...Regenerate, and made thy Children by adoption and gracrt ** may daily be reneved by thy Holy Spirit .'" God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. (2 Cor. v. 5.) This is by our accusers appropriated to themselves as a personal and absolute assurance...

...given ns the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts." "We would be clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Now he that hath wrought...is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of his Spirit." The Spirit himself is the "earnest" given. If the " earnest" be a pledge, as Dr. Clarke...

...this fitness for obeying and enjoying God to be obtained, but by his own gracious influence ? JVoto he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of his Spirit. When Solomon dedicated the temple, he burst out into these words, But will God indeed dwell...

...metaphor. Both the desire, and assurance causing it, is illustrated by their chief cause, ver. 5. " Now he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing...also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit." Both in his gracious purpose for this, hath he made us, and in a pledge of performance he hath given...

...not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life'. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord". We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body,...

...groan, being burdened : not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Now he that hath wrought...also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 2 Cor. v. 1, 4, 5. Fear not, little flock ; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom....

...such a change in our affeqtions and dispositions. St. Paul confesses that this change was of God. " He that hath wrought us for the self-same thing is...also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit." And the grand engine by which the Spirit of God inspires the heavenly-mindedness, which is our present...

...which they are now in a slate of progressive preparation. He that hath wrought us for the self same thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 2 Cor. v. 5. The Lord will give grace and glory. Psalm Ixxxiv. 11. These reasons for the gratitude...

...are illustrated, first, by their chief cause, verse 5 ; Now he that hath wrought us for the telftame thing is God ; who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Both in his gracious- purpose for this, hath he made- us, and in a pledge of performance he hath given...

...metaphor. Both the desire and the assurance causing it are illustrated by their chief cause, ver. 5: " Now he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing...also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit." Both in his gracious purpose for this, hath he made us, and in a pledge of performance he hath given...