them, ſome including them in a Parentheſis ; Others there is a Tranſpoſitiou in them. They ſeem to be a Refurtat formerCavil, and muſt be Accommodated to that Sence if the Apoſtle ſhould have ſaid, If Sinners deſerve no Puniſh becauſe God reaps Glory to himſelf by their Sins; then thar js " Proverb or Saying, which is in ſome Mens Mouths and _ {elves are Slander'd with it, as if it were our Opinion and D Fs That we may do Evil, that Good may come of it, But this ta "> generally Exploded.; none dare to vouch it, and therefore i; a mer Cavil is of no Force. y #. e. Their Damnation ;; pes Teach ſuch DoQrine, and PraCtiſe accordingly ; who . dg = _ good may come of it. The Apoſtle doth not vouchſafero refy s abſurd Saying; but ſimply Condemns ir, and thoſe rh; — Praftice: Orelfe his meaning 1n theſe Words is this Tha rm Juſily deſerve Damnation who Calumniate the poPles ang Publiſh T the Goſpel, and raiſe falſe Reports and Slanders of the, . os Damnation is Fuſt who affirm we ſay or hold, Thor Evil m = done, that Good may come thereof. If b
9 Whatchen ? are we || better :5an they 2? Noinni0 wile 2 : for we have before f proved & both Jews ang Gentiles, that * they are all under ſin c, «
z The Apoſtle here returns to the Argument that he had beer « a handling in the beginning of the Chapter, He brings in the Jo propounding a Queſtion. Seeing it was confeſt, that the Oran Goa were commutted tothem ; rhen it follow'd, that they excel!? the Gentiles, and ſtood upon better Ground than they. a He doh not contradiCt himſelf as ro what he had ſaid of the 5%; Prerog; tive, ver. 2. They did indeed excel the Gentiles as to ſome citer nal Benefits, of which you have a larger account, <,p. 9 a ; but nor upon the account of any Evangelical Rightcouſnef,, their own tuppoſed Merit. 6 Fiz. Separately and apart inthe fore, going Chapters :; And the ſame is now to be aſſerted of both % and Gentiles, conjun&ly and together. That notwithſtanding the Jews boaſted of their Law, and the Gentiles of their Philoſophy , yet as to the Evangelical Faith and Righteouſneſs, they were both in the ſame Caſe. c Under the Power of Sin, but chictly under the Guilr of Sin, wid. wer. 19.
io Asit is * written 4, There is none righteous, no"
not onee: q
a viz. In ſeveral places of Scripture, which he quotes in the fol. lowing Verſes, giving us the Sence, though nor ſo ftriftly tying himbfelf to the Words - And this isa proper Proof to the Jewint leaſt, whom he had called a little before the Keepers of thcle Orarly, e The more general Proof with which he begins, 1s taken out of Pſal. 14. 1. and 53, 1, upon which places, ſee the Annotations,
11 There is none chat underſtandeth f, there is non!
that ſeeketh after God g.
f A more particular Proof of the Corruption of the Soul, and th Faculties thereof ; and firſt of the Mind, taken our of the forecitel. Pſalms, which may be Compar'd with the Scriptures which ſpeit of the Ignorance and Blindneſs of the Mind, Deut. 32. 29. J0b 31.9, Iſs. 1. 3. Jer.4.22. and 10.14. g A Proof of the Corruption of the Will, which follows alſo in the forecited Pſalms.
12 They are all gone out of the way h, they are tope- ther become unprofitable z, there is none that docth good,
no not one þ&.
þ Viz. Of Truth or Life, wid. Pſal. 14.3. and 36. 4. and 58; } This doth Tlluſtrate the former Charge. i Unuſeful, and (whichs | more) Nojſome, and fit only for the Dunghil, as the Word fign- fies ; this follows alſo in Pſal. 14. vid. Job 15. 16. « Theſant as ver, 10, though more exa&ly according to the words of tie Pſalm, where allo it is twice repeated, wid. Pſal. 14. 1,3.
13 Their throat # an open ſepulchre /, with thel rongues they have uſed deceit m,, the poiſon of Alpes 5 under their lips».
1 He proceeds to inſtancein the Carruption of Man with reſpe&t0 the Members of his Body ; and he mentions the Organ: of Speech n Four ſeveral Expreſſions, much to the ſame purpole : The Firlt is Allegorical, taken outof Pſal. 5. 9g. upon which ſee the A tions, m This Next doth plainly expreſs the Corrup7u0n of tht Tongue, becauſe of Lyes, Calummnies, Perjuries, Flatterits ; and s taken out of 7er. 9. 3, 4, 5. # The Third Expreſſion is Allegori as the firſt, taken our of Pal. 149. 3. Upon which ſce the Ann0« tations. .
14 Whoſe mouth is full of curſing and bicternels 0. E o This laſt and very plain Expreſſion of the Corryprion of the Torgt, is taken out of Pſal. 10.7. vid. Notes there.
15 Their feet are ſwift to thed blood 7. E p If we conſiderthis Member alſo, we may {cz the comp Man, witneſs that Teſtimony, Prov. x. 16. and Iſa. 59. 7- on which, vid. Annotations, 16 Deſtruction and miſery are in their ways * | 17 Andthe way of peace have ney not NOWN f , 9 Both which Aſertions lie together, and follow 1n that, //a. *
7,8
affirmins - 9) 10N to the Ir ls as
15 Tlie!
bay. hap: 11].
;9$ There is no fearof God before their eyes r.
S, Vid, | , Corin, » This laſt Aſſertion gives us one true Cauſe of all the aforeſaid 13s to Cvils ; taken out of Pſal. 36. 1. vid. Notes there. : put. 19 Now we know that whatſoever chings the Law "IF {aich, ir fairh ro them who are under the Law 5s, that eve- , y mouth may be ſtopped r, and all the world may be- "RR . come || guilty betore God «. 500d 50 ; Another Anticipation of an ObjeCtionto this purpoſe. All theſe ' , 7;fimonies (might the Jews ſay) do not concern Us; they concern y, and 4 the hupure and Gentile World only, unleſs Poſſibly ſome Prophane abour bi Wretches amongſt our ſelves alſo. Bur to this the Apoſtle ſays, ming #: know (which tome think hath the force of an Affeveration) zhat Ntothe phat ſoever the Law of God, more-efpecially the Moſaical Law, or
It is a; , more generally all that is contained in the Scripture, ſaith of the