...also, after having met with peculiar opposition from the unbelieving Jews, for saying to them " It was necessary that the word of God should first have been...of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles." I do indeed still cherish the hope of " testifying both to the Jews and also to the Greeks, repentance...

...Gentiles. " It was necessary," said the Apostles to the Jews, " that the irord of God should first hare been spoken to you; but seeing ye put it from you,...lo, we turn to the Gentiles; for so hath the Lord confounded us." Acts jciii. 46, 47. TTie Jews, the peculiar people of God, were at this time to lose...

...the east and west, in order to listen to the words of the God of " Abraham and Isaac and Jacob"—" they were filled with envy, and spake against those...of everlasting life, lo! we turn to the Gentiles." Thus many of the Gentiles became partakers of the patriarchs' faith, and shall hereafter he partakers...

...the sound of the gospel. In short, the missionaries might well adopt the language of Paul—" It was necessary that the word of God should first have been...of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.'" To bring this letter to a close, I will just observe, that several officers of vessels, and others,...

...blasphemed, they were addressed as follows: "It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you; but seeing ye put it from you, and...the Gentiles. For so hath the Lord commanded us," &c. &c. Now "when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord," at...

...unto you, that the publicans and harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.' Acts xiii. 45, 47. ' But when the Jews saw the multitudes they were filled...set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldst be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.' It seems, according to the scriptures, that...

...preached to them on the following sabbath. On this occasion it is said, " that almost the whole city came together " to hear the word of God. But when the Jews...everlasting " life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles." The effect of this declaration was very great, for the Gentiles flocked to the preaching of the apostles....

...them, were too indicative of the disposition, and too applicable to the punishment of the whole nation, "When the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled...of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles." How is the divine rejection of the Jews for their unbelief to be understood ? Although it may be anticipating...

...is reversed according to the appointment of God. " It was necessary," said the apostles to them, " that the word of God should first have been spoken...set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldst be for salvation unto the ends of the earth." Acts xiii. 46, 47. The gulf which separated,...

...fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto / have called them. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was...of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. Acts xiii. 2, 46. And he said unto me, Depart : for / will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. Acts...