 | Thomas Scott - 1811 - 408 sivua
...inheritance be of the law, it is no more " of promise : but God gave it to Abraham by pro" mise." — " Is the law then against the promises of " God ? God forbid ! for if there had been a law 1 i Pet. i. 12. * See quotation from homilies, on p. 98. 1. 14. Refutation. * ' Boasting cannot be... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 626 sivua
...life be meant 'of eternal life in glory, it is plain that the law promised what it cannot perform; for, if " there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have come by the law;" but, as it does not, I choose not to " frustrate the grace of God, for, if righteousness... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 444 sivua
...Paul's reasoning will hold, w-ho surely had heard nothing of this prerogative of the Law, when he said, If there had been a LAW given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have teen by the Law. Where observe, I pray you, the force qf the word £4>8w»ii?<r*i, which signifies... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - 1811 - 536 sivua
...Is th<? The same word, in the original, is translated tettament and cotenant. J 2 Cor. iii. 6. J4. law then against the promises of God ? God forbid. For if there had been a law which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. But the sciipture hath... | |
 | William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Richard Hurd - 1811 - 446 sivua
...will hold, who surely had heard nothing of this prerogative of the Law, jvhen he said, If there Iiad been a LAW given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by ihe Law. Where observe, I pray you, the force of the word £woTr»i»<r#i, which signifies to quicken,... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 500 sivua
...objection. And to this, Saint Paul.sbaJk give an answer — Is the LAW then AGAINST -the-pvp-, tniscs of God? God forbid. For if there had been a Law given which could flaw given Life, verily righteousness should have been by the Law. But tjieScripture hath concluded... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 434 sivua
...which is in the midst of the paradise of God, Rev. ii. 7. So, had there been a law given to Israel which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law; but it could not. It promised a life in Canaan upon conditions; but it could not secure even that,... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 462 sivua
...these. But as no man can do, no man, by this law, can live ; " for had there been a law given, that could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law." The law is a killing letter, and curses every sinner that is under it ; and he that escapes its binding... | |
 | 1811 - 406 sivua
...the laiv, in this pas* sage, means the ceremonial law ; because he tells us, chap. iii. 21. " That if there had been a law given, which could have given life, verilyj-ighteousncss should have been by the law." Uut the moral law was a law which had been given... | |
 | John Locke - 1812 - 516 sivua
...ver, 12 i. See ch. ii. 15, 16. TEXT. 20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one; but God is one. 2 1 Is the law, then, against the promises of God ? God...verily righteousness should have been by the law. PARAPHRASE. the promise was made. And the law was ordained by angels, in the hand of a mediator ",... | |
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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. 
