...distinguishing and fundamental doctrine of the gospel. The apostle writes to the churches of Galatia, " Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever...are justified by the law, ye are fallen from grace." By placing dependence on their own works for salvation, they rejected the gospel of the grace of God....

...sole motive in urging the Galatians to be cifcumcis«d, was, as the apostle in the passage just now 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever...are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For in Jesus Christ, neither...

...throughout adapted to this situation, runs in a strain widely different from the language of the decree; " Christ is become of no effect unto you* whosoever of you are justified by the law;" (chap. v. 4.) ie whosoever places his dependence upon any merit he may apprehend there to be in legal...

...your own works ; and therefore ye are yet without the Mediator ; "Christ is become of no effect to you, whosoever of you are justified by the law ; ye are fallen from grace," Gal. v. 4. When God will enter into judgment with you, consider whether all your works will then justify...

...become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For in Jesus Christ, neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncir- axpogvgia. cumcision, but...

...death ; for to me to live is Christ, and to " die is gain." " And hear how he declares " his hope. We through the spirit, wait " for the hope of righteousness by faith." " We trust in the living God, who is the " Saviour of all men, especially of those " that believe."...

...the Divine promise on which it rests. The object of hope is the thing promised which it expects. " We through the Spirit wait " for the hope of righteousness by faith." (Gal. v. 5.) The blessings about which hope is occupied are the result of our Redeemer's obedience...

...But then this righteousness is not in themselves; they behold it in another, they fetch it from him. We through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. Gal. v. 5. 6. Being baptized into the name of our God signifies that we depend on him for the partiular...

...into them. For as many as are of the works of the law arc under the curse. Christ is become of none effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law, ye are fallen from grace." The meaning of the two last mentioned texts plainly is, that those who expect justification by works,...

...of a marriage-covenant, which is not yet entered into, Gal. v. 4. " Christ is become of no effect to you, whosoever of you are justified by the law ; ye are fallen from grace.'- Peace, pardon, and such like benefits, are all benefits of the covenant of grace. And ye must not think...