...fuller measure of the Spirit, which by, and after, 1 Jam. i. 16, 17. * " In whom (namely in Christ) ye also trusted," after that " ye heard the word of...ye believed, ye were sealed with that " Holy Spirit of promise : " ' The order to be here noticed is ' this, — first, the hearing of the wordj secondly,...

...13, 14. In whom also after that ye believed, ye -were sealed -with the holy Spirit of promise, rvhich is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption...purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. THE blessings which we receive through Christ are innumerable — Many are mentioned in the preceding...

...trusted, after that'ye heard the word of tmfli, the gospel of your salvation : in whom also sifter that jc believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of...the praise of his glory. •• «- ' PARAPHRASE. 13 and glory to God. And ye, ephesians, are also, in Jesos ._ Christ, become God's people and inheritance*,...

...communication of the Holy ' Ghost to have been subsequent to their faith, " In whom (namely in Christ) ye also trusted, ' after that ye heard the word of...ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy ' Spirit of promise :" The order to be here ' noticed is this, — first, the hearing of the word ; 'secondly,...

...our hearts f- A^ain, "In whom also having believed, ye were sealed with thai noly spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the...purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory f". Such are the purposes to which this seal is applied. Its fitness for answering ihese purposes,...

...know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. (rj Eph. 1. 13. In whom ye also trusted after that ye heard the...salvation ; in whom also, after that ye believed, ye were the invisible ehureh have with Christ, is in this life (n), immediately after death (x), and at last...

...Holy Ghost ; Ver. 6. Which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 30 i Eph . i. 13. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the...salvation : in whom also, after that ye believed, ye wire sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, VLT. 14. Which is the earnest of our inheritance, until...

...praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ11, in the 13th verse observes, "In whom ye (Gentiles) also trusted, AFTER that ye heard the word of truth,...in whom also, AFTER that ye believed ye were SEALED with the holy Spirit of promise -which is the earnest of our inheritance." He tells them, that he mentions...

...shall be enjoyed. " In whom also after that ye believed ye were sealed with the holy spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the...purchased possession unto the praise of his glory." Christian, let thy soul be cornfoiled from these considerations, that He who has given thee grace will...

...church is a purchased possession. "Believers," says Paul, ''aie sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the...purchased possession unto the praise of his glory." Tlie saints, he says, were chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world. And being chosen in...