{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p><span class=\"smcap\">Chap. XV.</span>—23. For it is the Church that gives birth to\r\nall, either within her pale, of her own womb; or beyond it, of\r\nthe seed of her bridegroom,—either of herself, or of her handmaid.\r\nBut Esau, even though born of the lawful wife, was\r\nseparated from the people of God because he quarrelled with\r\nhis brother. And Asher, born indeed by the authority of a\r\nwife, but yet of a handmaid, was admitted to the land of\r\npromise on account of his brotherly good-will. Whence also\r\nit was not the being born of a handmaid, but his quarrelling\r\nwith his brother, that stood in the way of Ishmael, to cause\r\nhis separation from the people of God; and he received no<span class=\"pagenum\"><a id=\"Page_24\">[Pg 24]</a></span>\r\nbenefit from the power of the wife, whose son he rather was,\r\ninasmuch as it was in virtue of her conjugal rights that he\r\nwas both conceived in and born of the womb of the handmaid.\r\nJust as with the Donatists it is by the right of the\r\nChurch, which exists in baptism, that whosoever is born\r\nreceives his birth; but if they agree with their brethren,\r\nthrough the unity of peace they come to the land of promise,\r\nnot to be again cast out from the bosom of their true mother,\r\nbut to be acknowledged in the seed of their father; but if\r\nthey persevere in discord, they will belong to the line of\r\nIshmael. For Ishmael was first, and then Isaac; and Esau\r\nwas the elder, Jacob the younger. Not that heresy gives birth\r\nbefore the Church, or that the Church herself gives birth first\r\nto those who are carnal or animal, and afterwards to those\r\nwho are spiritual; but because, in the actual lot of our mortality,\r\nin which we are born of the seed of Adam, \"that was\r\nnot first which is spiritual, but that which is natural, and\r\nafterward that which is spiritual.\"<a id=\"FNanchor_43_43\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_43_43\">[43]</a> But from mere animal\r\nsensation, because \"the natural man receiveth not the things\r\nof the Spirit of God,\"<a id=\"FNanchor_44_44\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_44_44\">[44]</a> arise all dissensions and schisms.\r\nAnd the apostle says<a id=\"FNanchor_45_45\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_45_45\">[45]</a> that all who persevere in this animal\r\nsensation belong to the old covenant, that is, to the desire of\r\nearthly promises, which are indeed the type of the spiritual;\r\nbut \"the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit\r\nof God.\"<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_44_44\">[44]</a></p>","headings":["WRITINGS IN CONNECTION WITH THE DONATIST CONTROVERSY.","BOOK FIRST."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg45843-paragraph-67"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"b8e900b81d3d37b69fb34b2ccd661e1e6196caff9a4b6ef578bfea3107f97e89","edition_title":"Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy","edition_translators":["John Richard King"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg45843-Footnote_45_45","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Provider catalog reports public domain in the USA. Title leaves identify J. R. King, T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 1872; catalog identifies translator John Richard King (1835-1907). Gutenberg credits Internet Archive/American Libraries without an exact scan identifier. Full provider license preserved with acquired original; republication and per-work metadata remain unreviewed.","source_anchor":"Footnote_45_45","source_ebook":45843,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a id=\"Footnote_45_45\"></a><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_45_45\"><span class=\"label\">[45]</span></a> Gal. iv.</p></div>","source_sha256":"a7a04003f4d3c49eb73db6c5936713979fcecadd86884373a9914ac54373ac5b","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/45843/pg45843-images.html#Footnote_45_45","text_sha256":"0d489ac1be1c29c7bc85fb10f1e5e99031de6700ffc7da76397099149f2e730d","verified":false,"work_id":null}