Westminster Confession of Faith · Chapter 12
Of Adoption
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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 priviledges of the children of God,b have his Name put upon them,c receive the spirit of Adoption,d have accesse to the Throne of Grace with boldnesse,e are inabled to cry, Abba, Father,f are pitied,g protected,h provided for,i and chastened, by him, as by a Father;j yet, never cast off,k but sealed to the day of redemption,l and inherit the promises,m as heyres of everlasting salvation.n
Proofs
Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.
- aEphesians 1:5; Galatians 4:4–5
- bRomans 8:17; John 1:12
- cJeremiah 14:9; 2 Corinthians 6:18; Revelation 3:12
- dRomans 8:15
- eEphesians 3:12; Romans 5:2
- fGalatians 4:6
- gPsalm 103:13
- hProverbs 14:26
- iMatthew 6:30; Matthew 6:32; 1 Peter 5:7
- jHebrews 12:6
- kLamentations 3:31
- lEphesians 4:30
- mHebrews 6:12
- n1 Peter 1:3–4; Hebrews 1:14
Commentary
- David Dickson, Truths Victory over Error (1684), on this paragraph
Related texts
- Westminster Confession of Faith (modernized, 1646) 12.1
- Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing, 1677) 12.1
- Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 12.1
- Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658) 12.1
Side by side, with what differs marked: Westminster, Savoy and the 1689 · Westminster and the 1689
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