obey the truth», but obey unrighteouſneſs ;, indienation 4 and wrath 7. : Or, that are of Contention : So they of the Cir iſt fuck as are Circumciſed, AF. 10. 45. Seq 2, 126 "ys. underſtand ſuch as are RefraQtary and felf-will'd : that, from T rit of Contradiftion, will not be perſwaded ; that ftrive and ki
againſt the Righteouſneſs of God, from an Opinion of their ov righteouſneſs, Hoſ. 4.4. 7 See Chap. 1. 18. and the Note ther 5 That are the Servants of Sin, and of Corruption. Chap. 6. j. 2 Per. 2. 19. #t Theſe two differ only in Degree thereby unde. ſtand the Judgments of God upon the Wicked, whicharethe Ef of his Anger; the Cauſe is commonly pur for the Eff-&, |
9 Tribulation and anguiſh « upon every foul of my that doth evil, of the Jew * firſt, and alſo + of ;\; # Gentile x.
u The word Render is here again underſtood, He þa!! Ri, * Trioulation and Angaiſh. Some reter rhe former to the Puniſhmy | of Senſe, the latter tothe Puniſhment of Loſs; or the one to the vn, quenchable Fire, the other to the never-dying Warm: Ir ſeems; be a Rhetorical Exaggeration, wid. 1/ſal. 11. 6. Mar. 9. 43. 44, af 46, w A double Hebraiſm ; Firf, the Soul is put for the Perf as Gen, 12. $5. and 14. 21. and 17. 14. and 36. 6. and 45. 4 Secondly, Every Soul of Man, is put for the Soul of every Mz. ;; | before, Chap. 1. 18. all Unrighteouſneſs of Men, is put for the Unrighteouineſs of all Men ; the Soul of Man ſhall not be punt onely, but Chiefly. » The Jew is firſt plac'd in Order of Puniſh. ment, becauſe he better knew God's Will, and had more helps, wid, Mat. 11. 22, 24. Lu. 12. 47.
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-——_——_ good, to the Jew firſt, and alſo to the + Gen- 44 eile 2.
| What he called Immortality, wer. 5, He now calls Put; which word, according to the uſua] Acceptation of it, amongſt the Hebrews, is comprehenſive of all Good and Happineſs, both here and hereafter. 2 As the ungodly and unbelieving Jews, ſhall have the firſt place in puniſhment, ſo thoſe that Believe, and are Godly amongſt them, {hall have the firſt place in Reward ; thoughyet tor the Reaſon mentioned in the next Verſe, the Godly and Believing Gentiles ſhall ſhare with them therein.
f1 For there is no reſpect of perſons with Goda,
# This ſeems to be borrowed from 2 Chron. 1 9. 7. and Dx: 10. 17. You have the ſame again, AF. 10, 34. vid. 70b 34. 19. Gal. 2.6. Epheſ. 6.9. 1 Pet. x. 17. vid. Gal. 3. 28. Obj. God os ved 7aceb, and hated Eſau, when they were yet Unborn, andhal done neither Good nor Evil? Anſw. This was not properly ReſpeTting of Perſons becauſe God did not this «s a Judge, but as an EleQtor. So the Apoſtle ſtates it, Rom. 9. 1, 12, 13 God is Gracious ro whom He will be Graczous, and raay do what Be will with His own.
12 For as many as have ſinned without law, ſhallal ſo periſh without lawb : and as many as have ſinnedin the law c, ſhall be judged by the law.
6b By the Former, he meins the Gentiles, by the Lat the Jews, the like Diſtribution he makes, 2 Cor, 9. 21. #4 Under the Law or againſt it.
13 * (For not the hearers of the law are juſt beiore+ God, but the doers of the law ſhall be juſtified 4 : a This, and the rwo following Verſes, are included in a Paren- | theſis; and they ſerye to obviate an ObjeRion, againſt what vis: ſaid, wer. 12. 'TheFews might plead, that they were Superiour to the Gentiles, and ſhould be exempted or Privileg'd in Judgment, for as much as they knew and profeſt the Law of God, which the Gentiles did not? To this, he ſays, That to know and learn the Law was not ſufficient, unleſs in all things they yielded Obedicnceto !t which they —_— did nor could. The Scope of the Apoſtle, n nor ſimply roffew how Sinners are now juſtified in the Sight God ; byt to ſhew what is requiſite to Juſtification according t? the Terior of the Law; and that is to do all that is written there* in, and to continue fo to do. And if there be any Man that bring ſuch perfe& an@conſtant Obedience of his own Performing he ſhall be Juſtified by Ged; but in as much as no Man ner tural nor Regenerate, can ſo fulfil the Law; he muſt feck for J : + cation in ſome other way. The Text thus expounded, o - way militate with Chap 3. 30. and Gl. 3. 11, which at = ding it ſeems to do. And it further ſhews that the Jews are tn prehended under the general Curſe as well as the Genti/e!, rn 7 bound to have recourte to the Righteoulneſs of God by Faith.
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