...common or small pretensions — he had been circumcised the eighth day — he was lineally descended of the stock of Israel — of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews, as touching the law, he was a Pharisee ; concerning zeal, he even persecuted the Church, and as it respected his private...

...Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I." The third is Philip, in. 5, " Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel,...the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews." He was circumcised the eighth day ; which is a proof, he was born of parents, who were themselves Jews,...

...common or small pretensions — he had been circumcised the eighth day — he was lineally descended of the stock of Israel — of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews, as touching the law, he was a Pharisee ; concerning zeal, he even persecuted the Church, and as it respected his private...

...meritorious sacrifice, has wrought out a great and glorious salvation : then instead of saying, " If any man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more," you will resolve " what things were gain to me, those I count loss for Christ, yea doubtless I count...

...3. If a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. — Gal. vi. 3. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more : circumcised on the eighth day, &c. yet I count all things but loss, &c. that I may win Christ, and be found in...

...Christians. If any man, says he, thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, 1 have more : Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee. But, he adds, what things were gain to me,...

...he has been constantly described through succeeding ages. St. Paul was, as he himself informs us, " of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews, a Pharisee and the son of a Pharisee." He had a sister whose son was a Christian ; a young man, whose...

...which worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh : 4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinkelh th?t he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more : D Circumcised the eighth day, of...

...or other, all the fortitude which we can acquire. — " If any other man," says the Apostle, then, " thinketh that he hath " whereof he might trust in the flesh, I " more ; yet count I all things but loss " for the excellency of the knowledge of " Christ Jesus my Lord,...

...unto Abraham. To the same purpose St. Paul writes to the Philippian Christians. If any man, says he, thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I have more : Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew...