An Expojition of tbe Epiftle ~ Secondly, As joy in the holy Ghoft and alfurante is 20 Earncll, it is part of Ser. XVII. payment: you know in an Earneft if you have part in h~nd you have ihelef5 ~when you come to receive the full fum. I will no< fay thattt Js!ohere,thatthofe Jerv. 2 ' that have moll comfort here lhall have lefs in Heaven; but this I will fay, if they do notimprove this Earneft, if they do not p~t this T~llent out tolife ~hey lhall havelefs, let me tell them Jo. I may fay m th1s caf~ Jull as Chr1ll fa1d to thomtU,Joh.2o, 29. Brcaufethouhajlfmtmt, tho11 haft 6etitvtdj 6trffed ar.e thry that have 1101 fun 011dyet have6elitvtd. Thou hall feen Chrift, thou haft an Earneft of Heaven, thou haft fome fight, fome tall, it is 'I\' ell thou art obedi– ent; but!et me tell thee that they that are obedient as thou art, and yet have not this Earneft, there is more behind. Therefore poor Soul comfort thy felf, haft thou not had this Earneft Penny, and yet thou haft been obedient to God? There is the more behind. OhftrV. ~· Thirdly, You that have the Earneft of the Spirit,prife it. You ufe to lay up your Earnefi Money by which you may fue for the bargain, fafcly and careful– ly, youpraifeitmorethanallyourotherMoney, as you do your Bonds more than all your other Papers in your Study befides, becaufe you have that to fue for your debt: Vallue therefore the Holy Ghoft, his graces, efpecially rhe Eu– nefi of him wherebyh~ works alfurance. So much now for this, that he is faid to be rhe Earnefi of our Inheritance. Now to come to the Second thing mentioned, of what he is ~faid to be the Earneft, and until when. Ht is (aid to 6t the Earnefl of our I11htr1tance until the R~dtm_ptionof the purcha(;dPojJejjion. I put both the!e togetncr, of what the Sp1nt 1s an Earneft and unttl when, as under a Tlurd head. - Firfi, Of what? Of an Inheritance. What is the Inheritance? Will you know what it is my Brethren ? Look Rom. 8. 1 7. we are f01d there to be Heirs of God, ( it is a mighty fpeech, I do not know how to Ipeak more of your Inhe– ritance,) titirsofGodfa\th he, andCo-heil·swith(h71fl, that is God himfelf is your Inheritance. Why how do you prove that that is the meaning of it? Be. caufe you are Co-heirs with Chrift•. Now who is Jefus Chrifi's Iohrrttance ? Who nukes Chrifthappy ? God. P(al: t6. 5· (it is aPfalmofC,Jrift plainly,) Tht Lordu the Portson of mint Inheritance, mzdof my (Hp, and fo he concludeth, At thy right handthereare Ple.:Jjuresfor ever mort. Now my Brethren, ifGod be the Inheritance, you fee ajufr reafon why that the Per!on of the Holy Ghoft lbould be the Earneft, that he that is God lhould be the Earneft of the Inheritance which is God too. · I will give you one Scripture more, it is Rtvrl. 21. 7• He that ovtrcometh Jba/1 inherit afJ things, and I will bt his God. God and all things are a Mans Inheritance, whereof the Holy Ghoft is the Earneft. He is the Earneft until, until the Redemption ofthe pttrchafed Po[frjjiolt. The word,;, our Tranfiators do rightly interpret it, they read it until, for fo Ephef. 4 • 30. 1t art Sealedfaith he, unto the day,.:, np.ir~• Ulttil tht day, until then; for that indeed is the proper fcope of an Earneft when the full payment and poifeJlion is deferred to alfu~e in the mean time, to alfure until then, therefore Ram. 8. we are faid to wait for the Redemption ofthe Body,having received the firfi fruits ofthe Spirit. The Second thing to be explained is Redemption, what is ment here by Re· demptioo• . That is eafie; It is not the Redemptionliy Chrift's Blood, there need no Ear– ne!! until that, for that is pall, that is done already, that you reado( verfe 7· ln twhomwt hiJ'IJt Rtdemptio" through his Blood, that is atl:ual Redemytion, it is he paying of the price once for all , but the Redemption here is attua and corn– pleat full Redemption. as Ltd<e 21, 28. When your Redtmptiondrawethnigh, Ji{lup )'Dilr hratl!. There
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