, remiffion offinnes ; Secondly, Inheritance with theSaints : thofe whom he bath called,hehath juftified;fo thofe whomhe bath juftified, hehath giorified.Sin is a wall ofpartition,whichmuft be beaten downe, before the light of graceand glory can thine untous:Now fin being re- moved from us,who are with thenatural! fonne,what fhould hinder but that wefhouldbe heires, even joynt- heires with him ? Being one with him, we are the feedsto whomwas promifed under Canaan the inheri- tance of theworld tocome. Thebetterto underftand this matter of our inheritance, you muff know what it is in general!. a. In what orderwe come to receive it. That is an inheritance which I hold as theSonne, or Allie ; oras out of favour I am written the hcireofthis or that man ; fo what ever weobtainebyour principali birth from Chrift, that is our in- heritance. That which weobtaine is two fold : Firft, in this lifewe re- ceive the fill fruits, the earneft ofthe Spirit, and all our bleffings are given to us aspart ofa childs part. Wards, whilethey arein their minori- ty,have fome allowance from their inheritance; and Parents will prove their children with fome leffer flockes, to fee how theywill husband them, before theygive them the full eftate they meane to leave them; fodothGod. Secondly, we receive the fulneffe in the life tocome, which flandeth partly in Prerogatives. Secondly, in the glory that fhall be put upon our perfons. Thirdly,in the things which !hall be given us topoffeffe. Some inheritances have prerogatives annexed, as to bé Lord high Steward, Lord high Chamberlaine: fo ourinheritance bath thisroyalty annexed; We (hall be Kings and Priefts to God ; wefhall be Judges ofthe world, and Angels with Chrift,ftanding by Chrift, as Benchers and Affiftants in place of judgement. Our glory refpeéleth fouleor body ; the foule fhall be filled with the light ofknowledge, even as the ayre upon the lemming oftheSun to it,is rather light to appearance, then enlightned. a .Our
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