Ro Intro

That all who believe are brought into so happy a state, asturns the greatest afflictions into a matter of joy, Rom 5:1 - 11.

That the evils brought on mankind by Adam are abundantlyrecompensed to all that believe in Christ, Rom 5:12 - 21.

That, far from dissolving the obligations to practicalholiness, the gospel increases them by peculiar obligations, Rom 6:1 - 23.

In order to convince them of these things the more deeply,and to remove their fondness for the Mosaic law, now they were married to Christ by faith in him, Rom 7:1 - 6, he shows how unable the motives of the law were to produce that holiness which believers obtain by a living faith in the gospel, Rom 7:7 - 25, 8:1,2, and then gives a more particular viewof those things which rendered the gospel effectual to this great end, Rom 8:3 - 39.

That even the gentiles, if they believed, should have a sharein these blessings, and that the Jews, if they believed not, should be excluded from them, being a point of great importance, the apostle bestows the ninth, tenth, and eleventh chapters in settling it. He begins the ninth chapter by expressing his tender love and high esteem for the Jewish nation, Rom 9:1 - 5, and then shows,

That God's rejecting great part of the seed of Abraham, yea,and of Isaac too, was undeniable fact, Rom 9:6 - 13.

That God had not chosen them to such peculiar privileges forany kind of goodness either in them or their fathers, Rom 9:14 - 24.

That his accepting the gentiles, and rejecting many of theJews, had been foretold both by Hosea and Isaiah, Rom 9:25 - 33.

That God had offered salvation to Jews and gentiles on thesame terms, though the Jews had rejected it, Rom 10:1 - 21.

That though the rejection of Israel for their obstinacy wasgeneral, yet it was not total; there being still a remnant among them who did embrace the gospel, Rom 11:1 - 10.

That the rejection of the rest was not final, but in the endall Israel should be saved, Rom 11:11 - 31.

That, meantime, even their obstinacy and rejection served todisplay the unsearchable wisdom and love of God, Rom 11:32 - 36.

The rest of the epistle contains practical instructions andexhortations. He particularly urges,

And, after many salutations, Rom 16:1 - 16, and a caution against those who caused divisions, he concludes with a suitable blessing and doxology, Rom 16:17 - 27.