...which followed not after righteousness, have " attained to righteousness, even the righteous" ness of faith : but Israel, which followed after " the...by faith, but as it were by the " works of the law : for they stumbled at that " stumbling-stone." 3 Was any true believer ever excluded from justification...

...shall we say then ?" (Rom. ix, 30.) Or, What is the sum of all that hath been spoken ? Namely this : " That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness,...attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore?" Not because they mere excluded by an absolute and irresistible decree, as the Apostle should have said...

...shall we say then ?" (Rom. ix, 30.) Or, What is the sum of all that hath been spoken ? Namely this : " That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness,...not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore ?" Not because they were excluded by an absolute and irresistible decree, as the Apostle should have...

...God. It was at this doctrine that the Jewish nation stumbled and fell. Let their fall be our warning. The Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness,...not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore ? Bectiuse they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the lato : for they stumbled...

...acceptance with God. We read of " the righteousness of God which is by faith in Jesus Christ :" we read, that " the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness,...righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness 10." These, and many other sentences of the same import, are absolutely unintelligible, without an...

...had more stumbling blocks, or stumbling stones, than one. In Rom. ix. 31, 32, we have these words : "But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness,...not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law : for they stumbled at that stumbling stone," meaning the law. And thus the law appears to have been...

...We. And the Apostle represents all the self-righteous Jews as seeking to be saved by their works. " But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness,...by faith, but as it were by the works of the law." Sinners who imagine they are righteous, desire that God should view them, as they view themselves,...

...outwardly : neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh, &c.— Roin. ii. 17—23. 2$. Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness,...not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law : for they stumbled at that stumbling stone, &c. — Rom. 5x. 31, 32. They hare a zeal of God, but...

...God. It was at this doctrine that the Jewish nation stumbled and fell. Let their fall be our warning. The Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness,...the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the late of righteousness. Wherefore? Becuuse they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works...

...then?' ver. 30, why, ' that the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to the righteousness, which is of faith; but Israel,...righteousness. Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith.' Any other way of interpreting the place, but this, goes against the rules of grammar, and wrongs the...