4. but what saith the divine answer to him? `I left to Myself seven thousand men, who did not bow a knee to Baal.'
5. So then also in the present time a remnant according to the choice of grace there hath been;
6. and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.
7. What then? What Israel doth seek after, this it did not obtain, and the chosen did obtain, and the rest were hardened,