 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech, Church of Scotland - 1773 - 570 pàgines
...righteouf» nefs, hath not attained to the law of righteoufnefs. v. 32. Wherefore ? Becaufe they fought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law : fpr they (tumbled at that itumbling-ftone. Phil. i¡¡. 4. Though I might alfo have confidence in... | |
 | John Gill - 1773 - 678 pàgines
...law of righteoufnefs, hath not attained ta t hi law of rigbteoufnejs. Wherefore? becaufe they fought it not by faith but as it were by the works of the law1. The fame fuccefs attends all thoie who purfue the fame fcheme, and take the fame methods ; by... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1775 - 500 pàgines
...law of righreoufuefs, hath not attained jo the law of righteoufned. Wherefore? Becaufe they fought it not by FAITH, but as it were by the works of the law \_opfafcd to Cbrtftl : for they tumbled at that (tumbling ftone. Rom.ix. 31,32. i. Abraham BELIEVED... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1777 - 528 pàgines
...they feek to enter in, .but they jhall not be Able, Luke xiii. 24. They feek falvation, but they feek it not by faith ; but, as it -were, by the works of the law. They pretend refpect to the law, and yet affront it by refufmg the only law -biding, law -fulfilling... | |
 | Jonathan Dickinson - 1784 - 406 pàgines
...them, though they follow after the law of rlghteoufnefs, t}iey do not obtain it ; becaufe they feek it, not by faith, but 'as it were by the works of the /aw.— Here then you fee, that good works have no place at all. We are to look after no recommending... | |
 | Robert Macculloch - 1791 - 750 pàgines
...upright, he is our rock, and there is no unrighteoufnefs in him. * attain to it; becaufe they fought it not by faith, ' but as it were by the works of the law: for they ' ltumbled at that flurflbiing-ftone*.' Falfe notions of the great promiled Meffiah, of the rites they... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1791 - 500 pàgines
...Righteoufnefs, has not attained to the Law of Righteoufnefs ;" Ver. 32, " Wherefore ? Becaufe they fought it not by Faith, but as it were by the Works of the Law." And he is alfo in both Parts of the Epiftfe fpcaking of the fame fubjefts, Gentiles and Jews ; and... | |
 | Benjamin Jenks - 1793 - 554 pàgines
...Wherefore? how came it to pafs that they were fo wretchedly difappointed ? why, becaufe they fought " it not by faith, but, as it were, by the works of " the law." They were refolved to hew it out o£ their own doings, though that would not do ; and they would not... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1793 - 384 pàgines
...of righte. oufncfs, hath not attained to the law of righteoufnefs. Wherefore ? Becaufe they fought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. Chap. x. 3. Ifrael being ignorant of God's righteoufnefs, and going about to eltabliih their own righteoufnefs,... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1794 - 540 pàgines
...they feek to enter in, but they (hall not be able, Luke xiii. 24. They feek i'alvation, but they feek it not by faith; but, as it were, by the works of the law. They pretend refpeft to the law, and yet affront it by refufing the only law-biding, law-fulfilling... | |
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But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. "Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. 
