Anf-03 iv.ix.i Pg 12
This promise may be said to have been given “to Abraham,” because (of course) he was still living at the time; as we see by comparing Gen. xxi. 5 with xxv. 7 and 26. See, too, Heb. xi. 9.
out of the womb of Rebecca “two peoples and two nations were about to proceed,”1131 1131 Or, “nor did He make, by grace, a distinction.”
—of course those of the Jews, that is, of Israel; and of the Gentiles, that is ours. Each, then, was called a people and a nation; lest, from the nuncupative appellation, any should dare to claim for himself the privilege of grace. For God ordained “two peoples and two nations” as about to proceed out of the womb of one woman: nor did grace1132 1132 Or, “nor did He make, by grace, a distinction.”
make distinction in the nuncupative appellation, but in the order of birth; to the effect that, which ever was to be prior in proceeding from the womb, should be subjected to “the less,” that is, the posterior. For thus unto Rebecca did God speak: “Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be divided from thy bowels; and people shall overcome people, and the greater shall serve the less.”1133 1133
Anf-03 v.iv.v.vii Pg 35
Ps. xvi. 10, and probably Dan. ix. 24.
of “the Holy One” of God, and how that God’s name of “Jesus” was in the son of Nun.3666 3666 Compare what was said above in book iii., chap. xvi. p. 335.
These facts he had also received3667 3667 Exceperat.
from the angel, according to our Gospel: “Wherefore that which shall be born of thee shall be called the Holy One, the Son of God;”3668 3668
Anf-03 v.iv.v.xxxv Pg 12
See Lev. xiii. and xiv.
The interpretation of this sense it will be our task to ascertain. Marcion’s labour, however, is to object to us the strictness4870 4870 Morositatem.
of the law, with the view of maintaining that here also Christ is its enemy—forestalling4871 4871 Prævenientem.
its enactments even in His cure of the ten lepers. These He simply commanded to show themselves to the priest; “and as they went, He cleansed them”4872 4872
Anf-03 v.iv.v.xxxv Pg 12
See Lev. xiii. and xiv.
The interpretation of this sense it will be our task to ascertain. Marcion’s labour, however, is to object to us the strictness4870 4870 Morositatem.
of the law, with the view of maintaining that here also Christ is its enemy—forestalling4871 4871 Prævenientem.
its enactments even in His cure of the ten lepers. These He simply commanded to show themselves to the priest; “and as they went, He cleansed them”4872 4872
Anf-02 vi.iv.i.i Pg 25.1
Anf-01 viii.iv.lii Pg 2
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