Because the creature itself, &c.— The creature, or creation itself, is all mankind, whether Christians or not. But this must be understood of mankind as well as of Christians, only so far as by answering the ends of their creation by the secret influences of the Spirit of God, they are prepared for immortality. The creature means mankind, considered as what they ought to be, according to the laws of their creation or rather according to the covenant of grace. See Galatians 6:8.

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