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that as sin prevailed unto death, even so might the divine favour prevail by righteousness unto eternal life, thro' Jesus Christ our Lord.

therefore we are buried with him by being plunged into a sort of death: that as Christ was raised up from the dead into a state of glory with the father, even so we also should proceed to a new state of life.

for if we resembled him with regard to death, certainly we shall likewise do so with regard to his resurrection:

the divine grace thro' Jesus Christ our Lord. so then, with the mind I my self am devoted to the law of God; tho' my carnal inclinations are enslaved to the law of sin.

so that the moral obligations of the law might be fulfilled by us, in living according to the spiritual, and not the carnal tenor thereof:

so that they who are in a carnal state, cannot be acceptable to the divine being. as for you,

so that this is a matter not dependent on him that wills or runs, but on God, who shews mercy.

as it is written , "God hath given them up to a state of insensibility, so that their eyes could not see, and their ears could not hear."

let their eyes be darkned, so as not to see, and let their back be continually bowed down."

now if their fall be to the advancement of the world, and the few converts among them bring in whole numbers of the Gentiles: how much more so will it be, when the Jewish body recover?

Now if the first-fruits be holy, so is the whole product: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

well, be it so, for their incredulity they were broken off, and you by faith stand firm: be not then elated, but let this be your fear,

so the Jews are at present incredulous, by reason of the mercy shown to you; so that they themselves are now to be pitied.

so we who are many, make all but one body in Christ, and every member subservient to one another.

therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing, you will heap coals of fire on his head .

so that he who opposes the ruler, disobeys the orders of God: and will be punished too for resisting, by those very powers.

for one makes no difficulty of eating all sorts of food: another is so scrupulous, he lives upon herbs.

I know, being fully assured by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: it is only so to him that thinks it is unclean.

by virtue of the miracles and prodigies wrought by the power of the divine spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and the neighbouring country, quite to Illyricum,

I have effectually preached the gospel of Christ: yet so as studiously to avoid preaching it where Christ was owned, lest I should build upon another man's foundation; for,