to tbe E PH E S I A N S. I believe it will hold; that the giving of the Holy Ghofl: as a Sealer wirh_joy un~~ fpeakable and glorious, was referved to the T1mes after Chnft wos glonfied. Men Ser. X vr. had theS'piritto work Fait!~ before, they had under the Old Tettament ; bur~ for the Spirit to come and ~vor!< ;oyurljpeaka6te at1d gtonotu m ordtnary BelJevers, was not till Jefos Cbnllh1mfelf was gl~nfied. It 1s true~ that 'lJavtd, and {ome other Saints in theOld Tellament had 1t, .who were emmer1t and types of Chrifr that was to be anointed with the Oil of Gtad~~efs ; but the ordinary Saints~nder.the Old Tellament, they had a tifirit of Bondage upon them, (there ·wasr.t.fpirit of Adopt-ion too,) bti_t nopo fea up t~ a man Ius S.mlhip. This_is the · great Pr.oinife of the Gofpel, wh1ch cometh to Behev_ers when Jefus Chnll1s glorified, when he is afcended up to Heaven, and there Js anomted With the Ott_of Glad11ejs above his f ellows ; then he pourethout the Spmt ltpon men, whti::li will fue out tillS Promtfe. , My Brethren It is the great fruit of your Baptifm; you have not that great . fruit of your Ba'prifm rill you have this. The Circumcijio1J of Old, it was a Seal of the Righreoufnefs of Faith; and of the promifed Seed,_ of Chrlll to come, bf a bloody Saviour, to redeem by blood, ( for fo C:rcumc1fion was by blood.) Now as Circumcifiol) was then, {o now that Chrill is come and glorified ; our B"''tifm is thefeatof the Spirit, it is the proper work that anfwereth to Baptifm.. Therefore you lhall find it is called B apttzi''S w ith the Holy Ghojl , becaufc it is that which is the fruit of Baptifm, it arifwererh that outward Seal; and therefore you may rea'a that Pettf biddeth them be baptized, and they fhould receive this Promife, Ac1.2. ~8. You that believe are to wait for this Promife; as the Jew s waited for the - coming of Chrill, fo are you ·to wait for the coming of the Holy Ghofl: into ybur·· hearts. It is faid, that the Fathers forvtdGod 11ight a11d day, waitingfor the promtfe, namely Chri!t to come, AB.~6.6. Serve your God day and night faith– fully, walk humbly ; there is a promife of the Holy Gholl to come and fill your hearts wirhjoy ~t~Jjpeaktible andglorious,to feal you up to the dr!J of redemptioll, Sue this Promife our, wait tor ir, reil not io believing only, reil not in alTurance by Graces only, there is a further alfurance to be had, It was the Jail Legacy Chrillleft upon Earth. Look .'fo!nt'4· ' 'h') he faith there, that he would lend the 'Promtfeof the Father; this very Promife qf fending the Comfor(n·; read L uke ~4·49· Therefore fue out the Will of Chrill, fue out that !all Legacy of his. It was the fruit of his Afcenfion, when he was afcended up and received this Promife, then he poured it our. And let me add this too ( I thought ro make it a dillinCl: Obfervation) from the J>erfons here that were to be fealed; Te were Jealed; ; ·e, who ?)'e Ephejia11s ; they were ordinary Believers,they were not Apbllles, they had not all miraculous Gifts, yet he faitl){)f them, Te illfr8 fealed with the Spirit of Prot1tifo after )'e . believed. Read over all the Epillles, and you lhall find almoll all the Saints in the Primitive rimes fealed thus : the Cori11ths they had ir, 2 Cor. 1.22, God hath . fla6ltfbed tts with) 'Oil, mtd hatha!Jo jeated us. The Ephej[a11s, they had it you fee, they were fealed; for afterward, Chap.J·14• he exhorts them not to grieve the Holy Spirit, by which they were (taled, The 'fhe{[alonimts, they had it, rTbt{{.t.w. They received the wbtd with firch joy, that he faith, they w.1ited f or the co"!i11g of Jefus. Chrijl fr?m HeavetJ, (for that is the next fiep, Heaven is next unto u, and to wait forChnll when you are thus fealed.) Thofe that Petrr wrote to had it, ' Pet.r·9· l11 whom beMving, ye rej~J·ce with joy uttjpeaka6te andfull of glory. Thus o~dina~y it_was in the Primitive times, _Where the defe~ hes·God fmows; but certamly tt m1ght be more common 1f men would fue rt out, fuch a Promife there is; he is therefore called the Spirit of Promife , be·. caufe he is promifed as a Sealer. • ' Only (my Brethren) let me give you a Direction or h~o. Fiill, Believe this Promife, wait for it by Faith, make it the aim of your Faith ; we are faid to re– crtv_c rbe P romift of the Spirit through Faith, GaJ. 3-14· Believ~ th~~e is fucl1 a rlung, ""\1 at 1t, wau for rt,.arid ferve God day and night m all humrhry ro ob– uin it, reil in no other lower and under afiurance and in the end the Lord God will give ir. !he renfon why men attain it nor,' is, becaufe they reil in o• ther Affurar~~:e, ancl they do rtot aim anhis; they content themfelves with bare believing,
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