ROMANS 5: 1—11. 105

a sense of his present favour and assurance of future glory, v. 3. The third, that our afflictions, instead of being inconsistent with the divint favour, are made directly conducive to the confirmation of our hope ; tht Holy Spirit bearing witness to the fact that we am the objects of the love of God, vs. 3 — 5. The fourth, the certainty of the final salvatioh of all believers. This is argued from the freeness and greatness of the divine love. Its freeness being manifested in its excercise towards the unworthy; and its greatness in the gift of the Son of God, vs. 6 — 10. Salvation is not merely a future though certain good ; it is a present and abundant joy, v. 11.