...when the nation was rejected. " God did not " cast away his people whom he foreknew." " Is"rael hath not obtained that which he seeketh " for ; but the election hath obtained it, and the "rest were blinded."1 Thus Isaiah: "Israel " shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting " salvation : ye shall...

...chosen people, obtained it, but the rest of them were blinded g : 8 According as it is written h, " God hath given them the spirit of slumber ; eyes that they should not see, and ears 9 that they should not hear, unto this day." And David saith ', " Let their table be made a snare and...

...according to the election of grace. And if by grace, then it is no more of works. What then ? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for, but the election hath obtained it, and the rett are blinded. — Whom he did firedeetinate-, them he also called. — We give thanks to God always...

...have been given up, for a season, to the ignorance of their mind, and to the hardness of their heart; "According as it is written, God hath given them the...should not see; and ears that they should not hear; untothisday" (Rom. xi. 8). But the Messiah was not only to suffer, he was also to perfect many great...

...Why will ye die, O house of Israel3 ?" as if it were their own act ; and yet the apostle affirms that it is written, " God hath given them the spirit of...should not see, and ears that they should not hear*." When, again, God says, that he had sent the Assyrian5 to destroy the Israelites ; and then declares...

...obtained it, and the rest have been blinded >? ,; ; According as it is written,, "God hath given, 8 them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they ; should...and ears that, they should not hear ; unto this day. And David saith, 9 more grace: otherwise mark is no more work. Griesb. , 2. How encouraging is it td...

...heart, and be converted, «ml he should heal them. Ju. xii. 40. I believe, that the non-elect »re " blinded, according as it is written, God hath given...spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, ami ears that they should not hear, unto this day." Rom. xi. 7, 8. I believe that it is proper to any...

...written, and repeatedly declared, ' God had hardened their hearts, and blinded their minds ; that ie had given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and...

...mercy on whom I will have mercy, &c. and whom he will he hardeneth. —Rom. ix. 15. 17, 18. Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for, but the election hath obtained it; and the rest were blinded (or hardened) according as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber ; eyes that they...

...mercy on whom I will have mercy, &c. and whom he will he hardeneth. —Rom. ix. 15. 17, 18. Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for, but the election hath obtained it; and the rest were blinded (or hardened) according as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber ; eyes that they...