...had many and important privileges. They had " much advantage every way : chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God." " To them pertained the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and i John viii. 33. the service of God, and the promises ; theirs...

...which it is founded clearly before our minds. Of these, the following are chief: — 1. "To the Jews pertained the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants,...law, and the service of God, and the promises, whose are iho fathers, and of whom, as to the flesh, Christ came." But Christ's church is not found in the...

...discharge the debt of gratitude, love, and evangelical effort too long owing to the nation " to whom pertained the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants,...Law, and the service of God, and the promises ; whose are the fathers, and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for...

...those things which rendered his countrymen dear to him, he mentions their being Israelites, to whom pertained the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants,...the fathers, and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. Here, it seems, he might have stopped, but having mentioned the name of Christ, he could...

...descendants, had many and important privileges. They had "much advantage every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God." "To them pertained the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; theirs were the fathers,...

...worse condition it would puzzle the most graphic writer of the day to depict. The people to whom " pertained the adoption and the glory, and the covenants,...the promises ; whose were the fathers, and of whom aa concerning the flesh Christ came, who is overall, God blessed for erermore," — here seem stripped...

...Israelites, to whom appertained the adoption, and the glory, and the covenant, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises ; whose were the Fathers, and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came." There could, therefore, be no impropriety in the apostle, under such circumstances, addressing...

...it was demonstrated, that " the world by [human] wisdom knew not God," — (1 Cor. i. 2li) " To whom pertained the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants,...of God, and the promises ; whose were the fathers, of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. — (Rom....

...which I have taken as a text for this sermon : he therein speaks of the Israelites as those, to whom pertained the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants,...law, and the service of God, and the promises ; whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ LECT. came, who is over all, God blessed...

...church — the chosen people of God. They were the " elect," " beloved for their fathers' sakes." " To them were committed the oracles of God;" — to...them pertained "the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises." Rom. ix, 4, and xi,...