Do we then conclude, that the law is the cause of sin? by no means; but I should not have had such a notion of sin, had it not been for the law: for I should not have known concupiscence was a sin, unless the law had said, "thou shalt not covet."

neither are they who are the race of Abraham, all children: but 'tis said, "in Isaac shall thy posterity be called."

it was said to her, "the elder shall serve the younger."

for 'tis said in scripture to Pharaoh, "even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth."

and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, ye are not my people; there shall they be called, the children of the living God."

and as Esaias said before, "except the God of heaven had left us a remnant, we had been as Sodoma, and brought to the state of Gomorrha."

but what said the oracle to him? "I have reserved to my self seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."