A   But I saye: As longe as the heyre is a childe, there is no difference betwene him and a seruaunt, though he be lorde of all þe; goodes: but he is vnder tuters and gouerners, vntyll the tyme appoynted of the father. Euen so we also, wh&abar; we were children, were in bondage vnder the outwarde tradicions. But whan the tyme was fulfylled, God sent his sonne, borne of a wom&abar;, ^note and put vnder the lawe, to redeme them which were vnder the lawe, that we mighte receaue þe; childshippe. ^noteFor so moch th&ebar; as ye are children, God hath sent the sprete of his sonne in to oure hertes, which cryeth: Abba, deare father. Wherfore now, thou art not a seruaunt, but a sonne. Yf thou be a sonne, then art thou the heyre of God thorow Christ. Notwithstondinge whan ye knewe not God, ye dyd seruyce vnto them, which by nature are no Goddes. But now seynge ye knowe God (yee rather are knowne off God) how is it ^note that ye turne you backe agayne vnto the weake and beggerly tradicions, wher vnto ye desyre agayne afresh to be in bondage?

B   Ye obserue dayes and monethes, and tymes and yeares. I am in feare of you, lest I haue bestowed laboure on you in vayne. Brethr&ebar; I beseke you, be ye as I am, for I am as ye are. Ye haue not hurte me at all. For ye knowe how that in weaknes after þe; flesh I preached þe; Gospell vnto you at the first: and my tentacion which I suffred after the flesh, ye despysed not, nether abhorred, but receaued me as an angell of God, yee euen as Christ Iesus. How happy were ye then? For I beare you recorde, that yf it had bene possible, ye had plucked out youre awne eyes, and geu&ebar; them vnto me. Am I therfore become yo&highr; enemy, because I tell you þe; trueth?

They are gelous ouer you amysse. Yee they wolde make you to fall backe, that ye might be feru&ebar;t to th&ebar; warde. It is good to be feruent, so þt; it be allwaye in a good thinge, and not onely whan I am present &wt; you. My litle children (of whom I trauayle in byrth agayne, vntyll Christ be fashioned in you) I wolde I were &wt; you now, and coulde cha&ubar;ge my voyce, for I st&obar;de &ibar; doute of you.

C   Tell me ye that wylbe vnder the lawe, haue ye not herde the lawe? For it is wrytten, that Abraham had two sonnes ^note the one by a bonde mayde, ^note the other by a fre woman. As for him that was of the b&obar;de mayde, he was borne after þe; flesh: but he which was of the fre woman, was borne by promes. These wordes betoken somwhat. For these wemen are the two Testamentes: The one from the mount Sina, that gendreth vnto bondage, which is Agar. For Agar is called in Arabia þe; mount Sina, and reacheth vnto Ierusalem which now is, and is in bondage with hir children.

^noteBut Ierusalem that is aboue, is the fre woman, which is the mother of vs all. For it is wrytt&ebar;: ^note Reioyse thou baren, that bearest no childr&ebar;: breake forth and crye thou þt; trauaylest not, for the desolate hath many mo childr&ebar;, then she which hath an hu&esset;bande. As for vs (brethren) we are the children of Isaac acordinge to the promes.

^noteBut like as at that tyme, he that was borne after the flesh, persecuted him þt; was borne after the sprete, euen so is it now also. But what sayeth the scripture? Put awaye the bonde mayden and hir sonne: ^note for the sonne of þe; bondmayde shal not be heyre with þe; sonne of the fre woman. So now brethren, we are not children of the bonde mayde, but of the fre woman.

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