ſhmenr Wickedneſs and Defe&tion of Mankind, it faith to the Jews more 4 800d articularly ro whom the Law was given, and who are under the WE our ConduRot it ; much the ſame with that Phraſe, Chap. 2. 12. wid. ottrine Chap. 6.15. 1 Cor. 9. 20. 5 3, e. Hindred from Boaſting, to which yINg 1s the Jews were ſo prone; or rather that Conſcience might ſo preſs The for. them, that they ſhould ſilently, or as it were Speechleſs, expe& uſt who their own Damnation, without being able to frame any Excuſe, vid. evil tha Pſal. 63. 11. Extk. 16. 63. Matih. 22, 12. u That Jews and Gentiles, ute this and all Mankind, as deprav'd, might be Obnoxious to the Judg- Put it in ment and Condemnztion of God, wi4. wer. 6. and John 3. 18. _— |; 20 Theretore w by the * deeds of the law x, there y = ; {hall no fleſh Y be juſtified in his ſght Z2 for by the law 1 may . ;; the knowledge of fin 4.
; w i. e. Seeing the Gentiles, by the Law of Nature, and the Jews, (0 in 101 0: by the Written Law, are thus ſubjeR& to the Judgment of God ; and
{ceingno one isable ro Fulfil the Law, and fatisfie for the Breach of it : Therefore, &c. x He means the Moral Law, and not the Cere-
WS and my [ . moxial Law only or chiefly ; even that Law that forbids Thefr and
0 had beens Adultery, as Ch. 2. aud Concupiſcence, 'as Ch. 7, And by which, | the Jew! as this Text fays, is the- Knowledge of Sin; to which, Gentzles as & Oraclersf well as Jews, are obliged ; and by which therefore they are Con- y excel demned., y A common Synecdoche, wid Gen. 6. 3. 12. & &libi.
s He doth T Prerogie me Extets
The ſame with no Man living, inthe Pſelmiſt; eſpecially being de- pray d with original Corruption, which is called Fiſh in Scripture. z Or, be ditcharg'd in the Cours of Heawva; the Phraſe is taken from
Pp. 9. 4, 5; Pal. 143. 2. vid. Annotations there. s Leſt any ſhould think that wuſneſs, or the Law hereupon is uſeleſs, he goes on to ſhew its Uſe, burta quite in the fore. contrary one to What they intended. It Convinceth Us of our | both fea Guilt; and therefore is far from being our Righteouſneſs, Chap. anding the 7.7. 1 Cor. 15. 56.
hiloſoply ; 2e But now 6 ® the righceouſneſs of God c without
ere both in
- mind ” thelaw 4 is manifelted e, being witneſſed by the Law,
and the Prophets f :
bq.d. Though Juſtification be not by the Lew, yet EY to be Obtained in another way, as follows. & wid. Ch. r. 17. 4 Inas much as the Law, preſſing Obedienceto be performed by Us in our own Perſons, ſeems plainly ggnorant of the Rightcouſnels of ano- ther imputed to us. e This Righteouſneſs nevertheleſs is Reveal'd plinly, now {ince the Coming of Chriſt, and in the Goſpel, as in C:.1,17. f Thar there may be no ſuſpicion of Novelty, wid. Jukn 5. 46, 47. The Teſtimonies he refers to are very numerous, uid Gen, 3. 15. and 15.6. and 22. 17,18. Iſa. 53. Jer. 31. 23, 31. Dan. 9. 24, 25. See the ſame Argument us'd, Affs 24. 14. and 26, 24, and 28. 23. .
22 Evenche righccouſneſs of God which is by faith of ſelus Chriſt g, unto all, and upon all them that believe b, * For there is no difference 7. |, 2; He mentions the Righreonjneſs of God again, that he may further 1, Explain it, by the Means or Inſtrument by which 1t is received,
vi Faith. wid. Ch. 4. 11, 12. and 9. 30. Phil. 3. 9. Where there
teOus, noft by) 5 in the fol. 110ly tying 0 the Jews at hele Oratle. taken out of 10tations,
ere 15 non3
Soul, and the the forecited which ſpeak 29. Job 34% ruption Of the
y are tofe reſeveral Expreſſions to the fame purpoſe, that this Righteouſneſs doeth pood, 5 without the Law indeed ; bur it is by the hand of that Faizh, by which we Believe in Feſws ; called therefore here, The Faith of Jeſus
1. Chris, þ Whether they be Jews or Gentzles, if they Beluve, exclu-
«4. 1G ork | ling the ſelf Juſticiarics amongſt the one, and the Philoſophers a- and (wich þ mongſt the other. #5 They are not Juſtified two ſeveral ways, wer.g.
[s Word ſignt : 2 The ſame, words of tht
23 For * All have tinned &, and come ſhort of the glo- y of God /.
t 9. 4 No wonder there is no difference, when both the one and the other have the Guilt of Adam's Tranſgreſſion imputed to them,
—
. 1, 3- , with thel
f Aſpes - indiave original Corruption inherent in them, from whence pro- | OL « ceed very many a&ual Tranſgreſſions. 1 i. e. Of the glorious Image P_- of God, in which Man was at firſt Created; Or, of Communion with reſpe with God, in which the glory of a rational Creature doth conſiſt :
ans of un Orrather, of the Erernal Glory, which they come ſhort of, as Men "EF: ay F —_ tit run a Race are weary, and fall ſhort of the Mark. c _ oil . 24 Being juſtified 2 treely by his grace =, through 0rreand "ri © redemption that is in Jeſus Chriſt 9.
" 7. e, Being in this Caſe, they can by no means be acquitted nd freed from the Accuſation, and Condemnation of the Law ; un the way and manner that follows. » He mentions the great | c moving Cauſe of Juſtification firſt (which doth comprehend alſo ceernens 0. 2 the principal Efficient) that it is without any Cauſe or Merit in us ; ion of the 1015" ind by the free Favour of God to undeſerving, ill deſerving Crea- ures, Eph. 1.6, 7. and 2. 8. Titus 3. 79, 0 The meritorious Cauſe 5 cxpreſt, by a Metaphor taken from Military Proceedings, where -:prives taken in War, and under the Power of another, are Re- *&nd upon a valuable Price laid down, wid. Mas. 20. 28. Mark
gries; ane. | on is Allegor''
h ſee the And
the Corruption!
59. 7.00 | 45. 1 Tin, 2,6. Heb.g. 12.
25 Whom God hath # fet forth p to be a propitiation 9, ay's rough faith in his blood r, to declare his righteouſneſs « known F the || remiflion of ſins chat are paſt,through the forbea-
x 4. 1 : wr in that, Ys. 'Nce of God : .
of e e, God the Father hath propos'd this F ESUS, inthe Eter- ; og and Covenant of Kedemption, Eph. 1.9. 1 Pet. x, Ui. Ih
ROMANS:
| os 21. Or, inthe Types and Shadows of che ONS Tubornac't; an] ath nowar laſt ſhown him openly to the Weorld q Or, 4:oxc-
Chap. III.