...I lie not; my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, that I have great heaviness ud continual sorrow in my heart: for I could wish that...from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh, who are Israelites, to whom pertaineth the adoption, and tke glory, and the covenants, and...

...bearing mo witness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have great heaviness and continnal sorrow in my heart. 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh : 4 Who are Israelites ; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and tlic glory, and the covenants,...

...1 I say the trutli In Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh : 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 4 Who are Israelites; to...

...SERMON XX. St. Paul's wish, avo3«/xa elvai ana TOU Xporoi), explained and illustrated. ROM. ix. 3. — I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to thejlesh 252 SERMON XXI. A sinless Perfection and Security of Salvation no Prerogative of a regenerate...

...rescuing them from the sad circumstances they were in, and might procure for them pardon and salvation. " I could wish that myself " were accursed from Christ for my brethren," &c. Very affectionate words, strong and pathetic, the language, doubtless, of a most generous love...

...released from life, because he was unable to bear the burden of superintending, and providing for them. The other passage is Rom. ix. 1 — 3, ' I say the...But I apprehend the apostle says no such thing. For, In the first place, the declaration in the Greek is not, ' I could wish,' but ' I wished : ' not IIVXPW,...

...his brethren according to the flesh, the most of whom, at 12 least, were his embittered persecutors. "I say the truth in Christ: I lie not; my conscience...from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh." However criticism may dispose of this passage, it certainly expressed very strong benevolence...

...towards them, was in the highest degree generous and affectionate. " I say the truth in Christ Jesus; I lie not ; my conscience also bearing me witness...from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh, who are Israelites ; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants,...

...respecting the Jews, ' My heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they may be saved b.' — ' I have great heaviness, and continual sorrow in my...from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh c.' Thus have I delineated the features of this amiable grace, and pointed out the several...

...standfast in the Lord '." " My heart's desire and prayer for Israel is, that they might be saved." " I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my...myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kindred according to the flesh V Interest so vivid as this, in a case which had no concern with any...