Adoption is an act of the free grace of God,¹ in and for his only Son Jesus Christ,² whereby all those that are justified are received into the number of his children,³ have his name put upon them,⁴ the Spirit of his Son given to them,⁵ are under his fatherly care and dispensations,⁶ admitted to all the liberties and privileges of the sons of God, made heirs of all the promises, and fellow heirs with Christ in glory.⁷