 | Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...hope of eternal life. Gal. iii. 21. 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. Rom. iii. 20. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall... | |
 | John Bevans - Religious education of children - 1810 - 134 pages
...come, to whom the promise was made. 21. IK 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.. 22. But the Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that... | |
 | William Jones - Anglican Communion - 1810 - 502 pages
...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 could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law ; it was the most excellent system which could be for the... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 626 pages
...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... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - Theology - 1811 - 514 pages
...not give) he certainly taught a very different doctrine from St. PAUL, who expressly tells us, That IF THERE HAD BEEN a LAW GIVEN WHICH COULD HAVE GIVEN LIFE, VERILY RIGHTEOUSNESS SHOULD HAVE BEEN BY THE LAW j\ All therefore that these words of Jesus teach us is, that... | |
 | Atonement - 1811 - 410 pages
...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, verily righteousness should have been by the law." But the moral law was a law which had been given ; and... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 444 pages
...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,... | |
 | Thomas Scott - Calvinism - 1811 - 408 pages
...offend all.' Hath God indeed given any law to man, by his obedience to which he may be justified? " If there had been a law given, which could have " given life, verily righteousness should have been not the ceremonial works of the Mosaick law, which were re« jected... | |
 | Atonement - 1811 - 406 pages
...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... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 504 pages
...not give) he certainly taught a very different doctrine from St. PAUL, who expressly tells us, That IF THERE HAD BEEN a LAW GIVEN WHICH COULD HAVE GIVEN LIFE, VEEILY RIGHTEOUSNESS SHOULD HAVE BEEN BY THE LAW f. All therefore that these words of Jesus teach us... | |
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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. 
