...participate in such a happiness let me perish forever. I should in that case, " wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh." It is acknowledged on all sides that the same scriptures which are supposed to teach the doctrine of endless...

...participate in such a happiness, let me perish for ever. I should in that case " wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen, according to the flesh." It is acknowledged, on all sides, that the same scriptures which are supposed to teach the doctrine of endless...

...which are God's. ON CHRISTIAN PATRIOTISM. SERMON IX. Romans i.\. 3. I COULD WISH THAT MYSELF WERE- ACCURSED FROM CHRIST, FOR MY BRETHREN MY KINSMEN ACCORDING TO THE FLESH. IT is difficult, perhaps, to determine precisely what the Apostle here means by the terms, ACCURSED FROM...

...weak, brother. Yea, so ardent was his zeal, that, on one occasion, •we hear him say, " I could even wish myself accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh." 5. Finally, it was fearless. St. Paul was a moral hero. He never saw the enemy of whom...

...toiling with incessant diligence and zeal for the welfare and happiness of man. Paul could even say, " I could wish myself accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh." Indeed, the express injunction of this religion is, " thou shalt love thy neighbour as...

...mentioned in the verses which follow. Another passage supposed to favour the same opinion, is, Rom. ix. 3. I could wish myself accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh. Here it is supposed that Paul professes a willingness to be damned for the sake of the Jews....

...and prayer for Israel that they " might be saved," but he could even declare from his conscience, " I could wish myself accursed " from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen accord" ing to the flesh." A text, of which however difficult it may be to find a full satisfactory...

...bearing rne witness in the Holy Ghost, that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow of heart; for I could wish myself accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh." Can you say, in the spirit of Elijah, " I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts;...

...Ghost, that I have great heavjness and continual sorrow in my heart ; for I could wish myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh." It is not strange, then, that a man of such spirit should have been so distinguished for his courtesy and...

...bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart, for I could wish myself accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh. He also expressed his great solicitude for their salvation: " Brethren, my heart's desire...