| Hannah Adams - 1805 - 514 pages
...call the doctrine of justification bit faiik »io/ig the article of a standing or falling church. ness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. (Gal. ii. 21.) Therefore it is evident \ve are not justified by the law, or by our works ; but to him who believeth,... | |
| Philip Doddridge - 1807 - 428 pages
...of God, who loved me, and delivered him2 1 self up for me. I do not frustrate the grace of God ; for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. REFLECTIONS. Tt is a most generous and woithy spirit that was shewn by the apostle Paul on this occasion,... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 516 pages
...yourself to God by these means, then you have no need of Christ ; but he is dead in vain : Gal. ii. 21. " If righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain." If you can do this by your prayers and good works, Christ might have spared his pains, he might have... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...wrought in me by the power of Faith in the Son of God. II. 21 / do not frustrate the grace of God : for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. Howsoever other men may be joining Christ and the Law together, I, for my part, will not be so injurious... | |
| John Bunyan - 1808 - 440 pages
...depart, he is in the utmost danger; tor thus the whole gospel is subverted, as the scripture says ; " if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain," GuI. iii. 1. and ii. 21. - * Christian, convinced of his error, and comforted with the hopes of the... | |
| Stephen Lowry - 1809 - 204 pages
...imputeth righteousness without works; and Paul saith — "I .do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain." It is witnessed by the law, and by prophets. The ceremonial law so clearly pointed to Christ, that... | |
| Robert Hawker - 1810 - 214 pages
...equally applied to the case of every beKever : « I do not, (says he,) frustrate the grace of God : for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.' My heart rejoiced in the consolation. ' God be adored, I cried, who hath brought me to this place,... | |
| Robert Trail - 1810 - 530 pages
...church. I am now to enter upon the apostle's second argument, in the latter part of the words, For if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in- vain. You may see, by the different character, that the word come, is there added by our translators, to... | |
| 1810 - 724 pages
...shall in vain look for it by any other merit of our own. When, therefore, the Scriptures teach us, that if righteousness come by the law then Christ is dead in vain, they declare that if we could be otherwise saved than by the death of Christ, that event would have... | |
| James Macknight - 1810 - 566 pages
...the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 2 1 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. 20 Xpl$-0> (TwefavptJflOf ft) Sf, Otuc £Tt eyo, £»J 8e ev efiot, XptfOg' 6 Se vw ^iu £ V dOf^ £ym?.a... | |
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