Because ye are sonnes: God hath sent the spirit of his sonne into our heartes which cryeth abba father.
And because God would of his goodnes euidently declare, that we are
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Because ye are sonnes: God hath sent the spirit of his sonne into our heartes which cryeth abba father.
And because God would of his goodnes euidently declare, that we are
restored into the fredome of children, he puttyng away all feare of pu∣nishement hath powred euen into the bottome of our heartes, the spirit of his only sonne, who is to vs a most certaine witnes, that we are Gods children. The spirite of seruage sauoreth and cryeth out after one sorte, the loue and good mynde of children after an other. The one desireth to escape the displeasure of his maister, thother with a great confidence cri∣eth, O father, father.