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The Pulpit Commentary — Romans
James Barmby [1822-1897] · 439,030 words · 478 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — Romans — Section 1
THE PULPIT COMMENTARY, EDITED BY THE VERY REV. H. D. M. SPENCE, D.D., DEAN OP GLOUCESTER; AND BY THE REV. JOSEPH S. EXELL, M.A. WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY THE VERY REV. F. W. FARR.AR, D.D., F.R.S., DE.AN OF CA.i'fTERB"CRY. RIGHT REV. H. COTTBRILL, D.D., F.R.S.E. VERY REV. PRINCIPAL J. TULLOCH, D.D. REV. CANON G…
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been early spring-the year, e,ccording to received dates, having been, ae ea.id above, A.D. 58. We may conclude the letter to have been finished a.nd committed to Phwbe before he changed hie intention of going by sea in consequence of the discovered plots of the Jews e.ga.inst him (Acts x:x. 3) ; for in the letter, tho…
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It ie further highly improbable that any other of the apoetlee properly ao called had planted it. For not only are there no traces of any tradition connecting it with any apoetlee but Peter and Pa.ul, but also the absence of allusion to any apostle in St. Paul's Epistle ie strongly against the supposi- tion. It is true…
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Epistle there is no reference to any of whom it is intime.ted that they were in an official position, having the rnle over others, and to be snbmitted to. The pa.ese,ge oh. xii. 6-8 does not apparently refer to any regnlar ordained ministry, as will be seen from the notes in loco. For references to one in other Ohurche…
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anoe of being written controversially age.inst them, but rather with the purpose of disoussing a. difficult question connected with the general snb-- jeot; e.nd the admonitions and warnings at the end of the Epistle do not seem to be directed against any classes of persons known to be then troubling the Roman Ohnrch, b…
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o.leo in the Exposition, Further, in eh. iii. 22, where the idea, here con- cisely expressed, is taken up and carried out, 8,a ,,,{crTftb'i ( coITesponding to lK .,,.{uTfw.,; here) seems intended to be connect.ed with fli ,,,&vra,;, etc., fol- lowing, and perhaps also with 7rEcpavlpWTa.t preceding, which corresponds to…
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nees, but that, for his acceptance, the righteolllm.ess of God must oome down to him and take him into itself. And he maintains that this is the very thing that the gospel means and accomplishes for man. The Jew went o.bout to establish hie own righteousness by imagined strict conformity to Lo.w. But the apostle well k…
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In fact, juet retribution is essential to the e.postle's conception of the display of the righteousness of God; and the Di vine wrath has to him a real and awful mee.ning. Thus he by no means ignores or abates the force of what- ever is meant by the mp To aUv,av, and the 1(6.\au,c; al4tioc;, spoken of by our Lord (Matt…
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III. HonTATORY, Oh. xll. 1-:dv. 23 (followed Iv. the doi::ology of eh. rri. ~27),1 E. Variom practical duUu tm/<Yrced. Cb. iii. 1-i::iii. 1'- F. Mutual tolerutim enjolrwl. Cb. xiv. 1-28. G. Ooncl'U<Ung doxology. Oh. xvi. 25--27. IV. 8UPPLEMBNTARY. Oh. xv. 1-xvi. 24. H. RflBwmpUon andfwrther tm/orl'ATMTl,t of F. Cb…
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the c-oml'<' ,,f wl ,it'h the d,letrinc rropoundc>d hie relation to tho Father from otomlty, like b shown t0 l'C' in RN'ONRnre with thC\ Old the Ad-yos (and probably tho µ.ovo'l'•"~s 111~,) Tefltament., Rnd in fact Rnt.ioipRt.ed th,:,rein. of St. John. (2) With :roferenoe to hiR In- This is, indeed, R prominent poin…
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more. The pReeo.gee in hie Epistles, apnrt of a fixed and definite usage in tho appli. from this ohaptar, whereOhriet is called God's cation of the term "Son" oo Christ, which Son a.re these: (1) eh. v. 10, "We were (as has been seen) is found in the N'ew reconciled to Goel through the deo.th of hie Testament, is what …
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l'(>!'l'C'l'<'nts hel'll. FnrthC1r, wit.h r<'i;pec-t tC1 or dotermincrl, to be whnt ho nlr!'ndy !11, thc,se tw,, i:,'n0a 10,:i(•g (c-YidPntly ind!'p0nd- when hie being euoh ie deolnrod nnd mnnl- l'Dt C1net1. nnd ooth prohnbly ~I from g<>nea- frstcd. Thu~, it nrn.y, be snid, n )ting nu,y Jogic-nl =rds prPserved Rt Jc…
