VE;x.15. Epheliatu,Chap.1. I __ bePaid ;;both the fpirit leaveus at the timeofour full redemption ! No, but though it dwelleth with us, yet it teatth to bea pledgeoffurther matter; even as the money given a man in earneft bideth with him whenhee bath the whole fummepaid, but it is no longer an earneft of further money to be received. This then is our comfort, who have found this holy fpirit dwelling vp. and working in us : Though it may leave filch as Saul, whom it never fanEtified,yet it (hall never depart quite from themwhomit bath in truth fanftified , but they (hall like Di/vie/then have it praying in them, that is,teaching them to pray,when they think themfelves molt devoidofit. Obferve laftly, that he faith we have a pledge given us, till the re- Doti. demption come which is purchafed for us ; that here the faithfull fee notthemfelves fully delivered : We are the SeanceofGod, but it appeareth not what wejhall be ; we beleeve life everlafting, we doenot fee it, yet we by nature lye in dart-neffeoffinne and mifery, God will have our light returnefucceffively, even as thelight oftheSunne, which (hineth fromone degree to another, till it come to full itrength,Prov.q.. There is a double redemption, the one which we have by faith,verf7. theo- ther which we (hail have in that great day ; This redemption belongeth immediately and directly to man, to the creature mediately; for in that great day the creature (hall bechanged from the vanity and bon- dageofcorruption to whichit is fubjec. As the firft Adams treafonable defection deferved to be punifhed both in his perfon, and in all the things which appertained to him ; fo it was meet that the fecond ?dams obedience fhould not onely reflore man, but the creature alto which might any way bea fit appurtinance to him inhis Elate ofglory. But one may aske, what ufe there (hall be ofthere vifible heavens, ofthe earth, whenmans manfion is prepared in thofe third heavens ! In thefe things we are not to be curious : What if Godwill have them and as a mo- nument of his former power, wifdome, goodnefl'e, toward us inour pilgrimagee Againe, we feeit is a flate belonging toearthly Princes, to have houles here or there, which fometimethrough all their raignes they doe notonce vifit. What refpecleth man,ye may find in that I have written on the r 3.verfe. The ufe is, toencourage us equally to beare the evilswhich preffe V ¡e rö us : Had we nothing to complaine of, ourredemption might well feeme already pa(t. O this is our rejoycing, here we know miferyin many re- gards,but our Jubilie, our yearofredemption hafteneth: God doth fo feat} his children, that hewill have their bell difh Taft. When travellers let out in the fogge and darke mitt ofthe morning, it doth comfort them that they know the day is at hand, and they (hail have itfayrer and fayrer : On the contrary, ifthou getteft not this pledgeofthe holy fpirit of Chrift, thou haft received thy confolation, nothing doth abide theebut weeping,wailing,and gnafhingofteeth, aneternal' night, a reckoning which will be more bitter, then the pleafures offin have fcemed Tweet. Having thus laiddown the benefit, he commeth to mention the cf- Vanso ís. feet
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