...them without releast and without hope. DISCOURSE VIII. A Soul prepared for Heaven. 2 Cor. v. 5. — Now he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing, is God. WHEN this apostle designs to entertain our hope in the noblest manner, and raise our faith to its highest...

...hearts, to give the light of th« knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Jesus Christ. v. 5, Now he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing is God. v. 18, And all things are of God, wh« hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ. v. 19, God was...

...thon also bast wrought all our works in ns." \VheH describing their preparation for heaven they say, " Now he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing is God, li ho also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit." The Apostle says to his Christian brethren,...

...snljied in the stream, taking a ti.int " From human touch — at best impure." " 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 the Spirit. " Therefore we are always confident, knowing that " whilst we are...

...think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God." He says, "Now he which establisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God, who bath also sealed us, and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts." He says, "After ye believed,...

...immortal joys. Our apostle, at the fifth verse of the chapter, from whence I took my text, says, " Novr he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing, is God, who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit." Heaven was wrought, or to use Christ's words, " prepared...

...and whom he justified those he also glorified," — John vm. 28. ...30. •' Now be that establisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us is God ; who also bath sealed tis, and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts,"-— 2 Cor i. 21, 22. "...

...Spirit of promise," because he ratifies the Gospel to us? So, to the Corinthians, he says, " He which hath anointed us, is God; who hath also sealed us,...and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts." (r) And in another place, where he speaks of the confidence and boldness of hope, he makes " the earnest...

...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 is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore we are always can Jident, knowing that, whilst we are...

...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 is God, who afco hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that,...