 | John Wesley - 1813 - 470 pages
...of righteousness — To that righte•uinesi or justification which is one great end of the law. 32 Wherefore ? because they sought it, not by faith, but as it were by works : for they stumbled at the stumbling 33 stone ; As it is written, * Behold I lay in Sion a stone... | |
 | 1813 - 580 pages
...which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Ver. 32. Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by ^he works of the law : for they stumbled at that stumblingstdhe. Phil. iii. 4. Though I might also... | |
 | Samuel Whitman - 1814 - 390 pages
...Paul in his Epistle to the Romans 9th chapter, 31, 32 verses. "But Israel which followed alter the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law...they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law: ibr they stumbled at that stumbling stone." By "works of the law" in this place,... | |
 | James BOWDEN (Minister at Tooting.) - 1814 - 634 pages
...Israel which followed after the law of righteousness," and sought justification before God, " have not attained to the law of righteousness : wherefore...they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the Law." " I bear them record" (adds the Apostle, chap. x. 2, 3), that " they have a zeal... | |
 | 1835 - 612 pages
...it. The apostle Paul tells us, that Israel who followed after righteousness, hath not attained unto the law of righteousness. Wherefore ? " Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law." How different is the case of the awakened sinner, when he embraces, not a crucifix,... | |
 | Thomas Bell - 1814 - 514 pages
...children, Gen. xvi. 3. In like manner, Israel which followed after righteousness, did not attain it, because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law, Rom. ix. 31, 32. They called Abraham their father, John viii. 39. and yet they trusted... | |
 | 1814 - 570 pages
...after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. 32 Wherefore ? Beeause they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the f E,alai, Isaiah x. 22. g Sahaetb, hosts. The original Hebrew word signifies sun, moon,... | |
 | Nathan Bangs - 1815 - 336 pages
...'God, the Apostle in verse 32. assigns a reason why they did not attain to the law of righteousness. Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. How different the reason mentioned by Paul for their punishment, from that which... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1816 - 810 pages
...stools to sit on ? yea the text, says plainly plainly, that therefore they obtained not righteousness, because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. See here, they are disowned by the gospel, because they sought it not by faith, that... | |
 | William Paley - 1816 - 396 pages
...Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hud not attained to the law of righteousness, because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law, for they stumbled at that stumbling-stone," he takes care to annex to this declaration... | |
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What shall we say then ? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith; but Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.... 
