...was in the highest degree generous and affectionate. " I say the truth in Christ Jesus; I lie not ; my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy...from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh, who are Israelites ; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants,...

...affection anrl resrject. ;e I say the truth !n Christ J«sus ; I lie not; my conscience also hearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, that I have great heaviness...wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my hrethren, my kintmen according to t/iejlcih, who are Israelites, to whom pertainelh the adoption, and...

...respecting the Jews, ' My heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they may be saved b.' — ' I have great heaviness, and continual sorrow in my...from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh c.' Thus have I delineated the features of this amiable grace, and pointed out the several...

...standfast in the Lord '." " My heart's desire and prayer for Israel is, that they might be saved." " I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my...myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kindred according to the flesh V Interest so vivid as this, in a case which had no concern with any...

...enemies than from all others, he expressed, no doubt, the real feelings of his soul when he said, " I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my...myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethren, for my kinsmen, according to the flesh." Hitherto we have contemplated Paul rather in his regards and...

...to have been cast in the same mould with his great ancestor Moses : / have great heaviness, says he, and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish...myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsnien according to the flesh b. But the temper and conduct of our Lord Jesus Christ, when here on...

...bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh : 4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants,...

...inveterate foes, " obedient to the faith." Long after this, he inspired an apostle to say to them, " I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh ; my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved :" he left...

...themselves to the wrath ofGod, he was filled with great heaviness and sorrow of heart, and said, " I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh. " These holy men, the one in his prayer, and the other in his wish, express a willingness...

...following is a literal translation : — Rom. ix. 1 — 3. " I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy...from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh. " Beloved brethren in our Lord Jesus Christ, these 'and similar words of the apostle Paul,...