Noyes(i)
1 I say then, Hath God cast off his people? Far be it I For I myself am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 God hath not cast off his people, which he foreknew. Do ye not know what the Scripture saith in the passage concerning Elijah? how he pleadeth to God against Israel:
3 "Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have dug down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they are seeking my life."
4 But what saith the answer of God to him? "I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
5 In the same way then at this present time also there is a remnant, according to the election of grace.
6 And if it is by grace, it is no longer on account of works; otherwise grace ceaseth to be grace; but if it is of works, there is then no grace; otherwise work ceaseth to be work. How is it then?
7 What Israel seeketh after, that Israel did not obtain; but the elect obtained it, and the rest were hardened;
8 as it is written: "God gave them a spirit of slumber, eyes that were not to see, and ears that were not to hear, unto this day."
9 And David saith, "Let their table become a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompense to them;
10 let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see; and bow down their back alway."
11 I say then, Did they stumble in order to fall? God forbid! But by their offence salvation is come to the gentiles to excite them to emulation.
12 But if their offence is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the gentiles, how much more will their fullness be?