Of Adoption
Text: 1647 text, Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) edition · Read it at the source
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
Scripture proofs
- 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.