...by works of any kind. In this connexion we find it in Rom. xi. 5, 6 : Rven so then, at thispretent time also, there is a remnant according to the election of grace ; and if by grace, then is it no more of works ; otherwise grace is no more grace : but if it be of works, then is it no more...

...treasuring to themselves wrath against the day , of wrath, and revelation of the righteous judgment of God. At this present time, also, there is a remnant according to the election of grace, but the rest are blinded. " According,as it is. written, God hath 'given them the spirit of...

...Except the Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and been made like unto Gomorrha. At this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. The election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. I will have mercy on whom I will have'...

...place, fo him that worketh is the reward, not of grace, bnl of deb tj an d again , if it be by grace, , it is no more of works ; otherwise grace is no more grace f . The very notion of grace necessarily £ Roin. iii. 20, 28. Gal. ii. 16. f Rom. iv.4. ii/Q, the...

...I have reserved to myself seven " thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to " the image of Baal. Even so then, at this present " time also, there is...to the " election of grace: and if by grace, then is it no " more of works, otherwise grace is no more grace."2 Nothing can be more decisive than this...

...idolatry of former times there were 7000 men who did not bow ' the knee to the image of Baal, " even so at this present time " also there is a remnant according to the election of grace ;" ' by ' which expression he means the body of the Jewish Christians, as ' appears from a following...

...expressly asserts it, in the following words, " God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew.^ Even so then, at this present time also, there is a remnant, according to t/ie election of grace. What then ? — Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for ; but the...

...; even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles." Chap. 11,5 — 10 "Even so then, at this present time also, there is...according to the election of grace. And if by grace, then is it no more of works ; otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more...

...? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. 5 Even so, then, at this present time also, there is a remnant, according to the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works : otherwise grace is PARAPHRASE. Know ye not...

...regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. Therefore St. Paul calls it election of grace, and argues, if by grace then it is no more of works : otherwise grace is no more grace. — If it be asked, whether this decree does not weaken the interests of morality ? The scripture answers...