...tabernacle, do groan, being burdened. " For this I groan daily, and ere long shall groan no more." Ver. 5. Now he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing is Goot who also hath given vnto us the earnest of his Spirit. " This I have, this I do enjoy, and therefore...

...not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. 5. Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing...also hath given unto us the earnest of the spirit* 6. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent...

...inheritance, 2 Cor. i. 22. " Who hath also sealed us, and given us the Spirit in our hearts." And chap. v. 5. " Now he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing, is God, who also hath given unto us tlve earnest of the Spirit." And Eph. i. 13, 14. " Ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise,...

...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...

...the Spirit in our hearts." "We would be clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Now he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing...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...

...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...performance he hath given us .earnest, even his Spirit. Then they are illustrated by their sub-, ordinate cause, faith, verse 7 ; For we walk by faith, not by sight,...

...not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Now he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing...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...