The Westminster Confession of Faith:
Chapter 12
Chapter 12. Of Adoption.
1. 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. Gal 4:4-5; Eph
1:5. • b. John 1:12; Rom 8:17. • c. Jer 14:9; 2 Cor 6:18;
Rev 3:12. • d. Rom 8:15. • e. Rom 5:2; Eph 3:12. • f.
Gal 4:6. • g. Psa 103:13. • h. Prov 14:26. • i. Mat
6:30, 32; 1 Pet 5:7. • k. Heb 12:6. • l. Lam 3:31. • m.
Eph 4:30. • n. Heb 6:12. • o. Heb 1:14; 1 Pet 1:3-4.
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