A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer

(2.) He worketh such Graces as are peculiar to God's Children, and are Evidences of our Interest in the Favour of God: and therefore it is called, the Sanctification of the Spirit, 2 Thess. 2. 13. and the renewing of the Holy-Ghost, Tit. 3. 5. Look as John knew Christ to be the Son of God, by the Spirit's descending and abiding upon him, John 1. 32. So by the Spirit's Work, and the Spirit's Inhabitation, we know whether we are the Children of God, or no; whether we dwell in God, and God in us, because of his Spirit that he hath given us, that is, because of those Graces wrought in us. And this is called the Seal of the Spirit; for the Holy-Ghost, stamping the Impress of God upon the Soul, working in us an answerable Likeness to Christ, is said to be the Seal; then we have God's Impress upon us.

(2.) He worketh such Graces as are peculiar to God's Children, and are Evidences of our Interest in the Favour of God: and therefore it is called, the Sanctification of the Spirit, 2 Thess. 2. 13. and the renewing of the Holy-Ghost, Tit. 3. 5. Look as Iohn knew Christ to be the Son of God, by the Spirit's descending and abiding upon him, Iohn 1. 32. So by the Spirit's Work, and the Spirit's Inhabitation, we know whether we are the Children of God, or no; whether we dwell in God, and God in us, because of his Spirit that he hath given us, that is, because of those Graces wrought in us. And this is called the Seal of the Spirit; for the Holy-Ghost, stamping the Impress of God upon the Soul, working in us an answerable Likeness to Christ, is said to be the Seal; then we have God's Impress upon us.

(3.) The Spirit goes further; he helpeth us to feel and discover those Acts in our selves. There is a stupid Deadness in the Conscience, so that we are not always sensible of our spiritual Acts.