...by lin» eal descent, and children of promise. St. Paul * See Deut. x. 15. f Gal. iii. 16. says, " I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my...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,...

...in Yorkshire, for the Instruction of Young Men for the Ministry, then preached from Rom. ix. . 3, " For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen, according to the llc.sh."' The subject of this discourse was Apostolic /eal, fully explained, and powerfully enforced...

...bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow at 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,...

...y^f ij-«u vrrio run »Sihpuv xt \. which is thus preposterously rendered in the common version, " For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren." Wakefield has given another very different translation of the passage, " I have great grief and continual...

...declaration appears from another still more solemn and striking. "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." Nor did he feel less tenderness and concern for those in Galatia, whom he addresses with...

...the most of whom, at least, were his embittered persecutors. "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." However criticism may dispose of this passage, it certainly expressed very strong benevolence...

...the spirit which caused him to declare, " I say the truth in Christ, 1 lie not (my conscience ilio bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost) that I have...from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh?" If yon sympathize with that denned apostle in ardent self-sacrificing longing, or, if yon...

...conscience also bearing me witness in the " Holy Ghost, that I have great heaviness, and con" tinual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that " myself...Christ, for my brethren, " my kinsmen, according to the flesh." Under these impressions therefore, a leading object or purpose with St. Paul was, to endeavour,...

...that tke devoted apostle of the Gentiles so solemnly averred: "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, who arc Israelites." — "For 1 bt'a: them record that they have a zeal of God, hut not...

...that tl»e devoted apostle of the Gentiles so solemnly averred: "I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy...wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethmi, my kinsmen according to the flesh, who arc Israelites." — "For 1 bear Ihcm record that they...