to tbe E PH E S I A N S. SERMON XV. t P H E S. I. the Latter end of verf.q, and verfe r 4• In whom aifo; after that ye believed, ye were fea/ed with that Holy Spirit of Promife. Which is the earneft of our Inheritance, unttl the re~ demptioil of tbe purchafed pofJejjion, unto the praife of his glory. I Have proceeded unto thefe words in opening of this Chapter, The Cohe– rence of thefe words with the former, is both uatural and elegant. He had fpoken of an Inheritance, which they were predefiinated unto, fover,II. Wh>clt Inheritance was purchaied for them by Jefus Chrifi, fo ver.14, 'it is called• the purcbafed poffeflioiJ. Being appointed them and purchafed for them, he to!lleth them in the tjth verfe, that the Gofpel brought the·firfi news of it to them; After)•ou. heard(faith !1e)t~e W?rd of truth, the Gofpet of y_on~ fatv_a– tion, Upon theJr hearmg of 1t their Faith clofed With it, ana by behevmg they obtained that Inheritance, fo faith the 1 Jth verfe. Now becaufe that this Inhe– ritance, though the right unto it was obtained by believing on Jefus Chrifi, though it was appointed for them from everlafiing; (They were pred•f/i?Jilled according to his purpoje, fo faith the 11th verfe,) although purchafed by Jefus Chrifl , yet they flood fiill out of the polfeffion of it; in !the mean time there– fore, till the redemptio11 of tbis pttrchafed poffef!io1J, till the time lhould come that they lhould enjoy it, he giveth them the Holy Spirit, who had both fealed themup to it, and had given them the Earneflofit in their hearts. After you 6elievd, faith he,)'OU wearefealed with that Hob Spi1·it of Promije, who is tbe E ar11ej/ of our l1tberitmtce. For the divifton of the{e words, '(I mean the firfi part of them, viz. thofe in the 1 Jib verfe, In ~vhom after ye bdieved, je were fealtd witb that Hob Spi– rit of Promt[e,) they fall naturally into thefe parts. Firlt, Here is a work of the Holy Ghofl diflind from Faith, After )'Ott ~tliewdyott were foaled. There is a work of Sealing, to open which will be tile greatefi difficulty that I lhall have to do with at this time. . Here is Secondly, the order of that work, it is After they had 6elit– vul, Hereis ~hirdly, the virtual qufe; if I may fo call it, in whom this fealing was wrought, tt ts m Chrifl : !tt whom afterye betuved ye werefeated, !11 whom referreth to Sealing, as I lhalllhew you anon. Fourthly, Here is th_e Perfon. t~at is the Se~ler, it is the Spirit, theHob Ghofl, the thlfd Perfon m the Tnmty; and he 1s fer forth unto us as he is a Soaler, two ways. Firfl, He is the Spirit of Promife. Seco1Jdb, He is a Hob Spirit. . : Then Fitihly, here are the Perfons fealed; Afterye hlievtd, (fpeaking to the Ephejimu) ye were fealed,f!Jc. cc z To ~ Ser. XV. ~
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