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THE MYSTERY OF THE Gospel Unvail'd, &c.
ROMANS IX. V.Whose are the Fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
IN the second and third Verses of this Chapter we have the Apostle Paul giving great Demon∣strations of the strength of his Affection to his Countrymen the Jews, partly by his sorrow of Heart for them, and partly by his willingness to be accursed from Christ for their sakes. And in the next Verse he gives us a Reason of his love to∣wards them, which was those Spiritual priviledges with which God had been pleased to dignifie them above all other Nations; and in the words that I have read, he is climbing the highest Pinacle of their honour, which was, That according to the Flesh Christ came of them, which was as great an honour