The Spirit of Bondage and of Adoption · §1 · John Wesley

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You have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Romans 8:15.

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On Romans 8:15: three states of the soul, the natural man asleep, the man under the law in fear, and the child of God set free.

EditionPrinted in Wesley's 1771 Works, which do not say when he preached it

Wesley's own sermon in updated English wording. The 1771 panel is the text of the Works Wesley himself had printed in 1771. It is public domain.

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Sermon 9 in the 1771 Works. Romans 8:15.

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