and our entertainment there. These are the blessings of baptism; sealed by it, promised in it, signified and figured in every right use of it. And yet, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are said to do them.

1.) Our acceptance and pardon, which are the great blessings of the new covenant, are equally spoken of, with regard to the three that bear record in heaven. It is God that justifies, and Christ that died. Rom. viii. 33, 34. It is the Father who makes us accepted in the beloved. Eph. i. 6. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly things in Christ Jesus. Eph. i. 3. The Father himself hath loved you. John xvi. 27.

And is not this said of the Son? Forgiveness belongs to him, that he may be feared. It appears by his sovereign way of bestowing it on earth, that it is he who pardons iniquity, transgression, and sin.

And though the Spirit is not represented either, as shedding the blood of atonement or accepting it, yet it is he who sprinkles it upon the conscience. Christ came both by water and blood, 1 John v. 6. and it is the Spirit who bears witness, for the Spirit is truth. Ye are washed, ye are justified, ye are sanctified, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Cor. vi. 11.

2.) Our sanctification and holiness are derived from each person in the divine nature. None can come to Christ except the Father draw him. John vi. 44. The God and Father of

our Lord Jesus Christ, according to the riches of his glory, enlightens the eyes of our understanding, that we may know what is the hope of his calling. Eph. i. 18. When Peter made that noble confession, thou art the Christ the Son of God; blessed art thou, saith our Saviour, flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven. Mat. xvi. 17. And yet,

This work is attributed to our Lord in those great words, Heb. ii. 10. both he that sanctifies and they who are sanctified are all of one; wherefore HE is not ashamed to call them brethren. When we are said to see him as he is, it is immediately added, that he who hath this hope in him purifieth himself even as he, that is Christ, is pure; 1 John iii. 3, 3. for it is to be understood of him who was manifested to take away our sins. 2 Cor. iii. 18. We behold as in a glass the glory of the Lord, that is, of the Lord Jesus, the Lord of glory, James ii. 1. and are changed into the same image from glory to glory. 2 Cor. iii. 18. He sent the apostle to turn the Gentiles from darkness to light; that, says he, they may receive remission of their sins, and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith that is in ME. Acts xxvi. 18.

I need not stay to prove, that the Holy Ghost is the author of this change. He convinces of sin, and righteousness, and judgment. He takes the things of Christ, and reveals them to us. It is the Spirit who quickens. John vi. 63.

3.) Our security and perseverance are from

the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; for we are: kept by the power of this God, through faith to salvation. 1 Pet. i. 5.

Thus runs the prayer of Christ, Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me. John xvii. 11. And yet, we are preserved in Christ Jesus and called. Jude i. It is the will of him, that sent him into the world, that he should lose nothing, but raise it up at the last day. He gives to them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of his hand. John x. 27. Nevertheless it is the Spirit who abides for ever with us, and will do so, till we go up, to be for ever with him.

These things have no contradictions in them; they only show us the unity of the di-vine nature. We give thanks to the Father who maketh us meet, to be partakers of the inheritance with the saints in light.. Col. i. 12. We rejoice in Christ Jesus, by whom we have received the atonement. And he who hath invited us to heaven, will prepare us for it; the Spirit and the bride say come.

4.) Our communion and fellowship is equally, with the whole Trinity. If any man love me, saith Christ, he shall be loved of my Father; and we will come to him, and make our abode with him. John xiv. 23. Verily our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 1 John i. 3. We pray to our Father who is in heaven. Mat. vi. 9. We call on the Father, who, without respect of persons, will judge every man according to his works. 1 Pet.

i. 17. And yet, by communion with Christ, we taste that the Lord is gracious, the Lord who was chosen of God, and precious. 1 Pet. ii. 3, 4. By the holy boldness and courage that appeared in the disciples, others took knowledge, they had been with Jesus. Acts iv. 13. Now we could have nothing of this fellowship, without the Spirit. He helps our infirmities; he makes intercession for us, according to the will of God. Rom. viii. 26. He searches the deep things of God, and reveals them to us, that we may know the things that are freely given to us of God. 1 Cor. ii. 10. By the Holy Ghost we are sealed to the day of redemption. Eph. iv. 30. 2 Cor. i. 21, 22. He that establisheth us in Christ and has anointed us, is God, who has sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

5.) Our resurrection from the dead is the work of each person. As Christ was raised by the glory of the Father, so must we. Those that sleep in Jesus, will God bring with him. 1 Thes. iv. 14. And yet, as the Father quickens the dead, and raises them, even so Christ quickens whom he will. They that are in their graves, shall hear the voice of the Son of Man, and they that hear, shall live. John v. 21, 28. This is the Lord, who is to descend from heaven with a shout; whom the dead in Christ are to meet in the air, and the whole generation of the faithful shall be caught up to; for they are all together to be ever with the Lord. 1 Thes. iv. 17.

And yet, the Spirit is mentioned as the God

who quickens the dead. Christ himself was declared to be the Son of God, with power by the Spirit of holiness in the resurrection from the dead. Rom. i. 4. viii. 11. If the Spirit of him, who raised up Jesus from the dead, dwell in your mortal bodies, he that raised up Christ from the dead, shall quicken your mortal bodies, by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. Baptism is an emblem, a token, an assurance of this. In that ordinance you are risen with Christ, as a figure of your rising after him ; and that which makes it so, is not washing with water, but being baptized with the Holy Ghost and with fire. This is the breath, that is to breathe upon these slain, that they may live. It is the Spirit of the Lord that enters into them, and sets them upon their feet; Ezek. xxxvii. 9. and then they shall be numbered among the armies in heaven,

6.) Our admittance into heaven is applied to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Fear not little flock, saith Chrrist, it is your Father's good pleasure, to give you the kingdom. They are invited thither in these terms; come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you. Matt. xxv. 34. He is not ashamed to be called their God, because he has prepared for them a city. Heb. xi. 16. Christ himself went to his Father and our Father, to his God, and our God. John xx. 17. And yet,

It is the Son who went to prepare a place for us, and who comes again to receive us to himself, that where he is we may be also. John xiv. 2 Our robes are made white in the blood