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be_v therefore_o call_v the_o son_n of_o the_o promise_n not_o of_o nature_n the_o son_n of_o grace_n not_o of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n and_o his_o name_n be_v isaac_n 24._o here_o the_o apostle_n profess_v to_o speak_v allegorical_o that_o be_v mystical_o or_o figurative_o compare_v these_o two_o woman_n of_o abraham_n to_o the_o two_o testament_n old_a and_o new_a by_o agar_n he_o mean_v the_o old_a by_o sara_n the_o new_a testament_n so_o when_o in_o this_o verse_n he_o sayâ—_n which_o thing_n be_v say_v he_o mean_v these_o thing_n which_o he_o speak_v in_o the_o two_o verse_n before_o and_o in_o the_o follow_a verse_n we_o shall_v find_v so_o much_o allegory_n as_o therein_o use_n will_v be_v make_v of_o all_o the_o several_a sense_n which_o in_o speech_n be_v use_v so_o that_o upon_o the_o literal_a sense_n of_o agar_n natural_a and_o sara_n supernatural_a son_n follow_v the_o allegorical_a sense_n that_o these_o two_o woman_n signify_v the_o two_o testament_n hence_o follow_v 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the_o commandment_n or_o law_n which_o he_o by_o moses_n do_v deliver_v to_o they_o the_o second_o pact_n or_o covenant_n be_v that_o which_o god_n make_v with_o christ_n and_o christian_n in_o jerusalem_n and_o zion_n where_o god_n promise_v to_o christian_n he_o will_v conduct_v they_o into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o make_v they_o heir_n thereof_o whereupon_o they_o promise_v to_o keep_v the_o commandment_n deliver_v to_o they_o by_o christ_n himself_o and_o such_o other_o precept_n as_o our_o saviour_n shall_v deliver_v unto_o they_o by_o the_o mouth_n of_o his_o apostle_n and_o their_o successor_n and_o this_o pact_n be_v on_o both_o side_n ratify_v at_o the_o last_o supper_n of_o our_o lord_n immediate_o before_o his_o passion_n as_o we_o read_v in_o saint_n matthew_n
though_o there_o be_v no_o priority_n of_o time_n wherein_o the_o synagogue_n be_v existent_a before_o moses_n the_o firstborn_a thereof_o nor_o of_o the_o church_n before_o christ_n the_o firstborn_a of_o she_o so_o here_o we_o see_v it_o be_v not_o inconsistent_a that_o christ_n be_v both_o the_o father_n and_o the_o child_n of_o the_o church_n the_o child_n as_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o it_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n the_o father_n as_o the_o first_o erector_n of_o it_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o man_n 28._o and_o from_o hence_o flow_v the_o genuine_a sense_n of_o this_o next_o verse_n wherein_o the_o apostle_n do_v not_o only_o mean_a that_o we_o christian_n be_v brother_n to_o each_o other_o but_o that_o we_o have_v yet_o a_o honour_n far_o transcend_v this_o namely_o to_o be_v even_o the_o brethren_n of_o christ_n jesus_n so_o that_o he_o be_v a_o child_n as_o as_o well_o as_o we_o be_v the_o child_n of_o promise_n and_o consequent_o he_o and_o we_o be_v brethren_n be_v bear_v 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