 | Samuel Hopkins - 1811 - 536 Seiten
...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... | |
 | William Paley - 1812 - 586 Seiten
...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 expressions... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 520 Seiten
...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. In... | |
 | John Locke - 1812 - 516 Seiten
...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, and... | |
 | John Smith - 1812 - 286 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | 1812 - 292 Seiten
...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... | |
 | John Wesley - 1813 - 484 Seiten
...less 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... | |
 | 1835 - 612 Seiten
...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, but the Cross ;... | |
 | Samuel Whitman - 1814 - 390 Seiten
...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: ibr they stumbled at that stumbling stone." By "works of the law" in this place, it is impussible that... | |
 | James BOWDEN (Minister at Tooting.) - 1814 - 634 Seiten
...justification before God, " have 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." " I bear them record" (adds the Apostle, chap. x. 2, 3), that " they have a zeal of God, but not according... | |
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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. 
