leFion of ſome, and the R-je#ton of others ; as alſo about thecallin; of the Gentzler, and rhe caſting off the Jews. 1m That never mind or regarded it : They were full of all Unrighteouſneſs, chap. 1. 18. to the end, Epy. 2, 2,3, nViz, Goſpel Righteouſneſs, or the Righteouſneſs of Cir}, which 1s received by true Faith.
ceouſnets o, hath not attained to the law of rightzouF 81 2. They are /:/els of Mercy, which he had afore prepsred unto Glory, | nels p,
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vid. VEr. 2.2, - attained, not by works, but by faith, as ic follows in the next crle.
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they, who followed after the Law of Righteouſneſs, ſhould not 9:tain it, rather than other; becauſe they ſought it not aright ; they [01517 theie words; and here he tells you plainly, who are the true /ce of | it not in a way of Beheving, but of Working : wo 2re oP
poſed in the buſineſs of 7uftification, as before at Jarge, 10. £922. 3. and 4. 7.3. e. As if they could have attained Righteorſt 25 OT je ' t:fication in that way, which was 1mpoſſible to do. 5. 2. 2. The trve i Miah q d. So far were they from ſeeking Righteorſnejs by Corift, ; thar on the contraty they took Offence at him, co their own de- { ftruftion, Mar. 6. 3. 1Cor.1.23- They thought it impoſiible that he fhould give them a Righteouſneſs better than their own. Rp happened ro them accerding to the Prophecy that went before them: So it followeth
bling ſtone «, and rock of offence, and * whoſoever bes b lieverh on him, ſhall not be || aſhamed 2».
a Corner Stone, Fed and Precious; a ſtumbling ſtone, that belicveth; the Apoſtle, Whoſoever believerh ; the ſame. ; The Propher faith, Hs that belieweth ſh+!! not make haf? A "11 at poſtle, Hz ſhall 207 be aſhamed, He (1;4t 15 Raſh and Hal:y WE laſt be aſhamed and confounded,
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27 Eſaias alſocryerh c concerning Iſrael, Thaw... Number of the children of lira<l be as the fand-5% ſea d, * a remnant ſhall be faved e. """ "i
In this, and the rwo next Verſes, he proves, that jc w1c cf... 0 of old, by Eſaias the Prophet, That God ſhould paſs by the ,.0E part of the Jews, and ſave only @ remnant, :
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30 What ſhall we ſay then /? That the Gentile;
Z{ This 1s the Concluſion of the Apoſtles Diſcourſe about the 5.
Inſtead of tfoliowing atcer it, they fled from it,
31 Butiſrael * which followed after the law ef righ- +4
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