220 An Expojition of the Epiffle ~ I am firll to !hew in general, how the Spirit and all his workings, are all the Srr.XVll. Etmufl of otiT lnberitatJce. ' . . . ~ Yet Secondly, Thatthereisa wdrkof A!furtmct, m wh1ch he 1S more particularly an Earnell. . . . . The fcope of an Earnej/1s both to affure the tlnng , and it IS to affure the party to whqm the Earnell is given: Now in the general fenfe, take the gift of the Spirit, the graces of the Spmt, they all allure the thmg; but then the work of Alfurance, which the Holy Gholl works,that affureth the perfon.He is an Earmfl in both. · The Metaphor of aSealonlyrefped:eth the work of AfJura11ce, (as I lhew– ed when I handled it;) but the fimilitude of an Ear11ej1 dothimport aj{uri11g the thing. It is an Earnell of Heaven, to make that fure in it felf; and it is an Earnell of Heaven to us,to make us fure of ir too. Now therefore I lhall fpeak to thefe two things. Firll, in general to lhew you, That the Holy Gholl and all his Graces, are an Earnefl of our l11heritanct, that makes fure the thing fuK · And firll, the Holy Gholl himfelf abllradedly taken from ~11 our Graces, being given to us, he is the greatell Earnell of Heaven to make 1t fure of all other. My Brethren, the gift of the Holy Gholl is the greatell Earnellof Heaven, that ever was or could be. You mull know that in the Greek ~, , there is a varying from Grommatic~l Rules in relation to what he had fpoken of; for he had fpokcn that the Spirit :.vJJwt, in the Neuter Gender; but yet he faith i, !'lov, who u, it is not which u. I know the Obfervation, (and I took it as an excellent one) which Beza makes o~t of it, that to lhew (faith he) that the l!oly 9hof/ is a Perfon; though .,.,JJI"' be 1n the Neuter Gender, yet he fpeaks of h1m m the Mafculme, as of a Perfon, as elfewhere in Joh. r6,t 5· When He}ha!J come, fpeaking of the Spirit of Tr11th, he fpeal<s of him as of a Perfon, whm He, faith he, Which lhould teach us to fpeak reverently of the Holy Ghofl; (It is a good Obfervation,) thaJ: we lhould not fay ef h1m ,It, as IS the ufual manner amongll us to fay, Lordgive u} thy Spirit, that It ~nay work thu or thst, No, that He may work this or that . He is a Perfon. The Original word varieth, as they that know it know well: he doth not fay, that or which, but who or he; we lhould (peak llill of the Holy Gholl, not as of a thing, but as of a Perfon. I thought, I fay, it was a good Obfervation, that which is gathered from it; but, my Brethren,it is not all the meaning of it, when he faith, he or who, (fpeaking of his Perfon) is an Ear11ej/. His meaning is, that the gift of the Perfon of the IiolyGhojl, taken fevered from all his works in us, his Perfon given to us to dwell in us for ever (as he is,) this is the greatell Earnell that God could bellow upon us, of our Inheritance to come, And that is the firll thing wnerein the Holy Gholl is an Earttefl; he is an Earnell in the gift of his Perfon, . You lhall find 2 Cor.).)• the Apofile fpeaks there of the Perfon of the Holy Ghoj/, as an Earnell given to us dillind from hisgraces and works in us. Mark the phrafe, He that bath wrott$ht us for this Je!J fame thi11g, (namely for Hea– vm, which he fpeaks of ver-4-) u God. Here is yo1:1 feethe work of God upon us; he bath wrought, he hath falhioned Graces in our hearts: Are not they the great Earnell ? No, not comparatively, for it followeth, who al(o bath gtvm tmto us tht Earnefi of his Spirit. You lhall find in another place ( as I fhall fhew anon,) wh'n he fpeaks of working Affurance, he calleth it ' the Eameflof the Spirit in ottr hearts; but here is the Perfon of the Spirit mentioned dillinCl: from his works, who bath al(osJven us the Ear11ej/ of his Spirit, The giying of the Holy Ghojl is the greatell Earnell of Heaven to come, and that confidered as dillind from his Graces wrought in us. I will make this plain to you in a word orrwo, · He is the 11reatell Earnefl of Heaven; why? Becaufe he is rrtore than Heaven. And in this (if you will) he is a Pledge rather than an Earnefl; that fignifica– tion will come in, for it will bear both. It is a Rule in the Civil Law, APawn mufl alwaies 'bt worthmor~ thmt the Mony it u pawnedfor. My Brethren , the Holy Ghofl is more than Heaven, let. me tell you fo. The Apofrle argueth in Rom,S.j2, If he bave given us hi's So11, bow jha!J be not witb himgive tts all tbings
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