VI. SERVANTS, or Slaves, as oppos’d to those that are free, and to the Children of the Promises, represent the Jews in Contradistinction to the Christians. The Jews were the Slaves, represented by Hagar and by Ishmael; the Christians are the Children of Liberty, represented by Sarah and by Isaac. St. Paul confirms this Truth through all his Epistles, and especially in that to the Galatians.
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