'* The word properly ſignifieth the Oracle, or Auſwer of God Siven in the Tabernacle from the Mercy-ſeat; bur it 1s generally taken for any Divine Anſwer or Direction received from God ; vid, Mat. 2.12. Heb 11.7. wherethe ſame Word is uſed. The Apoſtle doth not repeat the whole anſwer of God, as it is recorded in 1 Kings 19.15, 16, 17, 18. but fo mich only as was pertinen? o als purpoſe, / He faith nor, they hive reſerved themſe]ves, _ I have reſerved them. q. d. Of my own Free-grace I have kept *m from Idolatry and Apeſtacy. m A certais number for an un-
| Certain. There were doubtleſs Women among them ; bur they are noted by the more worthy Sex. = The word maze, 1s not in the greek; but the Article being of the Fomin:ne gender it was n<c<l(- larily-underſtood.
5 * Even ſo then at this preſenc time alſo, {| there isa remnant accoruing to the election of grace 0.
09. d. As1t was in the times of El:2s, fo it is now ; chere 25 4 remnant of the Jews which God hath graciouſly elefe4; rh: c- fore their reje#/0n is not total; which was the thins to be proved. Though thoſe that believe are few, in reſpe& ot cho:e that belizve not ; as 4 remnant 15 but little, in reſpe&t of the whole piece ; yer there are many thouſands of them, as 7ames ſaid to Paul, As 21. -_ Thou ſeeſt brother, how many thouſand Fews there are which
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6 And * if by grace, then zs it no more of works: otherwiſe grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no More grace : otherwite work is no more work p.
2 This Verſe depends upon the former ; and though it doth nor ſeem to appertain to the Argument the Apoſtle had in hand , yet by the direction of the Spirit, he takes the little occ.fion that 15 offered, to ſhew, That elefion and wocarion is only by grace, and not by works; this he had ſpoken to before, chop. 4: 4$,5- andg. 11. Buthe toucheth upon it again; and here ke delivers a truth, which the Jews of Old, either could not, or would not underſtand, z. e. That there is no mixing of the Merit of good works, and the freegrace of God ; bur one of theſe doth exclude and deſtroy the Nature of the other; For it ele&;or and caling were both of grace and works ( as fome that call them- ſelves Chriſtians, as well as the Jews atfirm) then grace is no grace and works are no works: For whatloever proceedeth uf grace, thar cometh freely, and not of Debt; bur what cometh by merit of wor, that cometh by Debr; but now Debt and no Debr, or that which IS oe and by Deſert, are quite contrary things, Therefore to ſay, That Men are eleFel and calcd, partly of grace, and partly of the merit of foreſeen works, that were to put things together thar cannot agree, to make Debt no D-br, Merit; no Meric, works OW grace nograc?; and fo to atfirm and deny oneand the ſame thing.
7 What theng ? Iſrael hathnot obtained that which he ſeekerh forr; burthe election 5 hath obtained ir, and the reſt were {| blinded t ;
The Body of the Zewith Nation, fecking righteouſneſs and 1:f; by the.works of the law, have not obtained it , or they have not hic the Mark ; they aimed ar it, but they ſhot wide; they took a great deal of pains to little or no purpoſe, vid. chap. g. 31. 5i e The
the Circuinciſed. # 7. e. Thoſe who are not Eletted, they are lefe by Gods juſt Judgment to their own Ignorance and Obdurateneſ; : As alſoto Satan, who doth increaſe itin them, 2 Cor.4.4 The Antithefis requires, that he ſhould have ſaid, The ref have not obtained ; but he ſpeaks this of purpoſe to ſhew the caule of their not obtaining, z.e. Their own 6/inaneſs of mind, and baraneſs of heart.
8 According as it is Written «, God hath given them the ſpirit || of ſlumber 2», * eyes char chey ſhould nor ſee, and cars that they ſhouid not hear, unto this day «,
u Viz. In 1ſa.6.9. and 29.10. w The word fienifieth ſuch
mous Beaſts, out of which they hardly or never awake. xq, d. So it was of old, and fo ir isſtill. Or elſe theſe words { the former being included in a Parentheſis ) may be joyned with the laſt words of the foregoing Verſe ; thus, The ref are blinded unzq this aay.
9 And David faith y, Let their table be made a ſnare, and a trap, and a ftumbling block, and a recompence
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3 Viz. In Pſa. 69. 22, 23. The Apoſtle tyerh not himſelf to the very words of the Pſalmiſt, bur being guided by the ſame Spirit by which David wrote, he adds and alters ſome words. without diminiſhing the Senſe. z Some take theſe words for a Prayer; others a Prophecy. David in the Perſon of Chriſt ( of whom he wasa Type ) doth complain and prophecy of the ex- tream Injuries and Opprefſions wherewith the Fews ( his own people ) ſhould vex him ; as that they ſhould give him gal for mcat, and in his Thirſt, give him vinegar to drink, wer. 21. There- fore by way of Imprecation, he Praycth down the wrarh of God
upon them : P-rcicularly he prophefies or prays, that all their moſt plzatant things might be turned. co their Deſtru&tion ; | thar their Underſtandings might be darkened, fo as they ſhall ' dif- cern nothing of Heaveniy thingS; that they mighr ſavour no+ thing but Eorthly things, and be unable to life up Heads and Hearts to God, and ro his Golpel. Now D +774 having, by a Spirit of Prophecy, prayed down ſuch Miſeries upon the 7ews, they muſt be fulfilled ; therefore the general #1nb-/ief and bard- neſs of heart that 1s amonglt chat People, 15 not 0 be wondered at.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may n.I% lee, and bow down their back alwav.
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