Inference 6.
Once more,* 1.1 hath God Sealed Christ for you, then draw forth the comfort of his Sealing for you, and be restless till ye also be Sealed by him.
First, Draw out the comfort of Christs Sealing for you. Remember that hereby God stands ingaged, even by his own Seal, to allow and confirm, what ever Christ hath done in the business of your Salvation. And on this ground you may thus plead with God. Lord, thou hast Sealed Christ to this Office, and therefore I depend upon it; that thou allowest all that he hath done, and all that he hath suffered for me, and wilt make good all that he hath promised me. If men will not deny their own Seals, much less wilt thou.
Secondly, Get your interest in Christ Sealed to you by the Spirit, else you cannot have the comfort of Christs being Sealed for you. Now the Spirit Seals two ways, Objectively, and Effectually; the first is by working those graces in us, which are the conditions of the promises. The latter is by shining upon his own Work, and helping the Soul to discern it. Which follows the other both in order of nature, and of time. And these Sealings of the Spirit are to be distinguisht both ex parti Subjecti, by their Subject, or the quality of the Person Sealed, which always is a Believer, Eph. 1.13. For there can be no reflex, till there have been a Direct Act of Faith. Ex parte materiae. By the matter of which that comfort is made. Which if it be of the Spirit, is ever consonant to the written Word, Isa. 8.20. And partly ab effectis, by its