...worship him in spirit and in truth. — John iv. 23, 24. They are not all Israel which are of Israel ; neither because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children, &c. — Rom. ix. 6, 7. Abel offered unto God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain : Cain was therefore...

...good,— to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile ; for there is no respect of persons with God.' ' Neither, because the*y are the seed of Abraham, are they all children.' ' There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female,...

...worship him in spirit and in truth. — John iv. 23, 24. They are not all Israel which are of Israel ; neither because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children, &c. — Rom. ix. 6, 7. Abel offered unto God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain : Cain was therefore...

...on which they had miserably stumbled: "For'' said he, "they are not all Israel which are of Israel; neither because they are the seed of Abraham are they...but the children of the promise are counted for the seed."—In these verses he breaks in upon their vain confidence in an outward and lineal descent from...

...than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead : whom makettt thou thyself? 53. Neither because they are the seed of Abraham, are...is, they which are the children of the flesh, these an not the children of God : but the chilAD 26. И4ТТ. III. 10. AD 26. dren of the promue are counted...

...himself. This, T suppose, is the seed promised to Abraham, to which the Apostle refers when he says, They which are the children of the flesh, these are...but the children of the promise are counted for the SKBD. (Rom. ix. 8.) By the children of the promise, he did not mean the elect in general, composed...

...as the promise was not made in all the children of Abraham, but in Isaac, v. 7 ; that is to say, ' they which are the children of the flesh, these are...but the children of the promise are counted for the seed,' v. 8. The promise therefore was not made to the children of Abraham according to the flesh,...

...himself. This, I suppose, is the ieed promised to Abraham, to which the Apostle refers when he says, They which are the children of the flesh, these are...but the children of the promise are counted for the SEED. (Rom. ix. I!.) By the children of the promise, he did not mean the elect in general, composed...

...because they are the seed of Abraham, arc they all children : but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 8 That is, they which are the children of the flesh,...children of God : but the children of the promise arq counted for the seed. 9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall...

...Abraham, who is the father of us all.' In like manner, the same apostle, by telling us, Rom. ix. 8, ' the children of the flesh, these are not the children...but the children of the promise are counted for the seed,' hath insinuated that Abraham had two kinds of children or seed, and that the seed by the promise,...