...accepted as the children of thi promise, while unbelievers are rejected, 7 not Israel, who are of Israel. Neither because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children, but * in Isaac 8 shall thy seed be called : That is, not the children of the flesh are the children of God, but the...

...grace, see a parallel passage, Rom. ix. 7, 8, 9. AVhat can be more express than these words, They who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God? But Ishmael was born after the flesh, therefore he was typical of them. Our apostle argues, Men are not...

...Isaac shall thy seed be called. 8. That is to say, they who are children only by natural generation, are not the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted for the true seed. 9. For this is the word of promise, At this time I will come, and Sara shall have a son....

...Israelites after the flesh. And, in the same strain of reasoning, he adds in the following verse,—« " Neither because they are the seed of Abraham are they all children," ie children whom he has engaged by covenant to bless, and te make blessings. There are, indeed, those...

...himself gives us ground for this distinction, when he says, they are not all Israel which are of Israel; neither because they are the seed of Abraham are they all children, chap. ix. 6, 7. And elsewhere he distinguishes between one who is a Jew, as being partaker of the external...

...himself gives us ground for this distinction, when he says, they are not all Israel which are of Israel; neither because they are the seed of Abraham are they all children, chap. ix. 6, 7. And elsewhere he distinguishes between one who is a Jew, as being partaker of the external...

...though the word of " God hath taken no effect: for they are not all Israel, " which are of Israel; neither, because, they are the " seed of Abraham are...God; but the children of the promise are counted for a " seed." — Here, it is evident, that there was in the nation of Israel, a true Israel, a believing...

...arc all his children : but, " Through Isaac thine offspring shall be call8 ed." Which is, they that are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the pro9 mise are counted for the offspring. For this is the word of promise, "At thistinic I will come,...

...therefore, they are, all of CHAP. IX. Isaac, and not to Ishmael AM cir. 4062. e„„,l AD cir. 58. *' '" of Abraham, are they all children : but, in * Isaac shall thy ¡: seed be called. 8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but *the children...

...predecessor, or of those who are adult descendants of an immediate parent who is or was pious; Rom. ixv 7.. " Neither because they are the seed of Abraham are they...children, but in Isaac shall -thy seed be called. S. That is, they which are the children of the flesh, these are not the chtldren of God '? -but the...