CHAPTER XII

OF ADOPTION

I. 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; Gal. 4:4-5.
b Rom. 8:17; John 1:12.
c Jer. 14:9; II 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; I Pet. 5:7.
k Heb. 12:6.
l Lam. 3:31.
m Eph. 4;30.
n Heb. 6:12.
o I Pet. 1:3-4; Heb. 1:14.