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...which followed after the. law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Ver. 32. Wherefore ? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law : for they stumbled at that stumbling-stone. Phil. iii. 4. Though I might also have confidence in the...

...attained to the la-w of righteousness. The cause of Israel's missing righteousness, he gives verse 32. Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the lawi for they did not build and believe on Christ as a foundation, but stumbled at him as a stumkling-itone....

...lily, being the gift of God, they who trust not in God for it will be left destitute. — The Jews, who sought it not by Faith, but, as it were, by the works of the law, going about to establish their own righteousness, have reduced themselves to a miserable condition....

...perfons; which the Gentiles, who fubmitted to the gofpel, were. And wherefore? Becaufe they fought it not by faith, but as it "were by the works of the law? For they jlumbled at that jl ambling jlone* Yet Paul in the fame chapter, and in the moft folemn manner,...

...of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore ? because they sought n by faith, but as it were by the works of the law ; for the? stumbled at that stumblingstone." Thu» Paul speaks, Rom. ix. 31, 33. How long was the free...

...teousness of faith. But Israel, which followed " after the law of righteousness, hath not attained " to the law of righteousness. Wherefore ? Because " they...by faith, but as it were by the " works of the law : for they stumbled at that stum" bling-stone."J Was any true believer ever excluded from justification,...

...which is of faith: But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore? Because they...not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law ; for they stumbled at that stumbling stone," Rom. ix. 30 — 32. And this is the stone that the Arminians...

...claim, are said by the apostle Paul to have " attained unto righteouness ; but Israel did not attain it. Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but, as it were, by the works of the law. For they slum bled at that stumbling stone." It eeems necessary, therefore, to limit the meaning of...

...opposition to the works of the law, or obedience to a covenant of works, in the following words, " Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law."J To seek righteousness, as it were by the works of the law, is to do works, or attempt acts of...