 | John Wesley - 1813 - عدد الصفحات: 484
...than this; but I am afraid of your seeking it the wrong way. Here is the danger, that you should seek it, not by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. See how exactly the apostle speaks : you do not seek it directly, but as it were by works. I fear lest... | |
 | John Wesley - 1813 - عدد الصفحات: 470
...of righteousness — To that righte•uinesi or justification which is one great end of the law. 32 Wherefore ? because they sought it, not by faith, but as it were by works : for they stumbled at the stumbling 33 stone ; As it is written, * Behold I lay in Sion a stone... | |
 | Samuel Whitman - 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 390
...apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Romans 9th chapter, 31, 32 verses. "But Israel which followed alter the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the...by faith, but as it were by the works of the law: ibr they stumbled at that stumbling stone." By "works of the law" in this place, it is impussible that... | |
 | James BOWDEN (Minister at Tooting.) - 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 634
...Israel which followed after the law of righteousness," and sought justification before God, " have not attained to the law of righteousness : wherefore...by faith, but as it were by the works of the Law." " I bear them record" (adds the Apostle, chap. x. 2, 3), that " they have a zeal of God, but not according... | |
 | 1835 - عدد الصفحات: 612
...it. The apostle Paul tells us, that Israel who followed after righteousness, hath not attained unto the law of righteousness. Wherefore ? " Because they...by faith, but as it were by the works of the law." How different is the case of the awakened sinner, when he embraces, not a crucifix, but the Cross ;... | |
 | Thomas Bell - 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 514
...children, Gen. xvi. 3. In like manner, Israel which followed after righteousness, did not attain it, because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law, Rom. ix. 31, 32. They called Abraham their father, John viii. 39. and yet they trusted in Moses, chap.... | |
 | 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 570
...righteousness,! have attained to righteoasness, even the righteousness whieh is of faith: 31 But Israel, whieh followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. 32 Wherefore ? Beeause they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the f E,alai, Isaiah... | |
 | Nathan Bangs - 1815 - عدد الصفحات: 336
...'God, the Apostle in verse 32. assigns a reason why they did not attain to the law of righteousness. Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. How different the reason mentioned by Paul for their punishment, from that which your doctrine assigns.... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1816 - عدد الصفحات: 810
...stools to sit on ? yea the text, says plainly plainly, that therefore they obtained not righteousness, because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. See here, they are disowned by the gospel, because they sought it not by faith, that is, by faith only.... | |
 | William Paley - 1816 - عدد الصفحات: 396
...Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hud not attained to the law of righteousness, because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law, for they stumbled at that stumbling-stone," he takes care to annex to this declaration these conciliating... | |
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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. 
