...brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God." " Because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou...standest by faith ; be not high-minded, but fear." How great, then, are our obligations to a nation from whom we have received so much ; (for " we have...

...after actually executed upon them, in the sorest judgments that ever befel any people ? O Christian, " if God spared not the natural " branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee." Here is a terrible warning to all flesh. Wherever sin is found, the nature of it is to give us up to...

...admonished and humbled, on remembering the language of St. Paul: " Boast not against the branches — because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. -Be not high minded but fear: for if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not...

...Jesus Christ" For instance, " To all that be in Home, beloved of God, called saints," Paul writes: "Behold, therefore, the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity ; but toward thee, goodness, if thou contvtut i» His goodness ; otherwise thou also shalt be cut off." (Rom....

...interest in them dependeth on our faith, our obedience, our perseverance. ' Behold,' saith St. Paul, ' the goodness and severity of God : on them which fell,...severity; but towards thee, goodness, if thou continue in that goodness ; otherwise, thou also shalt be cut ofi.' Rom. xi. 22. 13. ' For the LORD hath chosen...

...in. 21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. 20 Well: because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear. 22 Behold, therefore, the goodness and severity of God: on them which. PARAPHRASE. 18 ham and his seed;...

...19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. 20 Well : becanse of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear. 2 1 for if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. 22 Behold, therefore,...

...because of unbelief they were broken off, aud thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear. 21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. 22 Behold, therefore, the goodness and severity of God : on them which PARAPHRASE. 17 If then 'some...

...in. Well, because of unbelief they were broken ofi"; and thou standest by faith. Be not high minded, but fear. For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he spare not thee. THIS Allegory has excited much inquiry, and various expositions have been given of...

...indication that the fulness of that people is near at hand. Let us profit by what the apostle adds : " Well, because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high minded, but fear. For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not...