No longer under the law
Then it is that this miserable bondage ends, and he is no more under the law, but under grace. This state we are, thirdly, to consider: the state of one who has found grace, or favor, in the sight of God, even the Father, and who has the grace, or power, of the Holy Ghost, reigning in his heart, who has received, in the language of the apostle, the Spirit of adoption, whereby he now cries, Abba, Father.
1771 text
III. 1. Then it is, that this miserable bondage ends, and he is no more under the law, but under grace. This state we are, Thirdly, to consider, the state of one who has found grace or favour, in the sight of God, even the Father, and who has the grace, or power of the Holy Ghost, reigning in his heart: who has received, in the language of the apostle, the Spirit of adoption, whereby he now cries, Abba, Father!
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Sermon 9 in the 1771 Works. Romans 8:15.
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