Serm.8. Carnal Relations. 157 H Hebrew of the Hebrews e, e h by Father as /lother ) as z Cori 1.1a. lamt, f it That the ,ì; raelites were Law touching- the a Pharr ee. ,c a pp r ears then ., his kindred, his own dear and near relations, remaining for the moli part in a flare of ignorance, as to the Mefah, and of alieriatroti and efirangernene from the Covenant of Grace, and the my fiery of the P;orntfe through Faith in the bloud of a Mediator. For thefe iris, that our Apofile groans ;. for there he is fo ardent in prayer ; for chete he pours out fuch carnet+ petidons co the Farber. 3. Thegreat fcope and defignof the Motile for his kindred and re- lations according to the flefh,in all his delires, endeavours,prayers was EHS aw7Peid v ] That they might be [avect._ The earnefl.follicitu:ie of his, Spiti.G; the fervent petitions poured out into the Divine boCome, didall combine in this, that his natural might become fpi ritual relati- ons : that his kindred of the Tribe of .Ben/min, might through union toChrifi, be allied to him in the Tribe of What is natural to animals and plants C Tj _Q>eaZu, ásca áßzó, zosï" K-4.=Ai'v V £T=Q°P ] :o flrifl.Pol.l.t. third after an tnpre{ion of their own-1,ikenefs upon another ; Is much c.'.. more longed for by Saints, that others might be holy and bappy,as well is themfelves,but,efpecially fuch as are neared tothetn by the bonds of nature. Holy Paul doth not profs after outward injoyrnents, as health, irength, riches, power, or dominion in theworld ; that Ifrael might have properity and plenty in their Streets .and, Palaces, or that the Kingdom fhould be refiored to thernfro.m the. Rcmv. s : N,ot the great things of the Earth, but the greater of Heaven : This his foul travels with, that Chrifi might be formed in them, and dwell in their hearts by Faith, that,fo Ifraelmight be.faved. 4, In there words me, may obferve likewife the kind compellation, ávherewith -our Apofile doth fálute the Saints at Roiae, to whom he wrote this Epitile, by the name of Brethren. Now, though he wrote to. the Gentilea, yet; he. lets .them know, that his Dowels did yearn over his poor kindred, that they alfo might be Paved. The reafon why in this Letter to the R9masrs he doth to pathetically mention there his deurres,. with Çuch-firong and.vehernent at everations, is, becaufe there were great numbers of the 7eror + Rome, and principally of the two Tribes that returned out of the Babylonian Captivity ; who after the wars of Pompey, and other Roman generals and Captains in Para, were very many of them tranfplanted ì'ntp ha. taly :. Which is nor only artefied by Civil and1 cclefiaíti e cal i_Hiftorians, :.but alfo by Scriptureie ;elf, declaring that there was a f() ' o n; Ccnvocation of the yews f .embled by Paul at his arrival. To whom the Apofile did firfi preach tf e.
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