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 1 6|                VI. THE CASE OF ABRAHAM, AND ITS BEARING ON THE
 2 6|      perhaps Christ either. To Abraham, in fine, they appeal; prohibited
 3 6|     than God. Grant, now, that Abraham is our father; grant, too,
 4 6|    Show yourself a son even of Abraham. For your origin in him,
 5 6|      whence we are reckoned to Abraham as his "sons" (as the apostle
 6 6|       faith, these are sons of Abraham"), when did Abraham "believe
 7 6|    sons of Abraham"), when did Abraham "believe God and it was
 8 6|       Else, if it be the later Abraham whom you follow as your
 9 6| father--that is, the digamist (Abraham)--receive him withal in
10 6|        it is of the monogamist Abraham that you are the son, just
11 6|        are not the son of that Abraham whose "faith" preceded in
12 6|       to be accounted "sons of Abraham." Thenceforward let matters
13 6|    govern. What that digamy of Abraham portends, the same apostle