...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 : for they stumbled at that stum" bling-stone."J Was any true believer ever excluded from justification,...

...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 ; for they stumbled at that stumbling stone," Rom. ix. 30 — 32. And this is the stone that the Arminians...

...opposition to the works of the law, or obedience to a covenant of works, in the following words, " Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law."J To seek righteousness, as it were by the works of the law, is to do works, or attempt acts of...

...them that " Israel, which follow. ed after the law of righteousness, had 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 these conciliating...

...design in this and the fol•_. 1__ . • . I .1 1 „!__ * _ * _ fT f 1 _• »__ TEXT. 32 Wherefore? Because they sought it, not by faith, but (as it were) by the works of the law : for they stumbled at that stumbling-stone. S3 As it is written, Behold I lay in Sion a stumbling-stone,...

...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; for they stumbled at that stumbling-stone.' It is one of the main differences betwixt the two covenants....

...to a * Deut. xi. 26—28. f II. Cor. iii. 7—9. t Gal. iii. 13, 14. justifying righteousness, while they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law."* In this sense, the Sinai covenant was not faultless. In respect to efficacy for the salvation of those,...

...followel 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 l»w : for they atu rout the stumbling stone." Look at the llth chapter and llth> verse, and see how...

...us. that t( the Jews who sought after the law of righteousness, did not attain to [any justifying]] righteousness, because they sought it not by faith, but, as it were, by the works of the law ; for they stumbled at that stumblingstone,"* The making of our own works the foundation of our hope...

...than this; but I am afraid of your seeking it the wrong way. Here is the danger, that you should seek it, not by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. See how exactly the apostle speaks : you do not seek it directly, but as it were by works. I fear lest...