I certify to you, brethren, that the gospel, which has been preached by me, is not the result of human artifice:

but the scripture has declar'd all guilty of sin, that the blessing promised on condition of faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

and because ye are sons, God has sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts, crying Abba, that is, father;

for it is written, "rejoice thou barren, that bearest not; break out into loud acclamations, thou that hast not the travels of childbirth, for more are the children of the desolate, than of her that hath an husband."

so then, my brethren, we are not children of the bond-woman, but of the free-woman, by virtue of that freedom which Christ has procur'd for us.