[1.] Angels. It is declared unto them; they are
the
Job. i. 6,
xxxviii. 7; Heb.
xii. 22–24; Rev. xxii.
9. sons of God. They are the sons of God, and so of
the family whereinto the adopted person is to be admitted; and therefore it
concerns them to know who are invested with the rights of that family, that
they may discharge their duty towards them. Unto them, then, it is
declared that believers are freed from the family of sin and hell, to
become fellow-sons and servants with them. And this is done two ways:—