 | John Gill - 1810 - 626 pages
...this testament, are owing to the good will of the testator, and not to any merit in the legatees : For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect ; If ike inheritance be of the law, or to be obtained by the works of it, It is no more of promise;... | |
 | Johannes van der Kemp - 1810 - 548 pages
...xi. 6. (c) We have then no need of forgiveness of sins, contrary to Psalm xxx. 4. (d) " If they who are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect," Rom. iv. 14. (e) Humility, the greatest virtue of Christianity, is then banished out of the church,... | |
 | James Macknight - 1810 - 540 pages
...walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had' being yet uncircumcisecl. 1 3 For the promise that he should be the heir of the world, iva/, not to Abraham, or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For... | |
 | John Gill - 1810 - 620 pages
...good will of the testator, and not to any merit in the legatees : For if they rvhich are of the law te heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect ; If the inheritance be of the law, or to be obtained by the works of it, It is no more of promise... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1811 - 472 pages
...covenant he -will never subscribe to, though we should sign it with onr hearts blood, Rom. iv. 14, 16. " For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect. — Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace, to the end the promise might be sure to all... | |
 | John Smith - 1812 - 286 pages
...faith. Such a condition was consistent with the covenant's being a gracious covenant. — Says Paul, " The promise, that he should be the heir of the world,...through the righteousness of faith. For, -if they," who " are of the law, be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of" no " effect. Because the... | |
 | John Locke - 1812 - 516 pages
...also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. 13 For the promise that he should be the heir of the...through the law, but through the righteousness of failh. PARAPHRASE. of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith, which he had, being yet... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 508 pages
...subscribe to^ though we should sign it with our heart's blood. Rom. iv. 14. " For if they which areofthek>w be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect." ver. 1 6. " Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace, to the end the promise might be sure... | |
 | John Murray - 1813 - 438 pages
...the righteousness of God." This righteousness is called the righteousness of faith. Romans iv. 1 3, " For the promise that he should be the heir of the...through the law, but through the righteousness of faith ; because it is the evidence of things not seen." This righteousness is called the lav of righteousness,... | |
 | John Wesley - 1813 - 470 pages
...also walk in the footsteps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircum13 cisión. For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham or to his seed by the law, 14 but by the righteousness of faith. For if they who are of the law are heirs, faith is... | |
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For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 
