Not only they; the creatures which unwillingly suffer, or are perverted and abused through the sins of men.

But ourselves also; true Christians, who are born of the Spirit, and have the foretastes of heaven.

Groan within ourselves; under the evils which sin still occasions us.

Waiting for the adoption; when body and soul, freed from all evils, shall be reunited, and be perfect in holiness and bliss.

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