| Ralph Erskine - 1796 - 738 pages
...nations for (he obedience of faith. 9 Gal. iii. 11. Is the law then again ft the piomifes of God ! God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given lite, verily /ighteoufjief ihould have been by the law. 10 Matth. v. 17, 18. Think not that I am come... | |
| James Barr Walker - 1799 - 206 pages
...etc. And mark again — " Is the law then against the promises of God ? God forbid : for if there bad been a law given which could have given life, verily...sinner; no influence by which love and holiness could be prodrsed in the heart.) But the Scripture, (that is, the revelation of .*w in the Scriptures,) hath... | |
| John Flavel - 1799 - 666 pages
...the fame end ? tion fince the fall; Gal. Hi. 21, 22. Is the law then againft the promifes of God ? God forbid! for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteoufnefs would have been by the law ; but the fcripture hath concluded all under fin, that the... | |
| George Redford - 1843 - 188 pages
...Lord Jesus Christ. If there had been any possibility of a sinner's restoring and saving himself — " if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness (justifying) should have been by the law," Gal. iii. 21 ; but then there would have been no need for... | |
| William Jones - 1801 - 302 pages
...give righteousness ; nor should we hence imagine that the law and the promise were in opposition : God forbid \ for if there had been a law given, which...life, verily righteousness should have been by the law ; it was the most excellent system which could be for the purpose : but from the nature of man that... | |
| Hermann Andreas Pistorius - 1801 - 360 pages
...virtue, and happinefs, through faith in a divine guide, be annulled by this intervening ordinance ? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteoufnefs Jhould have been by the law. But this actually would have been the cafe, could the intervening... | |
| David Hartley - 1801 - 364 pages
...virtue, and happinefs, through faith in a divine guide, be annulled by this intervening ordinance ? God forbid : for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteoujnefs Jhould have been by the law. But this actually would have been the cafe> could the intervening... | |
| George Stanley Faber - 1801 - 374 pages
...ordained by an'' gels in the hand of a Mediator. — Is the " Law then againft the promifes of God ? " God forbid : for if there had been a Law " given, which could have given life, ve" See Art. xiii. i , " rily *« rily righteoufnefs mould have been by CHAP. 'f the Law. But the Scripture... | |
| David Hartley - 1801 - 362 pages
...virtue, and happinefs, through faith in a divine j;uide, be annulled by this intervening ordinance ? "Gid forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteoufnefs Jhould have been by the law. But this actually would have been the cafe, could the intervening... | |
| 1805 - 510 pages
...obedience would have been of the same sort as believers. shall attain through Christ. St. Paul says, " if there had been a law given, which could have given life, salvation, (which can alone be meant in this place by righteousness) should have been (effected), by... | |
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