...grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace : otherwise work is no more work. 7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that, which he seeketh for;...election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded: 8 According as it is written, (joil hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not...

...glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory?" And again he asks, "What then' Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for;...election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded." It seems to have given him great encouragement to preach the gospel, to be assured, that it should...

...of its truths, did we not know that ' blindness is happened to them.' — ' God,' says St. Paul, ' hath given them the spirit of slumber; eyes that they...should not see, and ears that they should not hear. Salvation,' adds St. Paul, ' is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.' Has salvation,...

...own olive-tree. This question is answered in the words of the Apostle which follows. " What then ? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for ; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest are blinded unto this day." This blindness was according to David's prayer. "Let their eyes be darkened...

...them over to areprobate mind, to dothosethings which are not convenient . Rom. xi . 7. What then ! Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for,...election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. Ver 8. (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they shnuld...

...grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace ; otherwise work is no more work. What then ? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for...election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded." "I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise...

...expressly commented on in the new-testament. St. Paul thus remarks thereon in Romans xi, 8, 9, 10. " According " as it is written, God hath given them...should not see, and ears " that they should not hear unto this day. And Dav" id saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, " and a stumbling block,...

...shall be one fold and one shepherd." "Who shall," then, "lay any thing to the charge of God's elect?" "Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for;...election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded." Now if all men were equally GocPs elect without any distinction, these passages of Scripture would...

...calls the rest of the Jewish nation, in Rom. xi. 7 — 10. that they were blinded, and that God had given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear ; and he speaks of their table * Thits Beza in lor. calh them vessels, because, an creatures, they...

...their eyes, or understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them." Rom. xi. 7. " Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for ; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest are blinded." Now, who are those whose eyes are said to be blinded, and their hearts hardened ? They...