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Goas Eleftion, and the Example of the times of Elias, 1-——:5+ Sore ſaved by Grace, the others periſh by therr own hardneſs : Thus foretold, 6— -10. Their fall is the riches of the Genriles,
much more will their fulneſs be ſo. This ſhould provoke the Jews ;o a like Faith, and make the Gentiles nor to inſult, bat zo fear A
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Gentiles ſhall be converied. God is able. They are the Natural Branches. This us foretold. They are Elefed and Beloved of God
who is unchangeable. Goa's dealing with the Gentiles is an Example 31. Al left under Sin that they
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torbid, for * I alſo am an liraelite 4, ofthe ſeed of Cor. 11. Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin c.
3 The Apoſtle having ſhewn in the end of the foregoing Chap- ter, Thar the Jews were for their Obſtinacy rejefFed, and the Gentiles called ; he here prevents or anſwers an Obje&tion. Some might be ready to ſay, If this be ſo, then God hath caſh away his Covenant-Peop:e, which he hath promiſed not to do; wad. Pſal. 94. 14- To this he anſwers ; firſt, by this accuſtomed form ofdenyal ; God forbid : And then he proceeds to ſhew, : That the reje#ion of the Fews was neither total nor final. That1t was not toral, he proves firſt, by a particular Inſtance in the fojlow- iag words. 4 7.e. Fama Few by deſcent, of the ſeed of Abraham according to the fleſh, and yetam not caſt off by God. c Some think this is added, to intimate, that he was born of an honourable Tribe, out of which King Saul ſprang, 1 Sam. 9g. t. and Heſter the Queen, Hef. 2. 5. Others think, this is added for a con- trary Reaſon ; left his calling ſhould be aſcribed to the Dignity of his Tribe, he ſays, He was of Benjamin, the laſt and leaſt of all the Tribes. And others rather think , that this particular recital of his Genealogy, is only to ſhew, that he was a Few by Nature and Nation, and not a Proſe]yte Converted to the Faith, wid. Phil.
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2 God hath not:caſt away his people whom he fore- knewd. f| Wor ye not what the ſcripture faith [| of Elias e? how he || maketh interceſſion to God againſt Ifrael f, ſaying,
1 Here he makes a farther Anſwer to the forementioned Ob- jection, by way of DiſtinQtion; he diſtinguiſheth the people of Gid, into ſuch as are foreknown, and ſuch as are not foreknown : And as for the former of theſe, he fays, They are not rejefed of God. By ſuch as are foreknown of God , he means thole that are ElefFed and Predeſtinated to Eternal Life, chap. 8. 29. A foreknowledge with approbation, 1s implyed and intended, John 10. 14. 2 Tim. 2. 19, eHere'sa third Anſwer to the ObjeQion in the tr. v. and *tis taken from an Inftance in Elias, which the Jews were well acquaintzd with. He cites or brings a book-caſe for it. And he the rather brings this Inſtance, left the Fews ſhould accuſe him of Inſolency ; for that he had ſpoken before only of himſelf; and therefore he gives them to underſtand, that there were many other believing 1ſraelites, as well as himſelf; though poſſibly they were unknown to them. You know (faith he) what the Scripture faith of Elias, 1 Kings 19. fi. e. Againſt the Tey Tribes, who were generally revolted from God, and fallen to 1dolatry : Againſt thoſe he complained, or thoſe he impeached, ripping up their Im- picties, as in the following words.
3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets g, and dig- ged down thine altars b, and I amletr alone z, and they kek my || life.
gVid 1 Kin. 19. x0, 14. h Theſe were not the Altars of the high places, for they are commended that caſt them down ; nor the Altars in the Temple at Jeruſalem, for they were out of the reach of the Ter Tribes, againſt whom Elias complains: Bur ſuch Altars (ſay ſome) as the Godly of the Tex 7-ibes did build to ſerve God with, when they were not permitted to goup to Jeruſalem; in which caſe, the building of private 4!:ars (as ſome learned Jews have affirmed) was allowed. Or elſe by Alrars, you may under- ſtand ſuch Altars, as Elias himſelf, by the ſpecial Commandment of God, had ereFed. Others, by digging down Gods Altars, do underſtand their corrupting, and deſtroying the 2rue Worſhip of God, and the Words are to be taken Synecdochically or Mc<ronymical- ly; the ſign being put for the thing ſignified. 7 So it was for ought he knew ; for few, if any, did publickiy own the true Wor- Pip of God : So generally was thedefeCtion of the Tex Tribes in thoſe
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4 But what ſaith theanſwer of God & unto him? I hare reſerved to my ſelf / ſeven thouſand men m, who have not bowed the knee to [| the image of Baal n.