Galatians 4:29

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  The New Law is called a law of love because it makes us act out of the love infused by the Holy Spirit, rather than from fear; a law of grace, because it confers the strength of grace to act, by means of faith and…

Gregory the Great

• Gregory the Great, Epistles, Books IX–XIV XI.16Book XI

  “This the great teacher expounds, saying, As he who is after the flesh persecuted him that is after the Spirit, even so it is now (Gal. iv. 29).” — the author cites it

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120

  “These wish to rise above, those wish to press them downwards: these wish to fly unto God, those endeavour to pluck their wings…” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 29.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 21

  “…have not been born again of the Spirit, like as it were to Ishmael, who was Abraham’s son after the flesh; not like Isaac, who was his son after the Spirit, because by promise; yet when they come to the Catholic Church, and are joined to the fellowship of the Spirit which without the Church they beyond doubt had…” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 29.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XV.2Book XV

  “And we, brethren, are not children of the bond woman, but of the free, in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free.”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 21–31.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XVII.3Book XVII

  “…to God in the earth: but there are some things among them which are understood to pertain to both,—to the bond maid properly, to the free woman figuratively.” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 22–31.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 11

  “Hence, that Jerusalem on earth was the shadow of the heavenly Jerusalem, the mother of us all, which is in heaven; and these are the apostle’s words.” — editor's note: Gen. xxi. 10; Gal. iv. 22–30.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 117

  “…to the Jerusalem that is free, our eternal mother in heaven, the spiritual Sarah, who casteth out the bond maid and her children from the house of liberty.” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 22–31.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Monogamy Chapter 6

  “What that digamy of Abraham portends, the same apostle fully teaches, the interpreter of each testament, just as he likewise lays it down that our “seed” is called in Isaac.” — editor's note: See Gal. iv. 21–31.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit II.7Book II

  “Far be it from us to deny that which is so great, since the Apostle says: “But ye brethren, like Isaac, are the children of promise, but as then, he that is born after the flesh persecutes him that is after the Spirit.”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 28, 29.

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• Hebrews 8:8

  Cited together in The City of God XVII.3.

• Hebrews 8:9

  Cited together in The City of God XVII.3.

• Hebrews 8:10

  Cited together in The City of God XVII.3.

• Genesis 25:13

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Genesis 28:12

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 61:2

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 84:5

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 120:1

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 120:2

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 120:3

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 120:4

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 120:5

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 120:7

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Romans 9:22

  Cited together in The City of God XV.2.

• Romans 9:23

  Cited together in The City of God XV.2.