22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.



Ver. 22. Sealed us] As the merchant sets his seal upon his goods.



The earnest of the Spirit] Whereof God should undergo the loss, if he should not give the inheritance, as Chrysostom noteth. The Greeks bought usually repraesentata pecunia, for ready money; and this was to buy Graeca fide; Greek trust, howbeit sometimes they gave earnest: and this áññáâùí , or earnest, was (usually) the hundredth part of the whole bargain. {See Trapp on "Eph_1:14"}