~ require of Jud"b a Pledge, that he would give her w11~fne promlfedner : "But Str.XVII. theGrecimuufeit e~ecially for an Ean;ejl. 'E•il<YI" IS put for a Pldge, but ~ ipeg.CtJr, for an EartJtff. .. Now you will ask, how rhefe two, a 'Pa7yn .ana a PJulgi, <lo differ from an Earnefi ? ~ - - • I willlhew you lirfi what is common to them both, which will help to 'open the thing. Secondly, Wherein they differ. In common, the nature and ufe of aPledge-and an Ermttfl'ts this, both are to give alfurance, to give fecurity. If a man borroweth Mony of one, oftentimes they leave a Pawn, that Pawn giveth affurance, giveth fecurity for the payment of fo much Mony. On the other fide, if a man•goes to bargain with one, t)Je Buyer givet)1 an Earnefi to the Seller, and tJ13t alfo cloth bind the bargain. They are bqth for Security , they are both- for Alfurance , that is th~ fcope of both; How do they differ then? A Paw11isproperly for Mony borrowed, or promifed' tq be paid, and muft alwaies be worth as much as the Mony that it is engaged for; who will· uke a Pawn elfe ? But all Earnefl is not fo; an Earnefi is but a part in hand. You fl1all have a Bargain that is worth a thoufand pounds, and the Earneft it may be is but Sixpence or a Shilling, or a Piece. It is but part of the payment. In the Second place; A Pawn or a Pledge may be (omething of ahether kind from Mony. One may pawn his Jewels his Cloaths for Mony; but an Earnefi alwaies is a piece of Mony, for Mony to be paid. It is a thing of the fame kind. Then Thirdly, a Pawn is reftored again when the Mony is paid; but an Ear· •ilefi is never reftored, for it is part in hand, a man keepeth it fot ever by him. So that now, by this,you will cometounderftand what is meant by an Earnrfl. It is firft a part in hand, part of payment, it is not the whole. It is Secondly, fomething of the fame kind, it is part of the fame we lhall one day receive. And Thirdly, it is nevel'refiored again as a Pawn is. I !h~ll have ufe of thefe, as you fl1all find in opening, how the Spirit is an Earneft. The Second thing for opening the phrafe is this : I have lhewed you how ·a 'fawn and an Earnejl differeth. Now let us fee what reference this phrafe hath (in the place it cometh in,) both to what is before, and what is after. An Earnef/, it is of ufe in two cafes; and they are both here glanced at. An Ecmtejl, it is of ufe in cafe of buying and felling, when the buyer bath not Mony ready, or the feller bath not his Coijlmodity ready, then you give Mony as an Ea-rnefi of the bargain. Secondly, An Earnejt doth not hold only in buying and felling; but it hofdeth in conveying of Inheritances. This is the latitude of the Greek phrafe. You lhall fee it amongft our [elves, (as I take it at this day.) When an Inheritance is conveyed to another man, there is firft a Writing drawn with Hands unto ir. Anfwerably there is now for the Inheritance of heaven Sa11Cf'i(iwtio1J and Faith wrought in rhe heart, which are the linger of the Holy Gbojl; ·they are !lis work. There is Secondly the Seat, which is after you have hditved and have been j.'mCiifed, And Thirdly,in conveying Inheritances (if I be notmiftaken)they ufe to carry a man unto the ground. If you fell Lane! or convey an Inheritance, if you will give polfellion, what do you ? You carry him unto the Ground, and there you give him a Turf of Earth, fomethlng that grows upon the ground; not Many, but fomething of the fame kind with the Inheritance he is to polfefs,. and t~at bindeth the party, as Lawyers know; and it is (aid to give polfellion, to give the Buyer a further degree of right. Now fee how aptly the Holy G!:JDjt followeth this fimilitude here in thefe words. He aimeth at both, he glanceth at both: Firfi, at that way of bar· gaining, and that is evident by two expreffions, the RedemptiotJ wbicb u 6y prict, dmJ.hP""'• and the Purcbafed po(JeJ!ion. Yet he chiefly aimeth at con· veying an Inheritance, for fo the words are exprefi, it is tl1e Earnefl (faith he) of o11r lnberitmrce; and the word Poj{ejJio11 that relateth to Inheri– tances; Tbe Ear1uf/ of our lnberitmtce, until tbe redemption of tl>e purchafed poJ!ef!io11. He glanceth you fee at both, and takes in both. · And'
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