1. If descent from Abraham, participation in all the privileges of the theocracy, the true and only church, failed to secure for the Jews the favour of God, how foolish the expectation of those who rely on outward ordinances and church relations as the ground of their acceptance! vs. 6—13.
2. The doctrine of the sovereignty of God in the choice of the objects of his mercy should produce, 1. The most profound humility in those who are called according to his purpose. They are constrained to say, " Not unto us, not unto us, but unto thy name be all the glory." 2. The liveliest gratitude that we, though so unworthy, should from eternity