35. Now the slave remaineth not in the house always. He adds a comparison, taken from the laws and from political law, to the effect that a slave , though he may have power for a time, yet is not the heir of the house; from which he infers that there is no perfect and durable freedom , but what is obtained through the Son In this manner he accuses the Jews of vanity, because they hold but a mask instead of the reality; for, as to their being Abraham ’ s offspring , they were nothing but a mask. They held a place in the Church of God, but such a place as Ishmael, a slave , rising up against his freeborn brother, usurped for a short time, ( Galatians 4:29 .) The conclusion is, that all who boast of being Abraham ’ s children have nothing but an empty and deceitful pretense. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-36" class="com-number"
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source-manifest/cal— Calvin's Commentaries (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological