DIAL. XIIII.
Verse 15. For ye haue not receiued the spirit of bondage to feare againe: but ye haue receiued the spirite of adoption, whereby we cry abba Father.
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The second reason to proue beleeuers to bee the Sonnes of God; which is, inuocation or calling vpon God by prayer with child-like confidence, as vpon a most louing and most mercifull Father. This argument is drawn from an adioynt or property of the Sonne of God; for all they and none other then they, can call vppon God with a filiall and child-like trust and confidence. More∣ouer whereas Paul had said of all the Sonnes of God, that they are ledde by the Spirite of God: nowe hee declareth what Spirite that is wherewith they are ledde and gouer∣ned, to wit, the spirit of adoption, which is heere set foorth by the contrary, to wit, by the spirit of bondage and feare: and also by the effects; to wit, feruency and earnestnes in prayer, whereby we cry Abba Father.
Collect now the summe of this verse, & tell vs of what parts it doth consist?