...long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. — Gal. v. 1 7. 22, 23. Ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of the purchased possession. — Eph.i. 13, 14. Grieve not the Holy Spirit of...

...heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation ; 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 redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of His glory n. Therefore let us...

...unto the day of redemption. The apostl€ to the Ephesians says, " After that ye believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise which is the earnest of our inheritance." 0 blessed earnest of good things to corne ! Again, to the Galatians, he gives the same pleasing idea...

...He " that belie veth on the Son of God hath the wrt" ness in himself :" " Having believed, ye were " sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is '" the earnest of our inheritance." " The day " dawn and the day-star shall arise in your hearts."1 The meaning of these scriptures, and...

...possibility, of falling away from the grace of God, and coming short of the great and precious promises : they are " sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise, which is the earnest of their inheritance." (Eph. i. 13.) Thus have they " peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. They...

...from it, as amount to a pledge and foretaste of happiness to come. Accordingly, they are said to be " sealed with the holy Spirit of promise, which " is the earnest of their inheritance."* But to prevent wicked persons of enthusiastic tempers from mistaking, as, they...

...salvation. Speaking to those who had trusted in Christ he says, " In whom also, after ye believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of mir inheritance, until the redemption of the purchased possession." The sealing influence of the Spirit,...

...from it, as amount to a pledge and foretaste of happiness to come. Accordingly they are said to be sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of tlieir inheritance ^f. But to prevent wicked persons of enthusiastic tempers from mistaking, as they...

...assures us that it may not be the case for ever. 33rd, Eph. i. 13, 14. "After that ye believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance." — The import of this passage seems to be, that the Ephesians, after they believed, received the gift...

...Now this inheritance, to which they were predestinated, they are said to obtain, because they were "sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of the purchased possession," Eph. i. 13, 14. Again, the Apostle tells the Thessalonians,...