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Quest. But how shall I know that my little, is a Pledge and Earnest of more?

Quest. But how shall I know that my little, is a Pledg and Earnest of more?

Answ. 1 The Spirit of Adoption, is a Pledge and Earnest of the whole Inheritance: and though you cannot do so much Service for your Heavenly Father, as your Elder, and stronger Brother doth; yet if you do not only obey God, because you see a reason in his Commandments, but because there is a Child-like disposition in you; then have you the Spirit of Adoption, and so your little, is a certain pledge of more.

Answ. 1 The Spirit of Adoption, is a Pledg and Earnest of the whol Inheritance: and though you cannot do so much Service for your Heavenly Father, as your Elder, and stronger Brother doth; yet if you do not only obey God, because you see a reason in his Commandements, but because there is a Child-like disposition in you; then have you the Spirit of Adoption, and so your little, is a certain pledg of more.

Answ. 2 And if you mourn over your little, and wait on God for more, then is your little an earnest of much: Rom. 8.23. And not only they, but our selves also (saith the Apostle) which have the first fruits of the Spirit; even we our selves, groan within our selves, waiting for the Adoption, to wit, the Redemption of our B•dy. He proves, That the Romans had the first-fruits, the Pledge and Earnest of more in the Spirit, by their groaning and waiting: Do I therefore groan under the present burden of my own weakness, waiting upon God for more, then have I the fist-fruits of the spirit; and so that little which I have, is a Pledge and earnest of more: and upon