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Englands duty under the present gospel liberty from Revel. III, vers. 20
Englands duty under the present gospel liberty from Revel. III, vers. 20 : wherein is opened the admirable condescension and patience of Christ in waiting upon trifling and obstinate sinners, the wretched state of the unconverted, the nature of evangelical faith ..., the riches of free grace in the offers of Christ ..., the invaluable privileges of union and communion granted to all who receive him ... / by John Flavell ...Englands duty under the present gospel liberty from Revel. III, vers. 20 : wherein is opened the admirable condescension and patience of Christ in waiting upon trifling and obstinate sinners, the wretched state of the unconverted, the nature of evangelical faith ..., the riches of free grace in the offers of Christ ..., the invaluable priviledges of union and communion granted to all who receive him ... / by John Flavell ...
London: printed for Matthew Wotton, 1689
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
V. And lastly, we read likewise in the Scriptures of the Earnest of the Spirit. This is three times mentioned in the Scriptures, Eph. 1. 14. Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, 2 Cor. 1. 22. where it is joined with the former privilege of sealing, Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our Hearts. And again, 2 Cor. 5. 5. He that hath wrought us for the self same thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. The word is [Greek or Hebrew] originally a Syriac word: The Greeks are supposed to get it from the Phoenician Merchants, with whom they traded; and it notes a part paid in hand to confirm a bargain for the whole. There are two things in an earnest. (1) It is part of the sum or inheritance: If it were a contract for a sum of money, then it was a small part of a greater parcel: If for an Inheritance, then the earnest is a taking a part of the Inheritance, as a twig or turf, part of the whole. Now the Spirit of God chooses this word on purpose to signify two great things to his People by it.
V. And lastly, we read likewise in the Scriptures of the Earnest of the Spirit. This is three times mentioned in the Scriptures, Eph. 1. 14. Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchasad possession, 2 Cor. 1. 22. where it is joyned with the former priviledge of sealing, Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our Hearts. And again, 2 Cor. 5. 5. He that hath wrought us for the self same thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. The word is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 originally a Syriak word: The Greeks are supposed to get it from the Phonician Merchants, with whom they traded; and it notes a part paid in hand to confirm a bargain for the whole. There are two things in an earnest. (1) It is part of the sum or inheritance: If it were a contract for a sum of mony, then it was a small part of a greater parcel: If for an Inheritance, then the earnest is a taking a part of the Inheritance, as a twig or turf, part of the whole. Now the Spirit of God chooses this word on purpose to signifie two great things to his People by it.