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but here, while epeRklng of the fulfllmcnt prPpOijitfon in i~ l,va.tT-rdcr,.,i dl)()R w,t r!r;n,,1,, of Moseillnio propheoy, and desiring to point (nR expl11.inecl by Tbeorloret, Luther, and out whnt wne pu.tont to nll who belioved Grotiue) the tim,, from whir,h the l,p.,,µ.;,,. thu.t Ohrlet hnd risen, he mny fitly …
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mean "obedienl'8 ro f'R.ith," faith being re- •.• from God, the Father of us and of the gwded, not as OOUllll ejlfoiem, but 11s 11, com• Lord Jesus Ohrist," yet in Gnl11ti&ns, 1 e.nd m11,nding principle ex11,cting obedience to it• 2 Timothy, Rnd Titus, it is obviously in• self. 8o Meyer, who refers to p118s11,gos wh…
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you. The word ,boPJr.o617tT&µ.a.,, translated in carrying the goepel into Europe (Act. xvi. the Authorized Version,•• he.ve a prosperous 9, 10), and having established it there in journey," though rightly so rendered with important centres of population, he ever roge.rd to Its etymology and original mee.n- kept in v…
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tended to be inoluded among "'EM,wn, preaching-he does aet forth the DlTlne being pe.rtakerB in Hellenic <'ulture, and pbiloBOphy of tho gospel. Dut the mes- in fact at that time its prominent repre- sage, he adds, is "to the Jew first," be- l!lentsti'l'es (of. "Non BOlnm Grlf!Cia et oauee it was to the people of th…
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rlgbt.eouenesa Imputed to man Is spoken Ver. 111--0h. ii. 29.-(1) Ali mankffld of; the Idea still being tbnt of the Divine Uable to aixr• 'IM"ath. righteonsness embracing mnn. It is not Ver~. 18-82.-(a) TM heatMn u,arT.d m olear ln what exaot sense l1t ,r(u.-•.,, .;, ,r(u.-w is to be understood. Most commen- general. t…
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hmtbeniPm. rt is difficult t,o de(llcl.e. 11mong but their '"PfJN>8mtg it. 14 Verltl\s in menm the -rari<'ns e:i.planetiona that have been nititur e\ urget: &ed homo eam impedlt" offered, on any apecifio mode of revelation (Bengel), whi<'h the writer had in ~icw. Perhnpa no Ver, iS.-Beo11u19 th11t whloh ill known p…
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ho.Ting condemno.tion, and not enlighten- chapf.er le not ro the Old Te!!toment e.t 1111, bnt mon t, for Its purpose. ro facts by e.11 a.oknowledaeit. He is 'Jff'er- 'fhese two verses, 19 o.ntl 20, ce.rry ont ing the world e. philO!!Ophy of human hi!Mry the thought of 'l't/11 &l../,6rn1.11 1<a.".'•Xo"""'" in ro iwconn…
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tude before Goo. For not to be oonvinoed this ia not ao. The degradntlon spoken of of Bin i" t,-, belie the true ideal of our con- WRB long anterior to them, nor is t.hie chnrge, eoien()e. Rnd implies acqnfoecence in a moral RB formulated, applicable to thorn. Tho l!land&rd below that of the Divine righteous• idea i…
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Vor. 2G.-J1'or this cauao God gave them lau.-obs Bo,c1µd(e.-, •.. ,l ,,_fi.,., a./56,c,µo( lrrn. up ('rrapllio11ee, as beforo) to vile aft'eotion■ Bot not so in Heh. vi. 8, where the word fa ( ,rd011 lvriµlu, l.e. "passions of infamy;" of. applied to barren lBnd. The pe.ssa.ges from nbove, .-ov a..-,µd(eo-Oa,). J!'or t…
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fl..-ous l!flemB t.o ha'"c been euggcst.ed by senso, the pen11l oonsequouco or unntonotl &iinilo.rity of sound, there being no ap~rcnt sin due to the Divine ll11r11,oa-il"" (of. eh. vl. link of id8:98- The latter word is nghtly 21-28; viii. 6, etc.). It is to be observed translated m the Authorized Version, as is th…
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hie Llhorntor and Lord. Though the apostlce put forward their Rpecial claim to b,i Ohrlst's bond-servants, this is a relation which every Christian claims, to hold toward Obrist, a designation which every Christian delights to appropriate. III. TnE APOSTLE OLAIMS Jl'OB BIB :MINISTRY A DIVINE AUTHORITY. Whatever men…
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prophett: and Moses did say Bbould oome : tl11tt Christ should suffer, and that he should be t,be fi~t that should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people, and w the Gentile..," Add to these the many instances in which the writers of the New Teslllment declare the gospel to be the fulfilment of Old 'l…
