Chapter 12: Of Adoption

Section 1

All those that are justified God vouchsafeth, in and for his only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers of the grace of adoption; by which they are taken into the number, and enjoy the liberties and privileges of the children of God; have his name put upon them; receive the Spirit of adoption; have access to the throne of grace with boldness; are enabled to cry, Abba, Father; are pitied, protected, provided for, and chastened by him as by a father; yet never cast off, but sealed to the day of redemption, and inherit the promises, as heirs of everlasting salvation.

Scripture: Galatians 4:4-5; Ephesians 1:5 · Jeremiah 14:9; 2 Corinthians 6:18; Revelation 3:12 · John 1:12; Romans 8:17 · Romans 5:2; Ephesians 3:12 · Romans 8:15 · Psalms 103:13 · Galatians 4:6 · Matthew 6:30; Matthew 6:32; 1 Peter 5:7 · Proverbs 14:26 · Hebrews 12:6 · Ephesians 4:30 · Lamentations 3:31 · Hebrews 1:14; 1 Peter 1:3-4 · Hebrews 6:12