...after the flesh. This circumstance was prefigured by Ishraael's mocking at the weaning of Isaac. " But as then, he that was born after the flesh, persecuted...that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now." Gal. iv. 29. Ishmael's persecution of Isaac consisted in his mocking at the feast of his weaning. No...

...can believe to have been exercised in the composition of these epistles. No. V. Chap. iv. 29. " But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted...that was born after the spirit, even so it is now." Chap. v. 11. " And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution ? Then...

...shall be called traitors, and cashiered that they hinder not the treason which he intendeth. And " as then he that was born after the flesh, persecuted...him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is falsehoods that will appear to any free spirit pure contradictions and impossibilities; and that with...

...extend. Yet again, we read in the history, that Ishmael mocked Isaac ; or in the words of the Apostle, " he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now." False teachers were undermining the doctrines, and perverting the faith of the Gospel, by endeavouring...

...an husband. 28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. 29 But as then he {hat was born after the flesh, persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. 30 Nevertheless, what saith the Scripture ? Cast out the bond-woman and her son ; for the son of the...

...which is in their teeth, will show that hatred in various instances. As of old, " lie that was boru after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now; " the same cause still producing the same effect. The evil which yet remains in the her;rr, will then...

...greatest persecutors of the spiritual members ? " As then he that was born after the flesh, did persecute him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now'" (and will be). It is enough for you, that you shall have the inheritance, when the sons of the bondwoman...

...cold indifference, or profane contempt, or open persecution. As in the earliest ages of religion, " he that was born after the flesh, persecuted him that was born after the Spirit," even so it is now". Christians must, therefore, take up the cross, tread in the steps of their suffering Lord, " and go...

...ineffectual, and the weakest used for their defence have been crowned with success? From the beginning he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the spirit ; and numerous and skilful have been the devices which the children of this world formed against the...

...ineffectual, and the weakest used for their defence have been crowned with success? From the beginning he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the spirit; and numerous and skilful have been the devices which the children of this world formed against the...