THESE are some of the Spiritual Benefits and Privileges which Believers enjoy by a Participation of the Holy Ghost, as the promised Comforter of the Church: These things he is unto them, and as unto all other things belonging unto their Consolation, he works them in them, which we must in the next place enquire into. Only something we may take notice of from what we have already insisted on. As, (1) That all Evangelical Privileges whereof Believers are made Partakers in this World, do centre in the Person of the Holy Spirit. He is the great Promise that Christ hath made unto his Disciples, the great Legacy which he hath bequeathed unto them. The Grant made unto him by the Father when he had done all his Will, and fulfilled all Righteousness, and exalted the Glory of his Holiness, Wisdom and Grace, was this of the Holy Spirit to be communicated by him unto the Church. This he received of the Father as the Complement of his Reward, wherein he saw of the Travail of his Soul and was satisfied. This Spirit he now gives unto Believers, and no Tongue can express the Benefits which they receive thereby. Therein are they anointed and sealed, therein do they receive the Earnest and First Fruits of Immortality ⟨p. 101⟩and Glory. In a Word, therein are they taken into a Participation with Christ himself in all his Honour and Glory. Hereby is their Condition rendered honourable, safe, comfortable, and the whole Inheritance is unchangeably secured unto them. In this one Privilege therefore of receiving the Spirit, are all others enwrapped. For, (2) No one way, or thing, or Similitude can express or represent the greatness of this Privilege. It is Anointing, it is Sealing, it is an Earnest and First Fruit, every thing whereby the Love of God, and the blessed Security of our Condition may be expressed or intimated unto us. For what greater Pledge can we have of the Love and Favour of God? What greater Dignity can we be made Partakers of? What greater Assurance of a future, blessed Condition, than that God hath given us of his Holy Spirit? And, (3) Hence also is it manifest how abundantly willing he is, that the Heirs of Promise should receive strong Consolation in all their Distresses, when they fly for Refuge unto the Hope that is set before them.
THESE are some of the Spiritual Benefits and Priviledges which Believers enjoy by a Participation of the Holy Ghost, as the promised Comforter of the Church: These things he is unto them, and as unto all other things belonging unto their Consolation, he works them in them, which we must in the next place enquire into. Only something we may take notice of from what we have already insisted on. As, (1) That all Evangelical Priviledges whereof Believers are made Partakers in this World, do center in the Person of the Holy Spirit. He is the great Promise that Christ hath made unto his Disciples, the great Legacy which he hath bequeathed unto them. The Grant made unto him by the Father when he had done all his Will, and fulfilled all Righteousness, and exalted the Glory of his Holiness, Wisdom and Grace, was this of the Holy Spirit to be communicated by him unto the Church. This he received of the Father as the Complement of his Reward, wherein he saw of the Travail of his Soul and was satisfied. This Spirit he now gives unto Believers, and no Tongue can express the Benefits which they receive thereby. Therein are they anointed and sealed, therein do they receive the Earnest and First Fruits of Immortality ⟨p. 101⟩and Glory. In a Word, therein are they taken into a Participation with Christ himself in all his Honour and Glory. Hereby is their Condition rendred honourable, safe, comfortable, and the whole Inheritance is unchangeably secured unto them. In this one Priviledge therefore of receiving the Spirit, are all others enwrapped. For, (2) No one way, or thing, or Similitude can express or represent the greatness of this Priviledge. It is Anointing, it is Seallng, it is an Earnest and First Fruit, every thing whereby the Love of God, and the blessed Security of our Condition may be expressed or intimated unto us. For what greater Pledge can we have of the Love and Favour of God? What greater Dignity can we be made Partakers of? What greater Assurance of a future, blessed Condition, than that God hath given us of his Holy Spirit? And, (3) Hence also is it manifest how abundantly willing he is, that the Heirs of Promise should receive strong Consolation in all their Distresses, when they fly for Refuge unto the Hope that is set before them.
