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I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbidde. For I also am an Israelite of the seede of Abraham, of the tribe of Beniamin.

God hath not cast away his people which hee foreknew. Wote yee not what the Scripture saieth of Elias? How hee maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,

Lord, they haue killed thy Prophets, and digged downe thine Altars, and I am left alone, and they seeke my life.

But what saieth the answere of God vnto him? I haue reserued to my selfe seuen thousand men, who haue not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.

Euen so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

And if by grace, then is it no more of workes: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it bee of workes, then is it no more grace, otherwise worke is no more worke.

What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for, but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded,

According as it is written, God hath giuen them the spirit of slumber: eyes that they should not see, and eares that they should not heare vnto this day.

And Dauid sayth, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling blocke, and a recompense vnto them.

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow downe their backe alway.