“And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.”
It is just as Isaiah said before: 'Unless the Lord Almighty had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.' — Isaiah 1:9 is cited: had God not left a σπέρμα (sperma, "seed"), Israel would face Sodom's/Gomorrah's annihilation. The remnant preserved is God's act, not Israel's achievement. Election preserves a historical trace.
Church Fathers on Romans 9:29
“He will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness,” he says, “because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.” Isaiah 10:23, Septuagint What he means then is somewhat of this sort. There is no need of fetching a circuit, and of trouble, and the vexation of the works of the Law, for the salvation is by a very short way. For such is faith, it holds salvation in a few short words. “For if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your…
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