CHAPTER 12
Of Adoption.
All those that are justified, God vouchsafeth, in and for his only Son Jesus
Christ, to make partakers of the grace of adoption:a by which they are taken into the number, and enjoy the
liberties and privileges of the children of God;b have his name put upon them,c receive the Spirit of adoption;d
have access to the throne of grace with boldness;e
are enabled to cry, Abba, Father;f
are pitied,g
protected,h provided
for,i and chastened
by him as by a father;k
yet never cast off,l
but sealed to the day of redemption,m and inherit the promises,n as heirs of everlasting salvation.o
a Eph. 1:5.
b Gal. 4:4,5; Rom.
8:17
; John 1:12.
c Jer. 14:9; 2 Cor.
6:18; Rev. 3:12.
d Rom.
8:15
.
e Eph. 3:12;
Rom.
5:2.
f Gal. 4:6.
g Ps. 103:13.
h Prov. 14:26.
i Matt. 6:30,32; 1
Pet. 5:7.
k Heb. 12:6.
l Lam. 3:31.
m Eph. 4:30.
n Heb. 6:12.
o 1 Pet. 1:3,4; Heb.
1:14.
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