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If the gospel wall tho matter of a Divine promise, repeated by prophet after proph~ through n long course of ages, and if the fulfilment of that proraille was tb'.l rrreateet event in the history of mo.nkind,-how immensely important must this gospel b; to ll81 A stranger to the Ohristian religion might naturally think …
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Firstfruih of them that sleep. SpiritUll.l resurrection is the pledge of that which i1 bodily; and the resurrection WllS always mentioned by the first preachers of Ohris• tianity, in connection wit.h the authority and Lordship of Christ. 'l'he lesson is pointed by the added clauses, "with power," e.nd II by the Spirit …
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ArrLIOATION. 1. All hearers of the gospel a.re summoned to the c,be<lienco c,f faitli. 2. All who ho.ve received the gospel have receivc<l also some trust an<l some grace, which render them responsible for making known the reveakd means of ealvatiou to their fellow-men. Vere. 6, 7.-The Romam, Olvristians. In the great…
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11.nd, in G·od's t.imo, WRB fulfilled. But, up to the date of writing this Epistle, he had been hindered from carrying that wish into effect, Wo are taught that nll our plane evm those of special evangelistic services, should be formed with submission to th~ wi~dom and the will of God. II. SrIRITUAL EFFORT IS WITH …
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11 rnbbi, one held In high eeteem and repute among the learned a.nd the powerful ,,f his countrymen: was he likely to devote himeelf to a doctrine which reaarded .Judaiem ne n preparatory <liepensation, whose purpoee was now answered, and° which was tr, paes nway; a doctrine which depreeeecl the letter and the form whi…
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to the power of the religion of Christ. All who sincerely believe will oxperlenco its renewing, delivering, and quickening power. Ver. li.-7'7at ftetD rig~teoomess. The apostle W88 j11stl6.od In hie bOllstlng In tho goarel, bec~nse of the high end it ,vas the menns of securing-nothing les9 than the snl· ntion of men. …
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Vere. 24--21.-Evil paulon. A more frightful exhibition of sin and its consequences than that gtveh by the apostle in the latter part of this chapter could not have been presented; yet to have eaid Ieee than this would have been to fall short of the f'acts of the caee, which needed to be stated in order to prepare the w…
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autobiography of St. Paul is at onoe Interesting and truthf'nl, As Pe.ley, In hl11 ' Horii! Paulinro,' he.e BO 0181\rly shown, Paul's 11.0COunt of hie own peraone.l history, II'! gi.yen in his writings, is borne out in the fu~lest me.nner by the account given of him in the Acts of the Apostle.q, written by a differe…
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.. I love to tell the llt.ory, Beeanse I know it's truer It ee.tisfies my longings As nothing else can do. I love to tell the story, It did so mu<lh for me ; And that is jllBt the reason I tell it now to thee." Another great secret of Paul's success was this. He realized a Divim p'la,n and_purpose in his life. .…
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every one; and it is the work and duty or the Christian Church to bring it within the reach of every one. I. A FACT STATED. "The gospel or Christ," says St. Paul, 11 ls the powor of God unt{l Rllvatfon to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and nlso to the Greek" ("er. 16). This was the oause of his readine…
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his personal obligation to seek the spiritual good o( every man whom be oou.ld reach, Ho, e. Jew, counted himself under obligation to do llOilletbing for the barbarian.a; be, a leo.med and Intellectual man, counted himeelf under obligation to do something for the unwise and Ignorant as well as for the wise and the cult…
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vioe that their frienda despaired of reacuing them, by the power of the gospel have been brought from death unto life. Jesusi and Jesus only, can oure men <Jf sin's power. If we but touch his garment, we shl\ 1 be made whole. No one haa any reason to lie ashamed of the gospel.. Its purpose is a high and noble one, the …
