God doth it to this purpose, to assure us and secure us of
the inheritance. Having given us so many Heb. vi.
17, 18.securities without us, — his word, promises,
covenant, oath, the revelation and discovery of his faithfulness and
immutability in them all, — he is pleased also graciously to give us one
within us, Isa. lix. 21, that we may have all
the security we are capable of. What can more be done? He hath given us
of the Holy Spirit; — in him the first-fruits of glory, the utmost pledge
of his love, the earnest of all.