Two discourses concerning the Holy Spirit, and His work the one, Of the Spirit…

FIFTHLY, Hence it is manifest, how the ⟨p. 98⟩Holy Spirit becomes the Earnest of our Inheritance. For by him, that is, by the Communication of him unto us, we are made joint-Heirs with Christ, which gives us our Right and Title, whereby our Natures are as it were inserted into the assured Conveyance of the great and full Inheritance of Grace and Glory. In the giving of his Spirit unto us, God making of us Coheirs with Christ, we have the greatest and most assured Earnest and Pledge of our future Inheritance. And he is to be thus an Earnest until, or unto the Redemption of the Purchased Possession. For after that a Man hath a good and firm Title unto an Inheritance settled in him, it may be a longer time before he can be admitted into an actual Possession of it, and many Difficulties he may have in the mean time to conflict withal. And it is so in this Case. The Earnest of the Spirit given unto us, whereby we become Coheirs with Christ, whose Spirit we are made Partakers of, secures the Title of the Inheritance in and unto our whole Persons. But before we can come unto the full Possession of it, not only have we many Spiritual Trials and Temptations to conflict withal in our Souls, but our Bodies also are liable unto Death and Corruption. Wherefore whatever First-Fruits we may enjoy, yet can we not enter into the actual Possession of the whole Inheritance, until not only our Souls are delivered from all Sins and Temptations, but our Bodies also are rescued out of the Dust of the Grave. This is the full Redemption of the Purchased Possession, whence it is signally called the Redemption of the Body, Rom. 8. 23.

FIFTHLY, Hence it is manifest, how the ⟨p. 98⟩Holy Spirit becomes the Earnest of our Inheritance. For by him, that is, by the Communication of him unto us, we are made joynt-Heirs with Christ, which gives us our Right and Title, whereby our Natures are as it were inserted into the assured Conveyance of the great and full Inheritance of Grace and Glory. In the giving of his Spirit unto us, God making of us Coheirs with Christ, we have the greatest and most assured Earnest and Pledge of our future Inheritance. And he is to be thus an Earnest untill, or unto the Redemption of the Purchased Possession. For after that a Man hath a good and firm Title unto an Inheritance settled in him, it may be a longer time before he can be admitted into an actual Possession of it, and many Difficulties he may have in the mean time to conflict withall. And it is so in this Case. The Earnest of the Spirit given unto us, whereby we become Coheirs with Christ, whose Spirit we are made Partakers of, secures the Title of the Inheritance in and unto our whole Persons. But before we can come unto the full Possession of it, not only have we many Spiritual Trials and Temptations to conflict withall in our Souls, but our Bodies also are liable unto Death and Corruption. Wherefore whatever First-Fruits we may enjoy, yet can we not enter into the actual Possession of the whole Inheritance, untill not only our Souls are delivered from all Sins and Temptations, but our Bodies also are rescued out of the Dust of the Grave. This is the full Redemption of the Purchased Possession, whence it is signally called the Redemption of the Body,