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Vhereas conf//n 1s required here, not as the Cauſe. but as the | Means thereor, The Apoltle makes Fzith here, ro be the Cauſe, as well of Szluation, as Juſtification ; becauſe confe/jion of the wourh, to which Salvation 15 here aſcribed, 1s it 1elf an Efte&, or Fruit © {ith : and fo according to that known Rule in Logick, The cauſe of the cauſe, is the cauſe of that which is cauſed thereby.
1r For che icripture ſaith a, * Whoſoever believerth
on him ſhall nor be aſhamed.
a The ſaving Effect of faith and confeſſion, ſpoken of immediate- Iy belore, is here proved by Scripture. Either he refers ro 1/a. a8. 16. or P/al 25. 3. Or elle he means, Thar this is the general DoRrine of the Scripture. See notes on chap. 9. 33-
12 For * there is no difference between the Jew and
he Greek b: for the ſame Lord over all c, * is rich unto
1 Tim. 2 5. all 4 that call upon him e, : ; * Eph. 1.7. 6 He gives a Reaſon for that univerſal Term ( whoſoever) which
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1 Or,preach= * , He here preventeth a Cavil of the Jews. Thus they might _
he had added in the precedent Verſe, and is not found in 1ſatah, as was noted before in chap. 33. c Theſe words are a Reaſon why there is no difference now betwixt Jew and Greek. This Title 15 to be referred more eſpecia!ly to Feſw Chriſt, who was called Lord, ver. 9. and is called, Lord of aZ, 44.10.36. He 1s Head of althe Elet mn all Nations of the World. & 7. e. Is Bountiful urro All. So that the Jews need not envy the calling or coming of the Gerz:les. They have never the leſs themſelves; the Lora hath an inexhauſtible Store of Grace and M:rcy. The Fezntain is above our Thirſt. e Not to All hand over Head, but to ſuch as call upon Him in Faith.
I; For f whoſoever & ſhall caliupon the name of the |
Lord, ſhall be faved -. : :
f That the Lord is rich unto al! that ca/l upon him, is Confirmed here by a Teſtimony our of Fol 2. 32. which is alſo cited by Sr. Peter, AF. 2,21. The Apoſtles Argument may be thus formed : If whoſoever calls on the Name of the Lord ſhall be ſaved ; then the Lord is rich to all that call upon him; for no Riches are comparable to Salvation ; but the Former is true, therefore the Latter. g Whe- ther Jew or Gentile, h i.e. On him whoſe Name is the Lord. Jeſus Chriſt is principally meant, as appears by many Paſlages in the Pro- phet. Compare this with 1 Cor. x. 2.
14 i How then ſhall they call on him in whom they - have nor believed &? and how ſhall they believe in him of whom they have got heard /? and how ſhall they
hear without a preacher ?
# The Connexion of this Verſe, and the following Verſes of this Chapter. is very obſcure. Some conne@ theſe Words with the 12 werſe; there he ſaid, There is no difference between Jew and Greek, &Cc.
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becauſe it was foretold Jong ago by the Prophet, Iſaiah 54 1G! is not to be underſtood, as if this was the Cauſe of thei; Unbelicr becauſe 1/a:ah ſaid thus; The Particie ( For ) doth not {hey nk Cauſe, but the Conſequence : It was not becauſe the Pyggh,, G. faid, that they did nor believe ; bur becauſe they believeg ng; the Prophet ſo foretold. p This is added by the Seventy for Explanati. on. q #. e. Very few, none in Compariſon. Compare this \y;.1, John 3. 32. ic
17 So then, faith cometh by hearing r, and hearing by
the word of God s.
ry This is the Concluſion of the former Gradation, v.r , He ſpeak. eth here of the ordinary Means whereby Faith is wrought ; n,- Gonfining or Limiting the Spirit of God, who Worketh, oro uy Work, by extraordinary Means; yea, without any Means at aj See the Notes on wer. l4. FS By the Command of God. qg.a The Goſpel could not be lawfully Preached to them, for them to He. it, but by God's command; and therefore the Apoſtles and Others "a — the Goſpel to the Genriles, had good Authority for what they did.
18 But I ſay, Have they not heard? Yesverily, their ſound wentingo all the earch, and their words unto the
ends of the world 7. :
: He anſwers an Objefion, that ſome one might make in behyje of the Jews, to excuſe them that they could not Belzeve, berwpe they had not Heard ;* and Faith, as in the foregoing Verſe, ws; by hearing. To this he anſwers, Thar the Goſpel was publiſneg to the whole World; therefore the Fews muſt needs have heard jr That the Goſpel had been preached all the World over, he proyes by a Teſtimony taken our of P/alm 19.4. g. d. David tells yoy That all have heard, or might hear ; for the Sound of the Goſdel is gone out into all the earth, Obj. But David ſpeaks of the work; of God; as the Heavens, the Firmament, &c. A. Some think the Apoſtle only alludes to this place in the 19 P/a/m, and doth ng alledge ir. Ochers think, That the P/almi/t doth Literally ang Hiſtorically ſpeak of the Heavens, &c. and Prophetically of the Apoſtles, and Preachers ot the Goſpe). By all che earth, in this Verſe, you may underſtand the greateſt Part of it ; and by :þe eng; of the world, the remote Parts thereof.