The real Christian, or, A treatise of effectual calling wherein the work of God…

He inclines ⟨p. 24⟩to that sense I have given, ¹thinking it doth sufficiently argue the ardent desire of the good and salvation of this people, to choose death, rather then the Nation of the Jews should be rejected or blotted out. Lipomanus, whom he quotes, looks on it as an Hyperbolical manner of speaking, to express the greatness of his affection towards them, as if (saith Rivet) a Son that is very dear to his Father, should thus intercede for his rebellious Brother; either pardon my Brother, or kill me, and deprive me of my inheritance.

He inclines ⟨p. 24⟩to that sense I have given, ¹thinking it doth sufficiently argue the ardent desire of the good and salvation of this people, to chuse death, rather then the Nation of the Jews should be rejected or blotted out. Lipomanus, whom he quotes, looks on it as an Hyperbolical manner of speaking, to express the greatness of his affection towards them, as if (saith Rivet) a Son that is very dear to his Father, should thus intercede for his rebellious Brother; either pardon my Brother, or kill me, and deprive me of my inheritance.

1. 1In Exod. 31.32.

To conclude, before Mr. Shepherd's answer take me off, it must be proved, that this is the sense of Moses and Paul, which he supposeth to be true, but is denied: Yet again, suppose it were so, I have not met with one Divine, who will maintain that all Christians are bound to come up to Moses and Paul in their wish: but both Mr. Hooker and Mr. Shepherd have made that whereof we now treat, a part of the Souls humiliation and preparation for Christ, and therefore must be found in all.