 | James Ussher - 1660 - 628 pages
...man ? And therefore in Galatians, chap. III. ver. 21. they are put for one and the same thing : " For if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness had been by the law ;" that is, justification had been by the law. Again, " Ifz righteousness... | |
 | James Ussher, Joseph Crabb - 1660 - 424 pages
...eottfnejje that is in a man < and therer fore in Gal. 3.21. they are put for one and the fame thing: For if there had been A LAW given which could have given life , verily rigbteoufneffe had been -bj the Law-, thatis, juftification had been by the Law. Again> if righteoufaffe... | |
 | Charles Leslie - 1708 - 404 pages
...Rom. 8. j. in that it was weak. Therefor God fent His Son, &c. Gal- j: 21. If ther had been л LA\V given which COULD have given Life, Verily Righteoufnefs had been by the Law. But fays the ' Jpottle (Heb. io. i, 2.) the Law being but a Shadow of Good things to come, соиЧ... | |
 | Edward Wells - 1729 - 274 pages
...verily Rtghteoufnejs Jhould have been by the Law. Where it is manifcft, that thefc two Expreflions, If there had been a Law given which could have given Life, and, If the Inheritance be of the Law, are uled by St Paul as Equivalent ; and therefore to give Life... | |
 | John FISHER (A.M., Vicar of St. Lawrence, Exeter.) - 1741 - 354 pages
...to perform, nor give us any Promife of eternal Life upon our Performance. (For, as the Apoftle fays, if there had been a Law given, which could have given Life, verily Righteoufnefi Jkould have been by the Law.} It being thus a Covenant of Works enjoining ftrict Obedience,... | |
 | John Brine - 1743 - 520 pages
...Apoftle's Time, he had not the Pkafure of an Acquaintance with it, this is evident from his own Words : If there had been a Law given, which could have given Life, verily Righteoufnefs would have been by the Law (/&). The Reafoning in which Text, (as the Apoftle's every where is) is... | |
 | John Hutchinson - 1749 - 524 pages
...even fo in Cbrtft fiall all be made alive, z Cor. v. 4. that Mortality might be /wallowed up of Life. Gal. iii. 21. If there had been a Law given which could have given Life, verily Righteoufnefs Jhould have been by the Law. Bw/ 2 Tim. i. 10. Who hath abolijhed Death, and brought Life and Immortality... | |
 | Thomas Hartley - 1754 - 454 pages
...Obedience, becaufe of the Weaknefs of the Flefh in its State of natural Corruption : If Gal.ui.2i. there had been a Law given which could have given Life, verily Right eoufnefs foould have been by the Law. And now we are led to that wonderful Myftery of our Redemption,... | |
 | David Wilson - 1762 - 332 pages
...Abraham by PROMISE: and, chap. iii. 2i. Is the law then againft the PROMISES of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given, which could have given life, verily righteoufnefs Jhould have been by the Jaw: and again, Rom.'iv. i4. If they which are of the law be heirs, faith is... | |
 | William Warburton - 1765 - 482 pages
...this, Saint Paul fhall give an anfwer. — Is the LAW then AGAINST the prcmifes of Cod? Cod forbid. For if there had been a Law given •which could have given Life, verily righteoufnefs Jhould have been by the Law. But the Scripture bath concluded all under fin ; that the promtfe by FAITH... | |
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Is the law then against the promises of God ? God forbid : for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. 
