...present state of this people must lead the attentive reader to say with the apostle, GOD hath give them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear unto this day. Behold the goodness and severity of GOD, on them who fell severity, but toward thee...

...kingdom of heaven ; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Rom. xi. 7. What then ? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for...election, hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 62. w 1 Cor. i. 2. Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ...

...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 itis written, God hath given them die spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see,...

...taken captive by him at his will. 2. TII judiciary blindness of mind,and a reprobate sense. Rom. xi. 8, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not M e. and eais that they should not hear. Rom. i. 28, Because they liked not to retain God in their...

...at this present time also, there is a remnant, according to t/ie election of grace. What then ? — Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for...election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. "J — And in his letter to the saints at Epliesus, he considers their election, or being chosen by...

...Grace;" by which expression he means the body of Jewish Christians, aa appears from a following verse, " Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for,...Election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded (u) ; " " the Election " therefore denotes those of the Jews who embraced the Gospel, and " the rest"...

...the time, when the nation was rejected. " God did • not cast off his people whom he fore", knew." "'Israel hath not obtained that which he « seeketh...for; but the election hath obtained it, "• and the test were blinded." 1 Thus Isaiah : " Israel " shall be saved in the LORD, with an everlasting " salvation:...

...blinded," (or hardened, as it is in the original,) " According as it is written, God hath given t/iem the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they s/iould not hear unto this day."\ Those passages are now to be produced, in which hardening the hearts...

...with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and convert and be healed." Komans xL 8, 9, 10, "According as it is written, God hath given them the...should not see, and ears that they should not hear unto this day. " And David said, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block,...

...grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more of 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." Here a remnant of Israel is said to be saved, and this is said to be, according to the election of...