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apoftle of the Gentiles, I magnifie mine office: 14. If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might fave fome of them. 15. For if the cafting away of them be the reconciling of the World; what fhall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? 16. For if the firft-fruit be holy, the lump is alfo holy: and if the root be holy, fo are the branches. 17. And if fome of the branches be broken off, and thou being a wild olive-tree, wert graffed in amongst [Or, for] them, and with them partakeft of the root and fatnefs of the olive-tree; 18. Boaft not against the branches: but if thou boaft, thou beareft not the root, but the root thee. 19. Thou wilt fay then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. 20. Well; becaufe of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standeft by faith. Be not high-minded, but a fear. 21. For if God fpared not the natural Branches, take heed left he alfo fpare not thee. 22. Behold therefore the goodnefs, and feverity of God: on them which feil, feverity; but towards thee, goodness, if thou continue

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Eph. 2. 12. At that time ye 5 were without Chrift, being Aliens from the Common-wealth of Ifrael, and Strangers from the Covenants of Promife, having no hope, and without God in the World.

P Mat. 18. 15. If he fhall hear thee, thou haft gained thy Brother. t 1 Cor. 7. 16. For what knoweft thcu, O Wife, whether thou fhalt fave thy Husband? Or how knoweft thou, O Man, whether thou shalt fave thy Wife? 1 Cor. 9. 19, 22. —I made my felf a Servant unto all, that I might gain the more. I am made all things to all Men, that I might by all means Save icme. t1 Tim. 4. 16. Take heed unto thy felf, and unto thy Doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this, thou fhalt both fave thy felf and them that hear thee. Jam. 5. 20. He that converteth a Sinner from the Error of his Way, fhall fave a Soul from Death 1Pet. 3. Likewife ye Wives, zo be in fubjection to your own Husbands, that if any obey not the Word, they also may without the Word be won by the Converfation of the Wives. Jude ver. 23. Others 25 fanie with fear, pulling them out of the Fire.

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s Eph. 3. 6. That the Gentiles fhould be Fellow-beirs, and of the fame Body, and partakers of his Promife in Chrift, by the Gofpel.

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tinue in his goodnefs: otherwife thou alfo fhalt be cut off 23. And they alfo, if they bide not ftill in unbelief, shall be 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 were graffed contrary to nature into a good olive-tree; how much more fhall these which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive-tree? 25. For I would not brethren, that ye fhould be ignorant of this mystery (left ye fhould be wife in your own conceits) that *blindness [Or, hardness] in part is happened to Ifrael, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26. And fo all Ifrael fhall be faved: as it is written, There fhall come out of Sion the deliverer, and fhall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. 27. For this is my Covenant unto them, when I fhall take away their fins. 28. As concerning the gofpel, they are enemies for your fake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers fake. 29.

mory what I preached unto you, unlefs ye have believed in vain. † Heb. 3. 6, 14.-Whofe House are we, if we hold faft the Confidence, and the rejoicing of the Hope firm unto the End. For we are made Partakers of Chrift, if we hold the beginning, of our Confidence ftedfaft unto the End.

t Joh. 15. 2. Every Branch in me that beareth not Fruit, he ta keth away; and every Branch that beareth Fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more Fruit.

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Pfal. 14. 7. O that the Salvation of Ifrael were come out of Zion.tIfa. 27. 9.. By this therefore fhall the Iniquity of Jacob be purged, and this is all the Fruit to take away his Sin. † Jer. 31.31, &c.Behold, the Days come, faith the Lord, that I will make a new Cove nant with the Houfe of Ifrael, and 10 with the House of Judah,&c. † Heb, 8. 8. For finding Fault with this, he faith, Behold, the Days come (faith the Lord) when, &c. as in Jeremiah. t Heb. 10. 16. This is the Covenant that I will make with them, after those Days, faith the Lord, I will put my Laws into their Hearts, and in their Minds will I write them.

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25. Luk. 21. 24. Jerufalem fhall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the Times of the 20 Gentiles be fulfilled. • Rev. 7.9. After this, I beheld, and lo, a great Multitude, which no Man could Number, of all Nations, and Kindreds, and People, and Tongues, 25 tood before the Throne, and before the Lamb.

26. *Ifa. 59. 20. The Redeemer fhall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from Tranfgreffion 30 in Jacob, faith the Lord. See

28. Gen. 17. 7. I will eftablish my Covenant between me and thee, and thy Seed after thee in their Generations, for an everlast ing Covenant; to be a God unto thee, and thy Seed after thee. Lev. 26. 44. When they be in the Land of their Enemies, I will not caft them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my Covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God.

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For the gifts and calling of God are 30. For as ye in times paft have not God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: 31. Even fo have these alfo now not believed [Or, obeyed], that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. 32. For God hath concluded them all [Or, fhut them all up together] in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. 33. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unfearchable are his judgments, and his ways paft finding out! 34. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, or who hath been his counseller? 35Or who hath firft " given to him, and it fhall be recompenfed unto him again? 36. For " of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom [Gr, him] be glory for ever. Amen.