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the succoselon of dBy and night, the ebb and flow of the tides-all these thinzs require 11. controlling force, and that force must not only ha.ve a.lmighty power, but rnust ha.ve intelligence and reason nnd will, Buch a being mnst be a Person. Such a. Pernon is more thnn human-is Divine. Tho ea.me light of nature is g…
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will eee no unraimess in a mnn suffering if he disregards or violates the well-known laws of nature. Fire will burn, water will drown, pitch will defile, bnd air will poison, If a man acts in defiance of these natural and elementary laws, he suffers tho coneo- quence. No one sees any unfairness in it. Why should the…
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from my mother's womb." For there is e. certain Divine fatalism which is in perfect he.rmony with moral freedom; every one born into this world is prc<l,ilstincd from the fil'st for some srecial work for God. The work may be marr~., or altwether left undone, by;man e perverseness; but the work is the Divine destiny of …
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he? Tbe Gc,oo One-the light., the joy, the song of his crcntion. So man !ms blotted out his 0wn h('Rn'll", nnd the earth thereby has h)st its lustro nnd its grnco. (2) But the et1tmu;C'\i God is a condemning God. He may not abdicate his essential relntiouship t0 the world as God, and if the love be lost it is replac…
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God for H? Yee; for was he not spiritually identified with all who were identi fled with Ohrist his Lord? (1) Doubtless the fo.ith itself which was so eminent was the chief cause of graUtude. That there should be such a light Rhining in a dark place filled his. heart with joy. '!'hey were alive unto God I (2) That the …
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recept.i,,n oft.he power. Man's power of resisting God's grace, through sin; the humble aooept~n<'t' of (n)(].'s graoe, through faith. (2) A realization of the power. God's graoe not merely accepted by the obedient will, but transfused through the whole consolous- ness. 8. Ifs ra.nge. "To every one;" " To the Jew fi…
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II. Goo's WBATH, This truth ie burnt into the Bible, from first to last 1 that Goo ie angry with sin, and with the sinner who identifies himselr with sin. But it is burnt into the very history of sin itself, and that ie the insistence of the apostle here. 1. S£n worlcing folly. (Vere. 21, 22.) Man will not bow to what …
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""lu the weakn88S in strength thRt I crv for I my ftosh, that I seek In the GodhE811 I I seek mi I find it." Attention is directed t.o the Resurrection as a proof or the Deity or Ohrlst. The word "dead" is in the plunu, since Christ"& rising involves the rising of hls people, He ls thE' " Firstfruits " pre..qaging the…
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love to the height of hie capacity; hie power• baV'e been stimulated and developed. How strong for noble deeds must those be 'l'!ho think of the mighty heart of God pulsating to the rhythm of their feeble souls / Stunted lives may blos.-rom and grow fruitful under the "light of bis countenance," seeking to live worthy …
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a pleasure-loving age, To this touchstone we must bring our Church ene1a.gements and our individual pla.ns of living. Let congregations rightly value the r':i.i;istration of llpiritua.l things. We may not suppose the apostle to care most about miraculous endowments, gifta of healing, and of tongues, but rather a growth…
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nature which oame to Christians, the demonstration of a supeml\tural energy, • mlraoalom power wh09e l!Ol11'0e oould only be Divine. Believing that Jesus Ohrist wu God'll lever for raising men from death to lite, how could the apostle be ashamed of calling attention t-0 this mighty instrument of human elevation? To spe…
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Tlew; they affect us fowerfully, and, though unseen by the bodily eyee, become clear to the eyes of the sou , II. THl!l PARADOX APPLIED TO THEOLOGY. 1. The work, of Mtwre =i/Mt a miglity Power. 'rhl.e world, eo wonderfully framed, exhibiting such unity in diversity, furniebes to the attentive mind abundant tracee of…
