12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and che || diminiſhing of chem the riches of the Gemges e, how much more thuar fu:lnels f ? Arother Anticipation. The Apoſtle having ſhewed, That the {ins awry of the Jews, Was an occalion of the coming in of the Gen-
'5, IT mich be Obje&ed, That the Converſion of the Jews might
1-.1xif: be an occalion of the falling away of the Gentiles. To this
he an{wers Negztively, and confirms his Anfwer by an Argument {-om the lefs to the greater ; that if their Fall and Diminuton w-re the riches of the Genz:/es, their Calling again would be fo much more; 9.4. If God hath made ule of the Fall and Rejedion &f the Jews, for an occaſion of pouring out the riches or abundance of his grace upon the Nations, and the number of bejteving Jews, being 10 very 1mJl (which 15 meant by their diminithing ) hath occationed the Corver//ou of ſuch a multitude of Gentzles, then how much more will their tulnefs have the effe&t? Fz.e. Their oeneral Converlion , th? coming in of the ews , fſha!l ſo fill the World with Wonder, and ite Goſpel with Luſtre, that a much firther accc{iion wall be made even to the number of the believing Gent les.
1: For I ſpeak to you Gentiles, in as much as I am th: apoltle ct the Gentiles, I magnihe mine cflice g,
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-:k to you of bzing rich in rhe Faith above the Jews, be. -nye atpZcial intereſt in you, 7 as muck as 1 am ap- to be rhe Apojile of the Gentiles, and am ſent chiefly unto
'f chap. 15.16. 4159. 15. and 13. 2, and 22. 21. and 26. E. 4; :6Jand 2. 7. Eph. 2.8. 2 Zim 1,11, And therefore ; letting forth your Privileges and Bleſſings, 1 magnifie mine
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14IſLy any means I may provoke to emulation
them Wii are my fleſh, and might ſave ſome of them -.
9.4. AndJI thus extol Gods Favour and Mercy to you, that it may bea means ( 1t God pleate ) to provoke rhe Jews, that are * 0.97: jb are bicwd, t0 a holy cnlarionor jealayfe, ( wid. v. 11.) when they thail tee the Gentiles pollets what was promited tothem. L. How doth he tay, That be may lave fome of them ! is not God the Author ef Sizlvatioa 2 4. Yes : bur he hath given his Miniſters to be Inſtry- ments therein, and called them, Feiow workers with himſelf, 2 Cor. 6. 1. vid. 1 Tim. 4. 16. :
1% + Vor if tis caſting away of them be the recon: cilinz of the worid & ; whar ſha// the receiving of ther be !, but lite from the dead mm?
; This verſe contains an Argument to prove the Ca/ling of che Fews ; Nora new one, bur that repeated which you had before v. 12. the ſubſtance is the Tame, only the terms ditfer : "There he ſpake of the Fall and diminiſhing of the Jews, here of their caſting away ; there it was the riches, here it is the reconciling of the World; q 4. If the rejetion of the Jews brought great profit to the Genz:/es, their re- cc2>1ion and reſtauration will bring abundantly more. & z. e. An occalion of Preaching the Goſpel tothe Genzziles, by means of which, they were recenciled 75 God, The Goſpel is the Miniſtry of Recon- cii;:tion, 2 Cor. 5.18, 19, 20. Into the favour of God and the boiom of the Church, 22 A proverbial ſpeech, to ſignifie a great chanse for the bertzr. The Converſion of that People and Nation xl! firengthen the things that are languiſhing, and like to die in the Clhnitian Church It will confirm the Faith of the Gentiles,
reconcile all their differences in Religion, and occaſion a more horow Itetormation amongſt them : there will be a much more
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wi cad of the VYorld, at the Reſurrei7/on of the Dead,
nant with the Jews, the Poltcrity of Abraham, &c. who are bel, ' for their Fathers ſake, ver. 23. Ther<tore, in the mean time, th:y | ſhould not look on themſelves with Deſperation ; nor ſhould the ' Gentiles look on them with Diſdain; as it follows in the ne words.
17 || And q if * ſome of the branches r be broken \ and thou s beinga [| wiia olive 1rec #, were graited in |+:.. amongſt them «, and with them partakeſt of the reg!0; and fatneſs of the olive tree 2, lite
g.In this, and fome following Verſes, the Apoſtle digreſſah aj little, and takes occaſion to prevent the Inſulting of the Genzi/s; gps © the Jews; as allo to perlwade them to take Warning by their Fx. ample. » The wunbelreving Jews. 5s A believing Gentile : "Thoyoh he ſpeaks as to a part:cular perſon yer he means the wholebody of the believing Gentiles, t ACron taken from a wild Olive tre; }, x From the heathenith and unbelieving World. « The believing *m, Some read, fer them, cr in the place of the branches that are braþy oF. w By the - Root he means Abra/ham, &C. as before : By thi | Olive tree, he means the Church of Chriſt ; by the Row, or ſap | of the Root, and by the Farneſs of the Olive tree, he means, all the ; Promiſes and Privileges, the Graces and Ordinances, the Spin] leflings and Benefirs, which belonged to Abraham and his Seed, or tothe rue Church of God.
18 Boaſt not againſt the branches x : But ifthoy boaſt, thou beareſt not the roor, but the ron: thee j,
x z.e, Againſt the Jews, who, becauſe of their unhlicf, we broken off, as if by Natare thou wert better than they, or more worthy of that Grace which is beſtowed ou thee. The word ſignifies, Throw not up t&y Neck, don't carry thy ſelf Scom- fully and Intulcingly. y 9. 4. If any will needs be to Infolent, let them know and corilzaer, That as the Root is not b<holding to the branches , but the branches to the Reo: ; fo the good things that the Gernzziles have, they received from the Fews, and not the Jews from them: The Genrt:/e Church is incorporar:d into the Jewiſh, and not the Jew:fh into the Gentile. Or eitc the meaning 15, Deſpite not the Jews, for they are the narural branch:; of the Root that bears them. If thou inſuiteſt over the Branche:, thou doſt in a manner lite up thy felt againſt the Roo, that once bore them, and now bears thee; even Abraham, who 1s the Father of all them that believe. Abraham is not the Roor, fſimp!y 2nd ab- ſolurely, but Relatively, or by way of relation to his [ olte-1ry and Of--ſpring.
19 Thou wilt ſay then, The branches were broken oft, that I mighr be gratfed in.
20 Well; becauſe of unb:lief they were broxen off z, and rhou [| {tandeſt by faith a. Be not kigh mind- | ed, * but fear b. _