::lOJ An Expofition of the Epiftle ~ And then again there is this Third R.eafon for it likewife, that it is not mal<ing Je, . )\ V . Salvation fure in it felf, but to make us fure of it, bccaufe that the inward ~ work here of Sealing anfwcreth to the outward work of llaptilm. (It is Za11clms Obfervation,though he doth not apply it,)! fay,the ApoHle,in!\cad of fay– ing you are baptized and fo fealed, mentioneth the inward work of Baptifm ra– ther; Tot~ art {t,,/ed, faith he, 6y tht Sp<rit. Now the end of Baptifm is to be a Se~l , that is the outward Seal, for it fucceedeth Ci>·cttmcifto", as appeareth Co!oJ{.2,1 r,12. compared. Now, Ctrcnmcifton is called the Seat of the righte– oujittfs of Faith, R.om-4- 1 r, Now every Ordinance hath his proper work, the proper work of Baptifm, the inward work that anfwereth to Baptifm, is the .Jeat of the Spirit, for that is the Seal of the righteotJjiu(S of Fr1ith. Now Baptifm fuppofeth Regeneration, fuppofeth Salvation fure in it felf firlt. Sacra– ments are never admini!\red for to b' gin or work Grace; you fuppofe Children tobdieve before you baptize them, read all the Acts, !\ill it is faid, They !relieved and wtrt baptized: I could give you multitude of places for it. Now then Salvation is made fure upon believing; but you are baptized, th•t is the Seal to confirm : Anfwerably, Salvation is made fure upon believing; but the Seat of the Sptrit cometh as the fruit of Baptifm, which is the proper work of it. The inward Seal anfwereth to the outward. You /hall therefore find in the Acts, that upon baptizing of Men that were at years, the Ho!)• Ghofl fell upon them; as when the Emmch was baptized, Ai1.8.j8. he went awayrejoyci11g, fo faith verfe l9· he h,td joy ill the Holy Ghofl. You have the .[ailor baptized, Act.r6·ll· you have h1m rejoycing, vnf.lf· So that now the Seat of the Spirit in thofe Primitive times, it did accompany the outward Seal of Baptifm; and fo to this day, the proper fruit you are to expeCt of your having been baptized, is to be featedwtth the Spirit of Promife; it is not to work Regeneration, but fuppofeth it. So now you fee, that[eati11g it is an affurance of falvation. But now there is a two!old affurance of falvation, that we may yet go further in examining what is intended in it, (tor I mult lift things to find out what is the proper fcope, what is the E(ixir of the Holy Ghof/r intention.) There is fir!\ an affurance by fenfe , by conditional Promifes, whereby a man feein" the I mage of God upon his heart, to which Promifes are made, he cometh comfortably to believe that he is in the efiate of Grace, That there is a ufe of fenfe all acknowledge. But then Secondly , there is an immediate affurance of the Holy Ghojl, by a Heavenly and Divine Jight, of a Divine authority, which the Holy Ghojl ilieddeth in a man's heart , ( not having relation to Grace wrought, or any thing in a man's felf,) whereby he fealeth him up to the day of redemptioll: And this is the great Sea! of all the re{\, The one way is difcourlive; a man gathereth, that God loveth him from the effeCts, as we gather there is fire, becaufe there is fmoak. But the other is imwtive, as the Angels are faid to know things; it is fuch a knowledge as whereby we know the whole is greater than the parr, we do not !land difcourfing. There is light that cometh and over·powreth a man's Soul , and a!fureth him that God is his, and he is God's, an4,that God loveth him from everlafiing. Now the Qi)efiion is, which of thefe two is intended here? I iliall give you -an Anfwer to it by confulting that in r .[oh.,.8. He faith, there are three that bear Wt/11ejs to a man's Confcience, ton man's Spirit, there is the Sptrit, faith he,(that is the Holy Ghofl,) and there is tht Water, and there is the Blood. By Wattr he meaneth SanCtification (as all agree,) and by Blood he meancth the Blood of Jefus Chrifi, by Faith laid hold upon, which bath a Witnefs in it; He that believeth, faith he, bath the Wit11t[s in himfetJ, verfe 10. You /hall find both thefe in Heb.ro,22. Let tts draw 11ear with a true heart i11f"U affurmtce of Faith, h,tvit~g our hearts jpri11kled from a11 evil Confcimce; (there is Blood, for Heb·9·"4·the Blood ofChrijl is faid topurge the Co11(cimcefrom dead works,) ' a11d our bodu.< wafhedwithpt~rewater, that is, our whole man fanC!:ified, alluding to the Types of the Ctremo11iat Law. But you fee here, belide the Te!\i– mony of Blood, when a man cometh to believe, he laieth hold upon the Blood of Chri!\ ; when a man looks to Chrilt, though with a weak Faith, Jefus Chr~ft cloth fomewhar look upon him; as when a man looks upon a PiCture, if he eye the Pidure, the PiCture feemeth to look upon him too; this becometh fame quiet to
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