...justification, sanctification, and life, when he said of Christ to the Ephesians, (chap. i. ver. 13, 14.) "in whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the...that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance." There is another, and a very extensive sense in which faith is of use in our sanctification,...

...fire; and powerful in its operation, like the stroke of a hammer. — In whom, says the Apostle, ye trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the...ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise : it was such an impression as was lasting. So, again, in the First Epistle to the Thessalonians...

...wrath is kindled but a little : blessed are all they that put their trust in him." Eph. i. 12, 13. " That we should be to the praise of his glory, who...ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise." Many places in the Old Testament speak of trusting in God as the condition of his favour...

...own will: [That we should " be to the praise of his glory who first trusted in Christ; *t In whom yc also trusted, after that ye heard the word " of truth,...Holy " Spirit of promise: Which is the earnest of our in" heritance, until the redemption of the purchased pos" session, unto the praise of his glory....

...of His own will. 12. That we should be to the praise of His glory, who first trusted ia Christ. 13. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word...ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, 14. Which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of the purchased possession,...

...true, that after the apostle had spoken of God's electing love, and predestinating purpose, he adds, " That we should be to the praise of his glory, who...after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation." Eph.i. 12, 13. Did the Ephesians on reading this epistle obtain the idea, that...

...stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God '. In whonj also we have obtained an inheritance ; that we should be to the praise of his glory, who...after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation . For all the promises of God, in him are Yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of...

...predestinated according to the purpose of Him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will : that we should be to the praise of his glory, who...after that ye heard the word of truth, the Gospel of your salvation." Acts, ii. 23. " Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge...

...same image, from glory into glory." " We rejoice in hope of the glory of God." "In whom" (Christ) " ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth,...that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance." "Ye took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have...

...in Christ, he is a new creature : old things are passed away ; behold, all things are become new." " In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word...salvation ; in whom also after that ye believed," (or, rather, "having believed," or, as Dean Alford renders it, "on your believing,") "ye were sealed...