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I. THE 'll"(IR!ffill' OF DlAGES ORIGINATES lN A NATURAL CRAVING FOR A 81!:NSI!ltE EM.MDJllfil,"T OF DEITY. Abst.rnct ideas have little charm or power for men, and the 'IVClrship of fol'N! or humanity can never attract the multitudes. The yearning for a Yisible God = answered in the Shechinah, and in the many appearance…
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Gentiles," he WBB reo.dy to sink the Jewiah title and adopt what was nearest to it in the langue.go which we.a more largely used. It was a beautiful concession to the spirit r,f the time. 1 But now we must notice : 1. His birthpkzce. This was Tarsus, "no mean city," RB be told the chief captain (Acts xxi. 39). It se…
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It is to found the Church of God upon no other baele than that or the rlaen Jeeue. It is to be a witness of Christ's resurrection, and of all which this oardlnal fact and doctrine is to men. A mighty office, surely I And notice how singular and dlstlnot Paul ~tands. The Jews receive twelve apostles, but the Gentiles on…
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l, JEWS AND PROBJlJLYTEB ll'BOH ROUE WERE PRESENT AT THE Pr,NTECOSTAL All'FU- BION OIi' THJll SPinIT. '!'hie ie expressly stated In .Act.a ii. 10. Some of these, we may assume, received the truth as preached by Peter and the other apostles and were converted to the new faith (.Acts ii. 41). If we further suppose that t…
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Savfour and the sinner he would save. The words may not be audible 1\8 those addro..«sl'd t-0 Paul, but they are heard within and responded to. Like Abraham and like &ul of Tanru.s, we must listen to the call to come out and follow Jesus, if we ate t<' e>e Christians indeed. 4.. Thei'.r privilege is t°M enjoyment of Go…
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the npostlo. How genuine and sincere intercession proves when it involves us in arduous missions I .And then this mission is with a distinctly ,pvritud purpose-that Paul may, as apostle, communicate some "spiritual girt" with~ view tQ their establish- ment in the faith, How often are missions undertaken for minor and t…
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'l'he Jew g(lt the offer first, and then was it given to the Greek; but Jew and Greek alike experienced salvation through simply bcliedng it. 4-. This gospel is in addition • rel'eianon of God's right«msne..-sfrom.fat'.th to faith. For the gospel is not a promise merely, but also an act of judgment. It is God declarin…
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hBve their recognized connection with the Hindoo temples. The m0ment mnn b~gin, to wornbip the man of genius and of passion, or begins to worship the ],,w0 r cr8a.tion os if endowed with independent attributes, by a natnral law he becomes ]r,wered in th;, scalo of being. "They that make them ( i.e. 'idols'] are like un…
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EXPOSITION. But the required proof that the whole of CHAPTER II. mankind is guilty is not yet complete. It Ver& 1-29.-{b) Those ,oho judge otker,, might be ea.id that there are many still who Mt e:r.cepting the Jeu,s. Here a new stage disapprove of all this wickedness, a.nd sit of the argument, in proof of the posit…
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ority to the moss of monklnd, e.nd would be be to.ken ea implied. It was, we may anpj'.)')8'3_ lilrnly to resent their own inclusion in the in the writer'e mi1 id, anrl afterwarrJ.~, in eh. general condemnation. Note.bly the Si;oics, vii., where the int..er consciousness ,,f ,,ven whose philosophy wus e.t the.t time…
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very P"'lllhl of his thus setting him~elf up t.o ver. 6) evil, of the J"ew ftr1t, and also of the jud~,, while being himself guilt~•, Ofhim it Gentile (litomlly, <keek). •rho o:rpresYion, is inq•li,,1, not only that. he shar<~ the guilt .-o,s l( lp,9.Cas, is rondorcd in tho Authorized of mankind, l1ut aleo thRt he c…
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responsihility (of. Luke xii. 47, 48; also views taken by crltica of repnte, with ex- Ps. 1. 8-8 and I Pet. iv. 17). Then in haustive references to the nHaue of the wor,I ver. 10 a. Jilce priority is assigned to the Jew in the Beptoagint, in the N%w Testament with rospoot to reward, tho grneral e.eeertion generally, e.…
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