 | Thomas Boston - 1773 - 630 pages
...righteoufnefs which is of faith : but Ifrael , which followed after the law of right eoufnefs , halh not attained, to the law of righteoufnefs. Wherefore...but as it were by the works of the law : for they /tumbled at that ftumbling-ftone. It is one of the main differences betwixt the two covenants. In the... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech, Church of Scotland - Church of Scotland - 1773 - 570 pages
...fol lowed after the law of righteouf» nefs, hath not attained to the law of righteoufnefs. v. 32. Wherefore ? Becaufe they fought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law : fpr they (tumbled at that itumbling-ftone. Phil. i¡¡. 4. Though I might alfo have confidence in... | |
 | John Gill - Baptists - 1773 - 678 pages
...Ifrael, which followed after the law of righteoufnefs, hath not attained ta t hi law of rigbteoufnejs. Wherefore? becaufe they fought it not by faith but as it were by the works of the law1. The fame fuccefs attends all thoie who purfue the fame fcheme, and take the fame methods ; by... | |
 | John Fletcher - Justification (Christian theology) - 1775 - 500 pages
...Ifrael, which followed alter the law of righreoufuefs, hath not attained jo the law of righteoufned. Wherefore? Becaufe they fought it not by FAITH, but as it were by the works of the law \_opfafcd to Cbrtftl : for they tumbled at that (tumbling ftone. Rom.ix. 31,32. i. Abraham BELIEVED... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - Bible - 1777 - 528 pages
...they feek to enter in, .but they jhall not be Able, Luke xiii. 24. They feek falvation, but they feek it not by faith ; but, as it -were, by the works of the law. They pretend refpect to the law, and yet affront it by refufmg the only law -biding, law -fulfilling... | |
 | Jonathan Dickinson - Apologetics - 1784 - 406 pages
...them, though they follow after the law of rlghteoufnefs, t}iey do not obtain it ; becaufe they feek it, not by faith, but 'as it were by the works of the /aw.— Here then you fee, that good works have no place at all. We are to look after no recommending... | |
 | John Fletcher - Antinomianism - 1790 - 418 pages
...is of faith. But Ifrad, which J ''allowed after the Law of righteoufntfs, hath not attained to it. Wherefore ? Becaufe they fought it not by faith ; but as it were by the faithlefs works, which they did in felf-righteous obedience to the letter of the law ; trampling under... | |
 | Robert Macculloch - Bible - 1791 - 750 pages
...but did not Lord is upright, he is our rock, and there is no unrighteoufnefs in him. * attain to it; becaufe they fought it not by faith, ' but as it were by the works of the law: for they ' ltumbled at that flurflbiing-ftone*.' Falfe notions of the great promiled Meffiah, of the rites they... | |
 | Richard Watson - Theology - 1791 - 500 pages
...which followed the Law of Righteoufnefs, has not attained to the Law of Righteoufnefs ;" Ver. 32, " Wherefore ? Becaufe they fought it not by Faith, but as it were by the Works of the Law." And he is alfo in both Parts of the Epiftfe fpcaking of the fame fubjefts, Gentiles and Jews ; and... | |
 | Richard Watson - Theology - 1791 - 506 pages
...Ifrael, which followed the Law of Righleoufnefs, has not attained to the Law of Righteoufnefs ;" Ver. 32, Wherefore ? Becaufe they fought it not by Faith, but as it were by jhe Works Of t|le Law.» And he is alfo in both Parts of the Epiftle 'Peking of the fame fubjeib, Gentiles... | |
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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. 
