...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 stumblingstone. As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone...

...Israel, who followed after the law of righteousness, had not attained to it, said, " Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law : for they stumbled at that stumbling stone ; as it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling stone,...

...be good, and hope to be saved ; but they attain not their desires. What is the reason ? " They seek it not by faith, but, as it were, by the works of the law." Rom. ix. 31. Avoid this rock, on which so many split ; and remember that the first business in religion...

...the gift of God, they who trust not in God for it will be left destitute.-— The Jews, who sought it not by Faith, but, as it were, by the works of the law, going about to establish their own righteousness, have reduced themselves to a miserable condition....

...which Ifrael was rejected, in plain terms, without a parable, he ftates it thus : *f But Ifrael hath not attained to the law of " righteoufnefs. Wherefore...faith, but as it were by the ** works of the law. — For they, being ignorant " of God's righteoufnefs, and going about to *' eftablifh their own righteoufnefs,...

...fent." It is a fad word, Rom. is. 3i. 32. " Ifrael, which followed after the law of righteoufnefs, hath not attained to the law of righteoufnefs. Wherefore...by faith, but as it were by the works of the law." Turtles were accepted on the altar ' at Jerufalem, when bullocks were reje£ted on thefe at Dan and...

...In pfcrin terms,1 without a parable, he ftates it thus : " But Ifrael hath not attained td the few of " righteoufnefs. Wherefore ? Becaufe they " fought it, not by faith, but as it were by the <ci^orks of the law. — For they, being ignorant ** of God's righteouftiefs, and going about to "...

...Paul declares this, Rom. ix. 31, 32. " but Ifrael which followed- after the law of righteoufnels, hath not attained to the law of righteoufnefs ; wherefore...not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law : for they ftumbled at that ftumbling ftone " To the lame purpofe it is, that, Gal. iv. 24, 25. he...

...law. Thus the Jews rcjected the law of faith, and followed after righteoufnefs, and obtained it not, becaufe they fought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. They, being ignorant of God's righteoufnefs, went about, or attempted, to eftablifh their own righteoufnefs....

...of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. 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 ; 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling-stone,...