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| 1 | I. The foundation of adoption |
| A. Its recipients: "all those that are justified" | |
| B. It source: "God vouchsafed" | |
| C. Its ground: "in and for the sake of His only Son Jesus Christ" | |
| II. The blessings of adoption | |
| A. Incorporation into God's family | |
| B. Reception of a filial disposition | |
| C. Experience of paternal treatment by God | |
| D. Reception of the promised inheritance | |
From: Samuel E. Waldron, A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, (Evangelical Press, 1989), p164-165. Used by permission.