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40. 13. Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his Counsellor, hath taught him? 33. Job 5. 9. Which doth 5 † Jer. 23. 18. Who hath food in great things and unfearchable; mar- the Counsel of the Lord, and hath vellous things without Number. perceived and heard his Word? Job 9. 10. Which doth great Who hath marked his Word and things paft finding out, yea, and heard it? * Wifd. 9. 13. What Wonders without Number. † Job to Man is he that can know the Coun 11. 7. Canft thou by fearching find fel of God? or who can think out God Canft thou find out the what the Will of the Lord is ? Almighty unto Perfection? † Pfal. Ecclefiafticus 42. 21. Unto him 36.6.1 hy Righteoufnefs is like the may nothing be added, neither great Mountains; thy Judgments 15 can he be diminished, and he hath are a great deep.- Pfal. 92. 5. O no need of any Counsellor. I Cor. Lord, how great are thy Works! 2. 16. Who hath known the Mind of and thy Thoughts are very deep. the Lord, that he may inftruct 2 Efdr. 5. 4. Like as thou canst him? But we have the Mind of do none of these things that thou 20 Chrift. haft spoken of, even so canft thou not find out my Judgment, or in the end the Love that I have promised unto my People. Ecclefiafticus 18.4. To whom hath he given Power to declare his Works? and who fhall find out his noble A&ts ? 34. Job 15 8. Haft thou beard the Secret of God? and doft thou

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If any Man love the World, the Love of the Father is not in him. Wifd. 2. 12. Let us lie in wait for the Righteous; because 5 he is not for our turn, and he is clean contrary to our doings: he upbraideth us with our offending the Law, and objecteth to our Infamy the Tranfgreffings of our 10Education.

t Eph. 1. 18. The Eyes of your Underftanding being enlightned; that ye may know what is the Hope of his Calling,and what the Riches of the Glory of his Inheritance in the Saints. † Eph.4. 22, 23, 24. That ye put off concerning the former Converfation, the old Man, which is corrupt, acaording to the deceitful Lufts: and be renewed in the Spirit of your Mind; and that ye put on the new Man, which after God is created in Righteousness and true Holinefs.

Pfal. 50. 13, 14. Will I eat the Flesh of Bulls, or drink the Blood of Goats? Offer unto God Thanksgiving, and pay thy Vows unto the most High. †Rom. 6. 13, 16. Neither yield ye your Mem- 15 bers as Inftruments of Unrighteoufnefs unto Sin: but yield your felves unto God, as those that are alive from the Dead; and your Members as Inftruments of Righte-20 oufnefs unto God. Know ye not that to whom ye yield your felves Servants to obey, his Servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of Sin unto Death, or of Obedience unto 25 † Col. 1. 21, 22. You that were Righteoufnefs? 1 Cor. 6. 20. Ye are bought with a Price: therefore glorifie God in your Body, and in your Spirit, which are Gods.

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i † Prov. 25.27. -For Men to Search their own Glory, is not Glory. † Eccl. 7. 16. -Neither make thy felf over-wife. Prov.. 3. 7. Be 5. 1 Cor. 6. 15. Know ye not not wife in thine own Eyes - Prov. 5 that your Bodies are the Members of 16. 16. The Sluggard is wifer in Chrift.- † Cor, 10. 17. We his own Conceit than feven Men that being many, are one Bread, and one can render a Reafon. Ifa. Body5.21. I Cor. 11. 3. -The Head Wo unto them that are wife in of every Man is Chrift. 1 Cor. their own Eyes, and prudent in 10 12. 20, 27. But now are they matheir own Sight. Rom. 11. 20, ny Members, yet but one Body. 25. Be not high-minded, but Now ye are the Body of Christ, fear. Left ye fhould be wife in and Members in particular. Eph. your own Conceits. Rom, 12. 16. 1. 22, 23. And gave him, to be - Be not wife in your own Conceits.15 the Head over all things to the k Mat. 25. 15. Unto one he gave Church, which is his Body. Eph.2. fve Talents, to another two, to ano- 16, 21. That he might reconcile ther one, to every Man according to both unto God in one Body by the his feveral Ability. Cor. 12. Crofs. In whom all the Building 7, 11. The Manifeftation of the 20 fitly framed together, groweth unSpirit, is given to every Man to to an holy Temple in the Lord. profit withal. All thefe worketh Eph. 4. 12, 15, 16, 25. For the that one and the felf-fame Spirit, Edifying of the Body of Chrift. But dividing to every Man ieverally as fpeaking the Truth in Love, may he will. Eph. 4. 7. Unto every 25 grow up into him in all things, one of us is given Grace according which is the Head, even Christ: to the Measure of the Gift of Chrift. from whom, &c. as under Ver. 4. 4.1 Cor. 12. 12, 13. As the Wherefore putting away Lying, Body is one, and hath many Mem- fpeak every Man Truth with his bers, and all the Members of that one Neighbour: for we are Members Body, being many, are one Body; fo one of another. Eph. 5. 23, 30. alfo is Chrift. For by one Spirit Chrift is the Head of the Church. are we all baptized into one Body.- We are Members of his Body, of † Eph.4. 4, 16. There is one Body, his Flesh, and of his Bones. Col. and one Spirit, even as ye are cal- 1. 18, 24. He is the Head of the led in one hope of your Calling. Body the Church. Who now reFrom whom [Chrift] the whole Bo- joice in my Sufferings for you, dy fitly joined together and com- and fill up that which is behind of pacted by that which every joint the Afflictions of Chrift in my Supplieth, according to the effectu- 40 Flesh, for his Bodies fake, which is al Working in the Measure of e- the Church.

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