z Here he brings in the Gentiles, alledging a Reaion for the ,, inſulting over the Jews ; becauſe the Jews were broker 07, chat 7 they might give place, or make way for them; and th? 5 pjj werthy do always give p'ace to tht: more worthy. To this he An- ſwers, Firſt, by way of Concetlion : Well ( /aith he ) it 1576, and I do not deny it, That the Jews were broken of, chat the Gentiles might be graffed in: But then he further adds, by WY 0* Corre&ion or Negation ; That the Worthineſs of the 0G#7%e was not the cauſe why the Jews were broken off ; but it Was be- cauſe of their own Unbelief; they would not accept of Chrilt, John rt. 11. They went about to eſtabliſh their own righteonjnes, and would nor ſubmit themſeltes tro the rightcouſneſs of God, 3s UV in chap. 10. 3. Therefore jf you Gentiles ſhall reaton after © manner, you plainly put a Fallacy upon your ſelves, and _ that for a Cauſe which is none : You don't diſtinguith betw=*" the cauſe and the evexr; it fell out indeed, That the 7ow: bc18 caſt off, rhe Gentiles were received in, bur this was nor the caule of that. a 9.4. Neither is thy Worthinels th: caulc of thy preſznt ſtanding in the room of che Jews; OT Ol having ny _
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$ alt, take heed of being ſelt-concenedand ſecure ; if thou fa) intotheir| you may underſtand the Romans, or the Roman Money aid | fine, thou mayelt expect the ſame fate. Therefore ſtand in awe, | Power ( wid. 475 4.27, and 21. 11.) And by the cor7i7g 52 ©
yy ad fia not : Thou art ſubje& ro Unbelief and Apoſtacy, as well as their fulneſs, may be underſtood, the fol! time of their reign ans __ to continuance ; attcr which their ruine follows. And io here 25 fore -
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ung: heed 1CIFAC AND 1] p yo : : RE Whether this doth not avrce with the Preg:efio of ov: 5 1yiet | co: This Verſe is a Reaſon of the forementioned Admonition.| ,,,, ,. 77 erf5 ; TW If God proceeded with Oe leverity againſt his An- 26 And {o a!l Iſrael ſha!l be ſaved h : 25 it 2 wv 2 1ame, Gieat Pcople the Jews, you Gentiles may 1n Reaton expett as great -n 7. * There 1 pon : od | |; of ts C-rerity, it you take not heed co your felves, and to your ſtand - CON 0s There {ha Come Our of Sion the deiiveter. and * ey y Lins _ 02 ſhall curn away ungodlinefs trom Jacob. OEe TENG 'cende] 22 chold therefore the onednefs, ang {cverity of h Here isa Third and chief part of the afore-mentioned 27-72 END os = - wn God : 08 them which fell, ſeverity ; bur rowards thee, --y mo —_ 00 _ ſaved. mY « peta "Sees Ol a tO 02 OY BE > ———C——— . FF OS _ c 1e WO; Uni : WOU, CONULINg of Jews and Gez-
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l. Exe : 1614. 7 In this Vert?, he farther perſwades the Gentiles to Humility ( as in the precedent Verſe } you mutt underftand, the Nation and n Sctip- & 15. 2 and Godly Fear; and ſuggetterh ſeveral Reaſons tor it. Thc | People of the Jews. And by all Iracl is pot meant every indi- A, Jerg- Firft is taken from the Example of Gods ſeverizy to the Jews, | vidual 1ſrae!ice, but many, or ( it may be) the orcateft part of
1y City they falling into Apoftacy and Unbeltet, are generally cut of, and | them. '$> all is to be taken in Scripture, vid. Jobz 5. 45. 17m,
| a ho); calf away. A Second Reaſon is taken from the free grace, and un-| 2,6, & glisze. Look as when he fpzaks of the Conve:fion of the ) God deſerved goodneſs of God to the poor Gentiles, who were mercituily Gentiles, and the coming in of their fulneſs, there are many ( too
fore lanted or grafed inth2 room ofthe Jews. A Third Realon 1s taken | many of them ) ſtill Unconverted ; to notwithſtanding the gene-
his ca trom the condition of their preſent ſtanding, which is, if they con- ral calling of ths Fews, a great many of them may remain uvncat-
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for the EF:& ; the goodneſs of God for faith, which was wrought in them by the geodneſs or grace of God, The Antithefis, in the nzxt Verſe, ſhews this to be the Senſe : For there he ſpeaks of the 7:ws not continuing or abiding ſtill in Unbelief, A Fourth Reaſon *« from the danger that would follow, If through pride and ſecurity chey ſhould fall and miſcarry, they would be cx of asthe Jews, the natural Branches are. Some oblerve the change of the Word, The 7s are ſaid ro be broken off, but the Gentiles would be cur off 3 they would as it were be ſtock'd up by the Roozs; but that feems too critical and curious,
23 And they alſo, if they abide not ſtil] in unbelief, ſhall ve gratied in : For God is able® to gratt chem in 2%aN e,