CHAP. XI. Je. 31.37. b2 Co. 11.22. Ph. 3. 5. 11 SAY then, a Hathe ch. 8. 29. God cast away his tGr. in Elipeople? God forbid. as? For I also am and 1 Ki. 19. Israelite, of the seed 10. 14. of Abraham, of the el Ki. 19.18. tribe of Benjamin. f ch. 9. 27. 2 God hath not g ch. 4. 4, 5. cast away his peo- Ga. 5. 4. ple which he fore- De. 9.4, 5. knew. Wot ye not h ch. 9. 31. what the scripture & 10. 3. saith of Elias? how he maketh interces-dened. sion to God against) Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved Or, har 2 Co. 3. 14. i Is. 29. 10. Or, remorse. k De. 29. 4. not cast off. grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace otherwise work is no more work. 7 What then? b Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blind ed 8 (According as it is written, i God hath given them the spirit of slumber, k eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. stum 9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a blingblock, and a recompence unto them: 10 m Let their eyes Jno. 12.40. be darkened, that Ac. 28. 26, they may not see, 27. and bow down their back alway. Je. 5. 21. to myself 1 Ps. 69. 22. seven thousand men,m Ps. 69. 23. who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. n ch. 10. 19. Ac. 13. 46. 21. & 28. 24. 5 f Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the elecver. 11tion of grace. i.. To 6 And gif by grace, a holy emuthen is it no more lation. of works otherwise, 11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid but rather n through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. 12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the The effects ROMANS XI. diminishing of them A. D. 60. 13 For 1 speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office : 14 If by any means 1 may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. 15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the † Or, decay, o p ch. 15. 16. Ac. 9. 15. & 22. 21. 8, 9. 1 Co.7. 16. & 9. 22. Ti. 4. 16. Ja. 5. 20. Le. 23. 10. 19,20,21. 11. 16. Ac. 2. 39, world, what shall there. holy, so are the branches. Or, for 13. t1 Co. 10.12. u ch. 12. 16. Pr. 28. 14. Is. 66. 2. 17 And if some y 1 Co. 15. 2. He. 3. 6. of the branches be αποτομία, with them partakest ver. 22- 23 And they also, if a they abide not in unbelief, graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. 24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree? A. D. 60. b ch. 12. 16. c 2 Co. 3. 14. are unsearchable. they also may obtain mercy. Or, hard-in ness. 25 For I would not,[ brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be b wise in your own conceits; that blindness ind part is happened to Israel, d until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deli verer, and shall turn away ungodliness i from Jacob: Lu. 21. 24. Re. 7. 9. Is. 59. 20. f Is. 27. 9. Je. 31. 31. He. 8. 10. & 10. 16. De. 7. 8. & 9. 5. h Nu. 23. 19. Ep. 2. 2. Col. 3. 7. 27 f For this is my Or, obeyed. Covenant unto them. Or, obeyed. when I shall takek Ga. 3. 22. away their sins. 28 As concerning them all up tt Or, shut the Gospel, they are together. enemies for your Ps. 36. 6. sakes: but as touch-m Job 11. 7. ing the election, they n Is. 40. 13. 1 Co. 2. 16. o Job 36. 22. 29 For the gifts and calling of God P Job 35. 7. are h without repen- q Co. 8. 6 are g beloved for the fathers' sakes. tance. a Col. 1. 16. Ti. 1. 17. Jude 25. Gr. him. 30 For as ye i inr1 times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained 2 Co.10. 1. mercy through their unbelief: b 1 Pe. 2. 5. 31 Even 80 have 1 Co. 6. 20. these also nowd He. 10. 20. not believed, that . 1 Pe 1.14. through your mercy 32 For k God hath concluded + them all unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God how unsearchable are his judgments, and m his ways past finding out! 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? 35 Or p who hath first given to him, and it shall be recomunto him pensed again? 36 For 4 of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom he glory for ever. A men CHAP. XII. 1 I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye e present your bodies da living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not con Diversity. of gifts. horteth, on exhorta tion: he that I giveth, let him do it with simplicity; the that ruleth, with diligence; he that shewPr. 25. 27. eth mercy, u with t Gr. to so- cheerfulness. 1 Th. 4. 3. | h 1 Co. 3. 10. 1 Pe. 4. 10. 3 For I say, briety. through the grace k1 Co. 12.9. given unto me, to 1 Co. 12.12. every man that is m 1Co.12.27. among you, i not to n think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according a Ep. 4. 11. as God hath dealt ktor 1 Co. 14. 3. every man the mea sure of faith. o ver. 3. I Co. 12. Ma. 6. 3. Or,impart Or, liber ally. 2 Co. 8. 2. t Ac. 20. 28. u 2 Co. 9. 7. x 1 Pe. 1. 22. y Am. 5. 15. 4 For as we have eth. every 1 Pe. 1. 22. 6 n Having then brethren. 7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or the that e He. 13. 16. 26. il Pe. 3. 8. 9 Let love be without dissimulation. y Abhor that which is evil: cleave to that which is good. 10 Be kindly affectioned one to anothert with brotherly love; a in honour preferring one another; 11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; 12 b Rejoicing in hope; c patient in tribulation; d continuing prayer;. instant in 13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; f given to hospitality." them 14 g Bless which persecute you: bless, and curse not. 15h Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. 16 i Be of the same mind one toward teacheth, on teach-Or, be con- another. k Mind not ing; 8 Or he that ex |